Steering capital precision across a national asset footprint, this full -time, permanent position is pivotal to protecting financial margins within an evolving, utility -scale infrastructure environment. Based on -site in The Cape Winelands, the role commands comprehensive ownership of complex contract cash flows, job -costing structures, and heavy equipment procurement risks. It offers an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished professional to anchor the compliance, liquidity, and profitability of nation -building developments.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Commercial Margin Tracking & Analysis: Lead commercial asset reviews and tracking systems, verifying that capital allocations, resource hours, and supply chains align against planned fiscal margins.
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Contractual Milestone Execution: Manage multi -tiered commercial contract billing structures, processing stage -gate valuations and high -value project retention cycles safely.
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Capital Protection & Treasury Oversight: Guide complex treasury flows to insulate ongoing operations, ensuring liquidity matches requirements for multi -site deployment, specialised suppliers, and vendor accounts.
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Strategic Fiscal Planning: Direct annual group financial forecasting models and adapt predictive pipelines to reflect active construction milestones.
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Risk Governance & Controls: Formulate, enforce, and standardise governance frameworks to defend distributed inventory, asset registries, and regional logistics chains from risk exposure.
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Statutory Oversight & External Audit: Command final close processes and act as the principal point of contact for external auditors and South African revenue authorities.
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Capital Raising Support: Provide financial due diligence, advanced financial modeling, and scenario testing to support capital -raising initiatives and potential M&A transactions.
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Advanced Financial Modeling: Build, maintain, and stress -test complex integrated financial models (Three -Statement, DCF, and project finance models) to evaluate contract profitability, debt -service capacity, and strategic growth.
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Strategic Tax Management: Oversee corporate tax compliance, optimize tax structures for complex project contracts, and manage risks related to VAT, employee tax (PAYE), and corporate income tax within the heavy industry sector.
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Requirements<\/h3>
SA Citizen
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Grade 12
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Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, CA(SA) or CIMA
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10+ years of progressive financial steering or project accounting management, specifically within an engineering or infrastructure environment.<\/span>
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) frameworks.<\/span>
<\/div>Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities for project variance analysis and financial reporting.
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Proven experience building complex financial models from scratch to support strategic corporate decisions or project financing.
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Direct exposure to M&A processes or capital -raising initiatives (e.g., debt structuring, private equity, or corporate restructuring).
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Strong working knowledge of corporate tax compliance and structuring within South Africa (SARS frameworks, VAT on progress billings, etc.).
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Benefits<\/h3>
Work Type:<\/b> On -site (with required national travel)
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Location:<\/b> Cape Winelands
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