• The Business Manager acts as a trusted extension of the CEO, enhancing the CEO’s effectiveness by driving agenda management, decision quality, enterprise coordination, and execution follow-through. The role exists to increase the time, focus, and agility of the CEO, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into disciplined execution across the organization.
• The Business Manager operates with delegated authority from the CEO, working across functions to ensure alignment, clarity, and delivery, without holding direct line accountability for functional operations.

CEO Agenda, Decision & Follow-Through Management:

• Shape, prioritize, and protect the CEO’s agenda to ensure focus on high-impact strategic and operational matters.
• Act as liaison between the CEO and internal and external stakeholders as delegated.
• Ensure CEO, Exco, and Board decisions are clearly articulated, documented, and communicated.
• Track execution of agreed actions, owners, milestones, and outcomes, escalating risks and delays to the CEO with recommended options.

Enterprise Operating Cadence & Coordination:

• Design, coordinate, and support the CEO and Exco operating rhythm, including Exco meetings, monthly reviews, and strategic forums.
• Facilitate the effective dissemination and receipt of key information between the CEO, Exco, and their leadership teams.
• Act as gatekeeper for issues escalated to the CEO, ensuring readiness, clarity, and decision quality.
• Monitor progress against assigned strategic initiatives and enterprise deliverables

Strategy Translation & Alignment:

• Translate the CEO’s vision, priorities, and Board directives into clear strategic themes and execution plans.
• Support Exco in cascading strategy into aligned functional plans, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Define success metrics linked to strategic objectives, track progress, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions.

Enterprise Performance Insight & Financial Oversight:

• Work closely with Finance to analyze and interpret financial and operational performance at an enterprise level.
• Provide consolidated insight on budgets, forecasts, cost-saving initiatives, and performance trends.
• Ensure financial and operational information presented to the CEO and Exco is accurate, prioritized, and decision relevant.
• Track benefits realization for strategic and efficiency initiatives.

• Ensure adherence to legal requirements, company policies, and approved governance frameworks.
• Coordinate and drive monthly and ad-hoc reporting required by the CEO, Exco, and Board.
• Prepare executive-level documentation and presentations by researching, validating, and synthesising information to support sound decision-making.
• Ensure business decisions are implemented within agreed governance, risk, and compliance parameters.

• Build and lead a small, high-impact CEO Office team focused on reporting, execution tracking, and decision support.
• Set clear priorities, standards, and ways of working for the team.
• Ensure professionalism, confidentiality, and executive-level delivery at all times.

• Acts as a delegated representative of the CEO on agreed matters
  
• May convene and facilitate cross-functional forums to drive alignment and execution.

• Has authority to challenge execution gaps and request corrective action on behalf of the CEO.
• Does not hold line accountability for functional P&L or daily operations.

• Role requires executive-level flexibility aligned to the CEO’s schedule and business priorities.

• Strong understanding of the business, industry, and operating environment required.
  
• High levels of trust, confidentiality, and professionalism are non-negotiable

• Enterprise governance, compliance, and risk management.
• Strategic planning and execution tracking.
• Executive-level reporting and performance management.
• Project and change management.
• Stakeholder and relationship management at Executive level.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Matric / Grade 12 essential 
• Minimum of 3-year relevant Degree/ National Diploma or is essential
• Business related courses completed is essential. 
• A business-related MBA is preferred
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in business management, strategy, consulting, or senior enterprise roles.
• Proven exposure to executive leadership teams and Board-level environments.

• Persuading and influencing.
• Planning and organizing.
• Deciding and initiating action.
• Delivering results and meeting expectations.
• Working effectively with senior stakeholders and teams.