Chief Financial Officer

At SolarAfrica, we’re reshaping the energy future of Africa. As we scale our impact, we seek a visionary Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead our financial strategy, governance, capital raising, and financial transformation. As a key member of the Executive Committee, the CFO will shape decisions that accelerate our growth, strengthen our governance, and enable long-term value creation.

The CFO leads the Finance, Funds, Insurance, and Legal functions, ensuring financial resilience, operational integrity, and alignment with business growth objectives. As custodian of financial governance, the CFO partners closely with the CEO and Board, enabling informed decision-making, disciplined capital allocation, and sustainable scale-up of the Group’s commercial and utility portfolios.

**Principal responsibilities**:
**Strategic Leadership**
- Develop and implement the organisation’s financial strategy to support long-term growth and sustainability.
- Provide financial insight and strategic guidance to the CEO and executive team.
- Lead corporate finance initiatives, including capital structuring, fundraising, investment appraisal, and M&A activity.
- Represent the organisation in financial discussions with external stakeholders including investors, lenders, auditors, and regulatory bodies.
- Champion the use of digital tools, CTL, ERP, BI, and automation to drive financial & business efficiency.

**Capital Raising**
- Lead all equity and debt fundraising efforts, engaging with banks, DFIs, and investors.
- Structure project finance for solar, storage, and utility-scale projects.
- Manage investor relations, financial due diligence, and stakeholder reporting.

**Financial Management & Oversight**
- Lead the budgeting, forecasting, consolidations and financial planning processes.
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with accounting standards.
- Oversee group cash flow, liquidity management, and funding strategy.
- Be accountable to the board on all financial matters
- Drive cost-efficiency and financial performance across the organisation.

**Legal & Insurance**
- Provide strategic oversight of all legal matters across the organisation, ensuring that corporate structuring, contracts, commercial agreements, and transactions are robust, lawful, and aligned with business goals.
- Partner with the in-house Legal team to manage legal risk, support regulatory processes, and ensure effective resolution of legal issues or disputes.
- Oversee contract lifecycle management across business units, including supplier agreements, investment documents, project development contracts, and funding instruments.
- Lead the Insurance function, ensuring that appropriate insurance policies are in place to mitigate operational, project-related, and corporate risk exposure.
- Oversee the evaluation and adequacy of insurance coverage, renewals, claims processes, and relationships with brokers and underwriters.
- Partner with other Executive Committee members as the Executive Representative point of contact for external legal counsel and insurance service providers, ensuring effective governance and risk coverage across the business.

**Risk, Compliance & Governance**
- Ensure financial, regulatory, and legal compliance across all jurisdictions of operation.
- Oversee internal controls, audits, and risk management frameworks.
- Ensure the organisation meets its obligations in terms of corporate governance.
- Work closely with the business to manage risk exposure and maintain ethical standards.

**Systems & Technology**
- Champion the implementation and optimisation of financial systems, contract management systems and digital tools in finance.
- Ensure financial reporting and analytics capabilities are fit for purpose and scalable.

**LMA - Lead, Manage, and Hold Accountable**
- Lead a cross-functional financial and governance team, encompassing Group Finance, Legal, Risk, Insurance, and Fundraising. Foster a culture of high performance, ownership, and trust across all functions.
- Delegate responsibilities clearly and transparently using structured tools (e.g., RACI matrices), ensuring accountability and clarity of execution across departments and overlapping mandates.
- Support the growth and resilience of the team through structured performance feedback, mentoring, upskilling, and coaching
especially in high-pressure or complex regulatory environments.
- Lead by example in demonstrating integrity, transparency, and strategic discipline, while consistently upholding SolarAfrica’s core values in all decision-making.
- Ensure a compliance-first, risk-aware culture across all financial, legal, insurance, and governance activities, supporting both commercial agility and responsible growth.
- Champion SolarAfrica’s EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) management model, ensuring consistent participation in daily huddles, weekly Level 10 (L10) meetings, one-on-ones, and qua