Head of Finance Group

Group & Holding Company Finance Operations

• Retain direct responsibility for the day-to-day financial management of Ignition Telecoms Investments (the Group holding company).
• Ensure accurate accounting reporting compliance and financial control at holding company level.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex accounting reporting and governance matters.

Group Financial Reporting & Consolidation

• Lead the centralised production of monthly quarterly and annual group financial accounts across all company entities.
• Ensure consistent application of IFRS accounting policies and reporting standards across the group.
• Oversee group consolidation intercompany accounting eliminations and reconciliations.
• Deliver high-quality decision-ready financial packs to the CFO and Exco enabling downstream analysis and insight.
• Own and lead the group audit strategy and execution coordinating audits across all entities and managing relationships with external auditors.

Budgeting Forecasting & Group Performance Oversight

• Lead the group-wide budgeting and forecasting process ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Coordinate inputs from divisional CFOs and ensure consistency accuracy and accountability.
• Monitor and report on group-wide financial performance including variance analysis trend identification and risk areas.
• Track and report on deadline adherence reporting quality and governance compliance across all entities.

Divisional CFO Coordination & Governance

• Act as the group-level coordinator and governance lead for divisional CFOs operating in a portfolio oversight capacity.
• Hold divisional finance teams accountable for compliance with group financial policies controls timelines and standards.
• Drive consistency in financial governance reporting disciplines and control frameworks across the group.
• Escalate risks non-compliance and performance concerns to the CFO and Exco as appropriate.

Centralised Group Finance Services

• Lead and manage centralised group finance services including:
• Central Treasury and cash management
• Central Accounts Payable
• Central Tax function
• IFRS leadership and technical accounting
• Design implement and continuously improve shared service models to enhance efficiency control and scalability.
• Oversee group-wide cash flow planning liquidity management and working capital optimisation

Tax Strategy & IFRS Leadership

• Lead the transition of the group tax function from outsourced to in-house building internal capability and governance.
• Develop and implement a group-wide tax planning and compliance strategy ensuring legislative compliance and optimisation.
• Provide technical leadership on IFRS interpretation application and policy development across the group.
• Act as the key liaison with tax authorities advisors and auditors on technical matters.

Governance Risk & Internal Controls

• Establish and enforce group-wide financial governance frameworks controls and policies.
• Monitor compliance with statutory regulatory and internal governance requirements across all entities.
• Identify assess and mitigate financial and compliance risks at a group level.
• Ensure audit findings control weaknesses and governance issues are addressed and remediated.

Decision Support & Strategic Enablement

• Provide tactical and strategic financial decision support to the CFO Exco and senior leadership.
• Support business decisions through robust financial analysis scenario modelling and performance insights.
• Partner with leadership to evaluate investments growth initiatives and risk trade-offs.

B-BBEE Oversight

• Lead the planning implementation and finalisation of the Group B-BBEE strategy.
• Ensure accurate reporting audit readiness and continuous improvement of the Groups BEE scorecard.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver on BEE objectives.

Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead and develop the group finance function fostering a culture of accountability excellence and continuous improvement.
• Build strong finance leadership capability across the group including mentoring divisional CFOs where required.
• Drive process standardisation automation and efficiency across finance operations.

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field; CA(SA) CIMA ACCA or equivalent professional qualification required.
• Minimum of 10 15 years experience in a senior finance role ideally within a group-level or multi-entity exposure.
• Proven experience managing centralised finance functions and shared services.
• Strong technical expertise in IFRS tax consolidation and financial governance.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at Exco level influencing and coordinating senior finance leaders.
• Experience leading group audits budget cycles and finance transformation initiatives.
• Strong analytical mindset attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• High level of integrity and ethical standards.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Proactive approach to identifying and implementing process improvements.