About the Company
Well established JSE listed leader in road & civil engineering, and infrastructure development & construction materials supply group, operating across Southern Africa.
Main job function
Reporting to the Commercial Executive, the successful candidate will grow to understand the group, and take over the M&A/Commercial role in the Group, eventually replacing the current Commercial Executive, who will be retiring in the next few years.
Personal traits
The person needs to be a self-starter
Be exceptionally well organized
Be focused
CA(SA) or BCom Law degree
MBA/Management Qualification (preferred)
· Minimum of 10 years in Executive Management role
· Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist - strong legal background or understanding, sufficiently so to limit the Group’s exposure in M&A transactions
· Good commercial skills to:
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- structure deals,
- review agreements,
- manage and draft small transaction agreements,
- interact with attorneys and bankers, corporate finance houses and private equity players to put M&A transactions together
· Good understanding of the Companies Act & JSE rules
· Know how IFRS is reported
· Understanding of reporting and accounting matters
· An excellent understanding and interpretation of presented accounting information
· Insight into the current BEE legislation and an understanding of how this works
· A good understanding of SA Tax and knowledge of international tax (although need not be a specialist)
A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.
