Commercial Executive (74675)

Job Description

COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVE

Location: Durban or Johannesburg

• Our client, a leading organisation with interests across the FMCG and Logistics sectors, is seeking an experienced Commercial Executive to provide strategic financial and commercial leadership across its operations.

• This is a senior leadership opportunity for a commercially astute finance professional who can translate financial information into meaningful business insights, drive profitability, strengthen financial governance and contribute to the organisation's overall growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial and commercial support to the business, contributing to national business and growth strategies.

• Lead and coordinate the budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes across the organisation.

• Oversee monthly and annual financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, integrity and adherence to reporting deadlines.

• Provide commercial insights and financial modelling to evaluate new business initiatives, projects and investment opportunities.

• Drive cost management, expenditure control and operational financial performance across regional operations.

• Lead customer and principal pricing strategies, annual negotiations and contract management, ensuring targeted profitability and margins are achieved.

• Monitor customer and operational profitability, identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and enhance commercial performance.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, tax legislation, internal controls and corporate governance requirements.

• Support mergers and acquisitions, including identifying potential acquisition targets, valuations and due diligence processes.

• Lead, develop and mentor regional finance teams, building a high-performance culture.

Minimum Requirements

• Ideally a CA(SA) or CMA qualification.

• 8-10 years' relevant experience, including financial reporting and people management.

• Strong commercial finance and management accounting experience.

• Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and financial modelling.

• Experience in cost management, pricing strategies and profitability analysis.

• Strong understanding of financial governance, IFRS and tax legislation.

• SAP experience would be advantageous.

The Ideal Candidate

• The successful candidate will be a strategic and commercially minded finance leader with strong analytical, negotiation and influencing skills.

• They will be comfortable engaging at executive level, influencing business decisions and partnering with operational and customer-facing teams to drive sustainable business performance.

• If you have the commercial acumen, financial expertise and leadership capability to make a meaningful impact within a dynamic organisation, we would like to hear from you.