Our client, a leading multi-site retail group, is seeking to appoint a Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide senior executive leadership and drive the next phase of organizational maturity and growth across its diverse business portfolio.

The Role

● Overall executive accountability for the group’s financial health and capital structure, defining and delivering a robust financial strategy that supports both the core supermarket chain and the group's various other business ventures.

● Strategic financial oversight of the operations, with a heavy emphasis on optimizing working capital, managing high-volume cash flows, and enhancing margin performance across complex retail formats.

● Full responsibility for financial governance, transitioning the group from an entrepreneurial finance model to a sophisticated, disciplined corporate function with rigorous internal controls and standardized reporting.

● Leadership of the investment and diversification agenda, providing rigorous financial modeling and due diligence for new business ventures, store expansions, and capital allocation projects to ensure maximum ROI.

● Direct executive management of the Finance, Treasury, Audit, and Legal departments, fostering a performance-led culture and building a high-capacity team capable of supporting a multi-entity corporate structure.

● Sponsorship of data-driven decision-making, partnering with the Head of IT to implement business intelligence tools that provide real-time visibility into stock valuation, shrinkage, and store-level profitability.

● Executive oversight of Procurement and Supply Chain finance, ensuring transparent pricing architectures, robust rebate management, and optimized payment terms with local and international vendors.

● Maintenance of critical external relationships, acting as the primary liaison with banking partners, auditors, tax authorities, and insurers to secure the group’s credit facilities and manage regulatory risk.

● Active partnership with the CEO and the Board, providing high-level strategic insight, what if scenario planning, and forward-looking financial analysis to guide long-term group expansion.

● Ensuring group-wide compliance and risk management, overseeing statutory reporting, tax planning, and internal audits to protect the group’s assets and reputation across all operating jurisdictions.

● Driving organizational accountability by embedding clear KPIs and financial discipline within non-finance departments, ensuring that operational initiatives are always aligned with the group’s liquidity and profitability targets.

Requirements

Be a locally warranted accountant.
Have senior leadership experience preferably within a high-volume retail or FMCG environment.
Proven experience managing the financial complexities of a multi-site group, specifically regarding high-frequency transactions and high inventory valuation.
Demonstrated success in overseeing the finances of a group structure with multiple business lines, including inter-company eliminations and consolidated reporting.
A track record of leading of migrating manual processes to automated, scalable systems.
Experience in managing significant credit facilities, negotiating with banks, and executing capital raises or complex restructuring.
The ability to identify operational inefficiencies and revenue-leakage points in the supply chain.
Experience in transitioning an organization from a founder led entrepreneurial culture to a more high-governance corporate environment.
Exceptional executive presence with the ability to simplify complex financial data for the Board while holding operational managers accountable.
Strong expertise in internal audit frameworks and loss prevention strategies

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Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)

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