Chief Financial Officer

**Job Description: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Champions Group** **About Champions Group** Champions Group is a vibrant and diversified business conglomerate—spanning real estate, lifestyle & leisure, media, cloud computing, marketing & data services, and infrastructure technologies—driven by its mission to "enable growth globally with superlative offerings" and transform businesses through customer-centric innovation and technology. Champions Group is charting its journey toward being a recognized global leader. **Role Overview** As CFO, you will be the strategic financial leader responsible for steering the financial engine across diverse verticals within the Champions Group ecosystem. Reporting directly to the Chairman & Chief Coach (CEO), you'll partner closely with the senior leadership team to drive financial discipline, growth, and strategic positioning for long-term success. **Key Responsibilities** - **Strategic Financial Leadership**: - Shape and drive the financial strategy aligned with the Group’s vision, growth goals, and multi-sector portfolio. - Provide financial insight to inform strategic decisions and evaluate expansion opportunities across sectors. - **Financial Planning & Analysis**: - Oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance tracking. - Develop multi-year financial plans and scenario analyses to assess viability across ventures. - **Operational Finance & Reporting**: - Ensure accurate, timely financial reporting and compliance with applicable standards. - Establish dashboards and KPIs; monitor capital allocation, cost efficiencies, and profitability metrics. - **Risk Management & Governance**: - Implement robust risk management frameworks and internal controls. - Oversee compliance across financial, tax, and regulatory requirements. - **Funding & Treasury Oversight**: - Manage liquidity, treasury operations, banking partnerships, and funding strategies. - Strategize capital structure and investment funding tailored to different business models. - **M&A and Business Development Support**: - Evaluate merger or acquisition opportunities, lead financial due diligence, and integrate financial operations. - **Leadership & Team Building**: - Lead and mentor a high-performing centralized finance team, fostering excellence in FP&A, accounting, tax, and business partnering. - **Stakeholder Communication**: - Present financial insights and strategy to the Board, investors, and partners; maintain clarity on financial performance. **Qualifications & Experience** - Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, CMA, or equivalent. - Proven track record (typically 12+ years) in senior financial leadership roles, ideally within diversified conglomerates or multi-sector businesses. - Hands-on experience in M&A, financial restructuring, or expansion in real estate, infra-tech, marketing, or digital services sectors. - Strong analytical, strategic, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to operate as a trusted business partner to executive leadership. - Experience driving transformation in finance functions (e.g., data-driven insights, shared services, finance partnering). - High ethical standards, integrity, collaborative approach, and cultural alignment with an employee-centric group that values innovation and community. **Why Champions Group?** - Be part of a dynamic, fast-growing group with a bold vision: a customer-obsessed enterprise transforming multiple sectors and fostering global growth. - Work with a leadership team that values fun, recognition, and empowerment—Champions Group treats employees like family and cultivates an inspiring culture. - Play a pivotal role in shaping strategy across real estate development, data-driven marketing, lifestyle brands, and tech-infused innovation. **Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent **Benefits**: - Cell phone reimbursement - Health insurance - Provident Fund Work Location: In person