Your role and responsibilities

You will be expected to step beyond number-crunching to translate financial data into insights that drive smarter business decisions. Your key responsibilities will encompass:

Strategic Business Partnering and Structuring

• Acting as the primary financial advisor to business leaders and teams, offering financial insights that drive strategic decision making, identifying growth opportunities, and mitigating financial risks.
• Advising on optimal structuring of new ventures and business models, ensuring alignment with CAG’s strategic direction, governance, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborating with startup leads to refine comprehensive business cases and business models, including developing profit-sharing frameworks and risk mitigation strategies.
• Support the review of contracts and RFPs (Request for Proposal) to embed sound financial provisions and commercially viable terms

Financial Planning and Performance Management

• Partner with businesses to develop annual budgets, forecasts, and cashflow projections, ensuring financial reasonableness and alignment with business goals.
• Develop and deliver regular and ad-hoc performance reports with impactful data visualisation that links financial outcomes to business drivers.
• Anticipate risks, model scenarios, and provide alternatives backed by data to influence future outcomes.
• Shift seamlessly from the big picture to the detail and back again, ensuring execution aligns with strategy.

Process Excellence and Financial Communication

• Design and map out end-to-end finance processes for new initiatives, embedding controls to manage identified risks.
• Evaluate and enhance existing finance policies and processes, contributing to cross-functional projects to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Tell a compelling story with data: turning financials into a narrative that drives action and wins buy-in from non-finance stakeholders.
• Pair commercial acumen with strong communication, making finance accessible and building the financial capability and confidence of non-finance managers.

Your profile

We are looking for a commercially savvy individual who possesses the following

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance or related discipline
• Minimum 8 to 12 years’ experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A or Commercial Finance.
• Financial & Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel (including Power Query, Power Pivot) 
• Communication & Influence: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to engage and influence stakeholders across all levels. Strong proficiency in financial storytelling, data analysis and visualisation, writing, and presentation
• Mindset: Sharp critical thinking, high attention to detail, and a proactive, hands-on approach. Must be an independent, adaptable, and resourceful team player who excels in dynamic, fast-paced environment.