Group CFO

The Catalyst Group


Date: 7 hours ago
City: Karachi
Contract type: Full time
Group Chief Financial Officer

Location: Karachi

Reports To: Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO)

Interfaces With: Group Board & Audit Committee, OpCo CEOs, Group CTO, Legal & Compliance, External Advisors, Banking Partners

The Catalyst Group is hiring a Group CFO for its client, a large business conglomerate with diversified interests across pharmaceuticals, healthcare, logistics, retail, and technology.

As Group CFO, you will be a strategic partner to the Group CEO and the Board responsible for shaping capital strategy, driving performance across operating companies, and ensuring financial resilience to support continued growth and scale.

Why This Role Matters

The Group CFO is a trusted voice at the Board and the architect of systems that drive accountability, resilience, and scale. You'll lead the financial agenda across multiple operating companies, ensure transparent performance management, and align investment priorities with the Groups growth strategy.

What You'll Lead

Capital Strategy & Value Creation

  • Define and lead the Groups capital allocation framework balancing growth, risk, and return
  • Lead M&A, joint ventures, and exits across strategy, structuring, and execution
  • Optimise tax structures, capital costs, and resource allocation across OpCos and geographies


Performance Management & OpCo Partnership

  • Run the Groups annual planning cycle, monthly business reviews, and fortnightly cashflow reviews
  • Drive KPI alignment in partnership with OpCo CFOs, backed by clear scorecards
  • Advance the digital finance agenda embedding ERP, advanced analytics, AI-powered forecasting, and real-time dashboards in collaboration with the CTO
  • Ensure strong liquidity management across receivables, payables, and inventory


Financial Operations & Controls

  • Oversee consolidation, reporting, and audit processes
  • Lead treasury, liquidity, and credit management
  • Strengthen internal controls and compliance systems fit for scale
  • Drive cost leadership through group-wide sourcing synergies, zero-based budgeting, and procurement governance


Stakeholder & Shareholder Engagement

  • Act as a credible voice to the Board, shareholders, and external partners
  • Oversee capital structuring, dividend policies, and shareholding administration
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with banks, regulators, auditors, and advisors
  • Shape and communicate the Groups equity narrative to lenders, rating agencies, analysts, and shareholders
  • Provide the Audit & Risk Committees with clear reporting and forward-looking insights


Risk & Decision Support

  • Build scenarios and ensure financial readiness for different outcomes
  • Partner with Strategy, Transformation, and Legal on major investment decisions
  • Spot and mitigate financial risks early


Talent & Culture Stewardship

  • Build a pipeline of future CFOs; champion upskilling in data, automation, and business partnering
  • Establish finance business-partnering pods across OpCos to ensure numbers drive real-time strategy


What You Bring

  • Strategic Clarity - Ability to distill complexity into actionable direction
  • Capital Discipline - Strong track record of value creation and capital optimisation
  • Operators Instinct - Hands-on ability to translate strategy into execution
  • Trusted Leadership Presence and influence at the Board and across diverse stakeholders

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