An international, founder-led group spanning healthcare staffing and hospitality across four countries is seeking a Group CFO to be the CEO’s strategic financial partner and right hand. This is not a steward’s seat. It is the senior financial head of a group in motion: strengthening performance and profitability, underwriting expansion into the US and Australia, and turning capable but unled finance teams into one coherent capability. THE ROLE * Act as the CEO’s primary financial counsel: challenge the thinking, structure the hard decisions, own group capital allocation. * Lead and align existing UK and South African finance teams, including two UK Financial Controllers, into a single group function. * Drive performance and profitability improvement across the staffing and hospitality businesses in the UK and South Africa. * Financially underwrite US and Australia market entry: structuring, tax, funding and viability. * Deliver consolidated reporting, group cash flow and multi-currency treasury the CEO can act on quickly. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR * Qualified accountant (CA(SA), ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with senior experience at CFO or FD level. * Multi-country group experience, ideally including the UK; real understanding of the UK tax and regulatory environment. * Proven in driving performance improvement and profit recovery in fast-changing businesses. * Exposure to both services and operational or hospitality businesses strongly preferred. * The standing to challenge a founder and be heard, paired with the trust to work as a close right hand. WHY THIS ROLE The work asks for two things that can pull against each other: the spine to tell the CEO when she is wrong, and the trust and availability of a true right hand. The right person does both. You will not be managing a steady state. You will be helping build, strengthen and expand a group, in close daily partnership with its founder, with real influence over where it goes next. PACKAGE Competitive package structured for CFO-calibre talent. Cape Town based, in close daily partnership with the CEO, with rare scope to shape the direction of a growing entrepreneurial international group. To apply, submit a CV and a short note on a performance improvement or expansion you have personally driven.