Group Chief Financial Officer

About the role

SystemSpecs Holdings Limited is the parent company of a portfolio of technology and fintech businesses across Nigeria and Africa, including the payment infrastructure company Remita Payments Services Limited. It is building a stronger, unified financial leadership function to allocate capital with discipline and protect the balance sheet. The Group CFO reports to the Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, and acts as a strategic partner to the Executive Leadership and Boards of the subsidiaries.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Group's financial strategy, long-term plan and capital allocation framework, and evaluate investments across subsidiaries
• Own the capital structure, dividend policy, intra-group funding, transfer pricing and management fees, and build the funding strategy including equity and structured financing
• Build and maintain a rolling multi-year financial model, scenario analysis and stress testing
• Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting, set a unified KPI framework and advise subsidiary MDs on pricing and profitability
• Ensure accurate consolidated and statutory reporting under IFRS and Nigerian requirements, own the internal control framework and audit relationship, and strengthen controls over settlement, reconciliation and revenue assurance
• Drive finance transformation toward automation, a single source of financial truth and near-real-time reporting
• Own treasury strategy (liquidity, cash pooling, FX exposure, interest-rate risk) and working capital, in line with CBN requirements
• Own the tax strategy and statutory compliance, and ensure compliance with CBN prudential reporting obligations
• Embed financial risk management (credit, liquidity, market, concentration, fraud, operational) and support the Board and Audit Committee
• Lead M&A and JV analysis, prepare the Group for external capital events, and manage shareholder and investor relations
• Champion finance digitisation, including AI in forecasting and anomaly detection, and build and develop the finance team

Required profile

• At least 12 years of progressive finance leadership, including at least 5 years as CFO, Deputy CFO or equivalent in a group, financial services, fintech, payments or technology business
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent); CFA an advantage
• Strong understanding of the Nigerian regulatory environment and tax regulations
• Proven experience managing consolidated reporting and governance for a multi-entity group under IFRS
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field; MBA or equivalent strongly preferred

Required skills

• Consolidated financial reporting and IFRS
• Treasury and liquidity management, including FX exposure
• Capital allocation, funding strategy and investor relations
• Board engagement, audit committee and regulator interaction

What we offer

• Competitive compensation, benefits and professional development
• Comprehensive HMO and wellness benefits
• A collaborative and inclusive environment