Chief Financial Officer - Board Appointment at Tharisa

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and execute the Group’s global financial strategy aligned with corporate objectives and long-term value creation.
• Lead integrated business planning, long-range financial modelling, and scenario planning across commodity cycles.
• Provide strategic financial insights to support M&A, partnerships, growth projects, and portfolio optimisation.
• Drive disciplined capital allocation frameworks and return thresholds for major investments and projects.
• Support feasibility studies, project finance modelling, and life-of-mine financial planning.

Listed Company Governance & Reporting

• Ensure full compliance with stock exchange regulations and listed company disclosure requirements.
• Oversee accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with IFRS.
• Lead the finance interface with the Board and Audit & Risk Committee.
• Present financial performance, outlook, and strategic drivers to shareholders, analysts, and institutional investors.
• Ensure governance alignment with King IV and global best practice.

Financial Management & Treasury

Provide oversight of the full finance function including:

• Group financial reporting and consolidation
• Budgeting, forecasting, and performance management
• Treasury, liquidity management, and banking relationships
• Capital structure optimisation and covenant management
• Tax planning and compliance across jurisdictions
• Enterprise risk management and insurance strategy
• Lead foreign exchange risk management, global cash optimisation, and cross-border financing structures.

Mining Sector Financial Oversight

Manage the financial complexities of mining operations including:

• Resource and reserve valuation inputs
• Rehabilitation and environmental provisioning
• Royalties, mining taxation regimes, and fiscal agreements
• Joint ventures and project financing structures
• Provide financial insight to drive operational efficiency including cost-per-ton, recovery rates, logistics and energy optimisation.

Capital Markets & Investor Relations

• Support the organisation’s investor relations strategy and market communications.
• Engage with institutional investors, analysts, lenders, and ratings agencies.
• Lead capital raising initiatives, refinancing activities, and strategic funding transactions.
• Articulate the company’s equity value proposition and financial narrative to the market.

ESG & Integrated Reporting

• Oversee the finance contribution to ESG disclosures and integrated reporting.
• Ensure strong governance of climate, rehabilitation, safety, and community metrics influencing valuation and access to capital.
• Support sustainable finance initiatives including sustainability-linked financing instruments.

Financial Systems & Digital Transformation

• Lead the implementation and optimisation of ERP and financial systems across international operations.
• Drive standardisation of financial processes, analytics capability, and automation.
• Ensure robust internal control environments and governance frameworks.

Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing global finance team.
• Build strong succession pipelines across reporting, treasury, tax, and commercial finance disciplines.
• Foster a culture of integrity, accountability, and strategic partnership with operations.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• CA(SA), CPA, ACCA or equivalent chartered accounting qualification
• MBA or postgraduate business qualification advantageous

Job-specific experience:

• 10–15 years progressive financial leadership experience
• Proven CFO or Deputy CFO experience in a listed, multi-jurisdictional organisation
• Strong exposure to the mining or natural resources sector
• Demonstrated success in capital raising, investor relations, and lender engagement
• Experience leading large-scale ERP or finance transformation initiatives

Closing Date: 20 March 2026