CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER & FINANCE DIRECTOR

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Holdings (ZSE Holdings) is an investment holding company. Its subsidiaries include the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which are licensed securities exchanges in Zimbabwe, and Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange (ZEEX). The company is evolving and extending its service offering, through the addition of new products and services that include: Mobile trading platforms (ZSE Direct and VFEX Direct), Market Data Services (Data Direct), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Depository Receipts (DRs). ZSE Holdings is seeking an exceptional Chief Finance Officer & Finance Director to build a forward-looking finance function for a changing capital-markets group. This is a Board-level appointment: the CFO & Finance Director sits as an ex-officio member of the ZSEH Board, and will develop and own the Group’s financial strategy, not simply report on it.

• Turn financial and operating data into decisions
• Strengthen forecasting and cash discipline
• Challenge the business commercially
• Improve management information
• Provide the Group CEO and Boards with a clear view of performance, risks and choices
• Develop and own the Group’s financial strategy

• Finance/Accounting degree
• CA, ACCA or CIMA qualification
• At least seven years’ relevant experience, including substantial senior finance responsibility
• Experience in financial services, capital markets or another regulated environment is advantageous
• Commercially minded finance leader with strong controls, judgment, analytical depth and the confidence to challenge constructively
• Demonstrated experience in group consolidation, financing, capital allocation, board accountability and finance transformation