Senior Financial Controller

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 Sandton, 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. Key Responsibilities: 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. Contractual Milestone Execution: Manage multi-tiered commercial contract billing structures, processing stage-gate valuations and high-value project retention cycles safely. 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. Strategic Fiscal Planning: Direct annual group financial forecasting models and adapt predictive pipelines to reflect active construction milestones. Risk Governance & Controls: Formulate, enforce, and standardise governance frameworks to defend distributed inventory, asset registries, and regional logistics chains from risk exposure. Statutory Oversight & External Audit: Command final close processes and act as the principal point of contact for external auditors and South African revenue authorities. Requirements SA Citizen Grade 12 Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, CA(SA) or CIMA 10+ years of progressive financial steering or project accounting management, specifically within an engineering or infrastructure environment. Advanced skills in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) frameworks. Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities for project variance analysis and financial reporting. Benefits Work Type: On-site (with required national travel) Location: Sandton, Gauteng - there is a possibility to work from the Cape Town office.