Rose Avenue Consulting Group is a financial management, strategy and consulting firm that combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in corporate finance, strategy and research. Together with our clients and partnering companies we address our client’s most critical issues and challenges. RACG aims to provide a globally consistent set o...

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Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership – Serves as a trusted financial counsel to the CEO, translating business vision into actionable financial strategy across global FMCG markets. This includes driving performance management, providing data-driven insights, and supporting investment decisions and market expansion initiatives.

Financial Controls – Owns the internal controls framework, ensuring full compliance with internationally recognised accounting standards, statutory regulations, and local regulatory requirements. Oversees external audits and presents audited financial statements to the Board, maintaining transparency and accountability at all times.

Budgeting & Treasury – Drives the annual budget cycle, multi-year forecasting, liquidity management, and capital allocation across the organisation. This also encompasses oversight of funding arrangements including grants, credit facilities, and financing agreements to support business continuity and growth.

Stakeholder Management – Serves as the primary liaison between the executive office, investors, banks, regulators, and auditors, negotiating key financial agreements. Represents the company's financial interests across both global and local partnerships, ensuring strong and trusted relationships with all key external parties.

People & Technology – Builds and leads a high-performing finance team while championing the adoption of Tech. Drives a data-driven culture across the organisation, ensuring real-time, accurate financial information is accessible to support decision-making at all levels.

Other Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, or a related field; CPA-K or ACCA certification required; an MBA is an added advantage

Experience – 12+ years in progressive finance roles, with minimum 5 years in senior leadership at a multinational,

Industry Knowledge – Solid FMCG background with understanding of supply chain finance, trade spend, and commercial dynamics

Leadership – A track record of senior leadership in complex, matrixed organisations with the ability to drive strategic change and engage effectively at the highest levels of the business.

• Serves as a trusted financial counsel to the CEO, translating business vision into actionable financial strategy across global FMCG markets.
• Driving performance management, providing data-driven insights, and supporting investment decisions and market expansion initiatives.
• Owns the internal controls framework, ensuring full compliance with internationally recognised accounting standards, statutory regulations, and local regulatory requirements.
• Oversees external audits and presents audited financial statements to the Board, maintaining transparency and accountability at all times.
• Drives the annual budget cycle, multi-year forecasting, liquidity management, and capital allocation across the organisation.
• Oversight of funding arrangements including grants, credit facilities, and financing agreements to support business continuity and growth.
• Serves as the primary liaison between the executive office, investors, banks, regulators, and auditors, negotiating key financial agreements.
• Represents the company's financial interests across both global and local partnerships, ensuring strong and trusted relationships with all key external parties.
• Builds and leads a high-performing finance team while championing the adoption of Tech.
• Drives a data-driven culture across the organisation, ensuring real-time, accurate financial information is accessible to support decision-making at all levels.

• Strategic financial planning
• Performance management
• Data-driven insights
• Investment decisions
• Market expansion
• Internal controls framework
• Accounting standards compliance
• Statutory regulations compliance
• External audit oversight
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Liquidity management
• Capital allocation
• Funding arrangements
• Stakeholder management
• Negotiation
• Team leadership
• Technology adoption
• Data-driven culture
• FMCG industry knowledge
• Supply chain finance
• Trade spend understanding
• Commercial dynamics understanding
• Strategic change driving
• High-level engagement

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Accounting, or a related field
• CPA-K or ACCA certification required
• MBA is an added advantage