Commercial Executive

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.