Chief Financial Officer at Digby Wells Environmental

• This role is focused on stewardship, governance and long-term sustainability, ensuring that our financial strategy supports our purpose, our people and the communities in which we operate.

Strategic Financial Stewardship

• Responsible for commercial performance, including profitability, utilisation and revenue quality. The CFO should partner with operational leaders to improve financial performance across service lines and countries.
• Develop and guide the Group’s long-term financial strategy in alignment with our five year growth plan.
• Advise the CEO and Board on capital allocation, dividend strategy and reinvestment priorities.
• Support strategic expansion into new markets and jurisdictions.
• Facilitate and manage the setup of new entities, mergers, joint ventures and other investment opportunities.
• Drive financial resilience and sustainable profitability across the Group.

Governance and International Oversight

• Ensure sound corporate governance across the Group, including oversight of the UK holding company structure.
• Uphold compliance with UK Companies Act requirements and relevant statutory frameworks.
• Development of group transfer pricing strategy, cross‑border structuring and international tax strategy given the Group structure.
• Provide oversight of international tax governance and implementation of transfer pricing principles.
• Oversee financial risk management across all jurisdictions.
• Present consolidated Group financial performance and forward outlook to the Board.

Financial Risk and Sustainability

• Development of financial levels of authority across the business.
• Define the Group’s financial risk appetite and ensure appropriate control environments across operating entities.
• Identifying and mitigating financial risks and subsequent reporting to the finance and risk committee
• Oversee capital structure and funding strategy across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ensure governance frameworks are robust, transparent and aligned to international best practice.
• Act as a custodian of fiduciary responsibility and ethical financial leadership.

Leadership and Capability

• Lead the global finance function through the Group Financial Manager and in country finance teams.
• Ensure finance systems and processes are scalable and aligned to international operations.
• Build a culture of accountability, integrity and high performance within the finance function.
• Strengthen financial capability to support operations in emerging market environments.

Requirements
Who We Are Looking For

• We are seeking a values-driven, commercially astute financial leader with experience operating at Group and Board level within an international structure.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA(SA), ACA, ACCA or equivalent internationally recognised qualification).
• Additional qualifications in corporate governance or international tax advantageous.

Experience

• 15+ years progressive financial leadership experience.
• At least 10 years operating at Executive or Board level.
• Experience overseeing multi-entity, multi-country structures.
• Direct exposure to UK holding company governance requirements.
• Strong understanding of international tax governance and cross-border compliance.
• Experience operating across African or emerging market jurisdictions essential.
• Background in professional services, consulting, engineering or resources environments preferred.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, joint ventures or strategic growth initiatives.