Candidate Profile for a Finance Director

This CA(SA) qualified finance professional currently holds a financial leadership role within a hospitality group, overseeing the full financial function across a multi-property portfolio spanning boutique hotels, and safari lodges. With over 15 years of progressive financial leadership experience the last eight spent in senior hospitality roles this candidate has led a major ERP migration, built group-wide Power BI reporting suites, and driven a full restructuring of finance operations from a decentralised to a centralised shared-services model. Earlier career experience spans FMCG, market research and professional services, including four years in external audit with a Big Four firm. A natural relationship-builder and collaborative, hands-off manager, this candidate is known for a considered leadership style, strong commercial acumen, and genuine enthusiasm for using technology and automation to free finance teams for higher-value strategic work. Now exploring a new challenge with greater operational scope, potentially extending to COO-level responsibility.