Chief Financial Officer

About this role

The role is for a Chief Financial Officer at CapitalSage Technology Limited, based in Lagos. It oversees finance for CST, CSV, IMTO and crypto asset management across multiple entities, ensuring IFRS and local GAAP where required. The CFO leads a group finance function, manages regulatory reporting, statutory audits, treasury, governance, risk, and business partnering to support strategy and capital allocation. The position requires extensive senior finance experience in regulated financial services, with multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation and remote team management. The role involves steering budgeting, financial planning, and financial due diligence for acquisitions or new ventures, while maintaining internal controls and compliance with licensing regimes across jurisdictions. The employer operates in fintech and financial services with a focus on lending, payments and asset management.

What you would do

• Lead the embedded finance team and set objectives for the CST/CSV finance function.
• Define the finance operating model, duties, delegation and escalation routes.
• Embed group policies, chart of accounts and reporting calendar across entities.
• Own accuracy and timeliness of management and statutory accounts and ensure IFRS/local GAAP compliance.
• Prepare consolidated reporting packs and support consolidation into group entities.
• Manage intercompany balances, transfer pricing, and eliminations.
• Run a standardised month-end, quarter-end and year-end close process.
• Ensure regulatory returns are complete, accurate and on time for all licences.
• Coordinate statutory audits, tax compliance and liaise with regulators as finance lead on examinations.
• Drive treasury coordination, liquidity planning and banking relationships.

What they are asking for

• Chartered accountant designation (ACA, ACCA, CPA, ICAN or equivalent).
• 15+ years in finance with at least 5 years as CFO, Finance Director or Head of Finance in a regulated financial services group.
• Experience with microfinance, commercial banking, payments or remittance businesses.
• Proven history with regulatory reporting (CBN, FCA, FINTRAC/FinCEN, VARA) and multi-entity IFRS consolidation.
• Experience managing finance teams remotely across multiple countries.
• Exposure to fintech, digital assets or asset management preferred.

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