Group Chief Financial Officer – CFO

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Remote Choice

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2022

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Remote Choice is a UK-founded recruitment and staffing firm that helps UK businesses hire skilled, remote professionals from South Africa. The company sources, screens, shortlists and manages hiring logistics — including interviews, assessments, payroll and local IT infrastructure — to deliver cost-effective remote staffing solutions without up-front fees. Remote Choice emphasizes a large South African talent pool, dual-location support (UK and South Africa), and savings of up to 50% compared with traditional UK recruitment.

📋 Description

• Own the Group budget, monthly Group forecast and rolling 13-week cash forecast • Build and maintain the Group financial model, including scenario and sensitivity analysis • Establish consistent Group revenue definitions and cash-flow and profit-and-loss recognition practices • Apply cash controls and approval gates to new hires and ventures • Deliver monthly management accounts and a consolidated Group financial view across UK and international entities • Prepare and deliver the monthly Board finance pack and weekly Friday finance one-pager • Lead year-end reporting, statutory accounts preparation and audits across Group entities • Maintain accurate, reconciled, reporting-ready financial ledgers using Xero • Maintain daily cash visibility and oversee Group banking arrangements • Oversee segregation and reconciliation of client and insurer funds • Support capital and solvency requirements of licensed entities • Prepare investor and lender materials, financial data rooms and capital-raising documentation • Lead financial due diligence for acquisitions and strategic partnerships • Provide financial leadership for potential sales or partial disposals • Manage investor and lender reporting obligations, including financial covenants • Own the Group approvals matrix, payment controls and segregation of duties • Manage VAT, Insurance Premium Tax, corporation tax and cross-border tax matters with external advisers • Report financial risks to the Board and maintain finance-related elements of the Group risk register • Lead, manage and develop the Group finance team • Drive automation across reconciliations, reporting and forecasting through system integrations and AI agents • Improve finance processes and systems including Xero, Salesforce, monday.com and Microsoft 365 • Deliver measurable operational efficiencies while maintaining a lean finance structure • Meet defined performance targets for month-end close, cash forecasting, Board reporting, revenue reconciliation, audit compliance, capital readiness and automation

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant or equivalent, holding CA(SA), ACA, ACCA or CIMA accreditation • Minimum of 10 years' post-qualification experience • At least 3 years in a CFO, Finance Director or Head of Finance position • Previous experience within insurance, insurance intermediary businesses or the wider financial services sector • Proven experience managing multi-entity and multi-currency financial consolidation under IFRS or UK GAAP (FRS 102) • Expertise in cash-flow management and treasury operations • Direct involvement in at least one capital raise, acquisition, refinancing, or business sale process • Advanced financial modelling capabilities • Strong working knowledge of a cloud-based accounting platform such as Xero or equivalent • Ability to prepare and present financial reports to boards, investors and lenders • Excellent written English communication skills • Exposure to the London insurance market, Lloyd's or offshore insurance jurisdictions, including Guernsey, Cayman Islands or Bermuda • Knowledge of client money handling requirements within insurance intermediary businesses and familiarity with IFRS 17 • Previous experience working remotely from South Africa for a UK-headquartered group • Track record of implementing finance automation, process improvements and AI-enabled financial tools • Experience within surety, construction insurance, or real estate finance

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • UK business hours • Executive leadership opportunity • Direct access to the Board and Audit and Risk Committee • Professional development and leadership of a high-performing finance function • Opportunity to leverage automation, integrated systems and AI agents • International exposure across UK and international entities