DEPUTY CFO at Furnmart – July 2025

DEPUTY CFO

A high calibre Chartered Accountant is sought to fill the role of Deputy CFO for a Botswana retail group operating across Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. This role requires a financially savvy professional with a commercial mindset, eager to be part of a driven team and take responsibility for a wide range of financial management and related functions. The ideal candidate will demonstrate ownership, accountability, and proven management and organizational skills.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Financial management, planning, analysis, control, and reporting (including consolidations and AFS)
• Tax management (transfer pricing, cross-jurisdictional considerations, and forex)
• Governance and risk management (regulatory issues, compliance, and related reporting)
• Stakeholder engagement (banks, service providers, auditors)
• Treasury, funding, and cross-border transactions
• Project management
• Operations team engagement (building relationships with Operations divisions)
• Financial disciplines management (systems, controls, and procedures)
• Annual audit management and coordination
• People management (building, developing, and managing a large team)

Key Requirements

• Fully qualified Chartered Accountant with at least 10 years post-qualification experience
• MBA qualification
• Proven senior/executive level experience in corporate financial reporting and management
• Experience in enhancing systems, controls, procedures, and risk management
• Technically and commercially astute, with strategic decision-making and scenario analysis skills
• Board and corporate reporting experience
• Solid project management skills and ability to develop teams
• Audit experience and management
• Leadership and organizational skills, including experience managing large, diverse teams
• Excellent communication skills, able to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and work with a broad range of people
• Highly Advantageous
• CIMA qualification
• Retail / FMCG experience
• Exposure to cross-jurisdictional considerations (tax and transfer pricing)

Additional Details

• The role is Gaborone-based and requires relocation if necessary.
• Excellent opportunity for a self-motivated, results-driven individual capable of working under pressure and thinking on their feet.
• The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record in management, technical, financial, and operational aspects of a sizeable business.