After completing her articles with KPMG, Buhle held credit management positions at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Nedbank Limited and most recently as a senior business rescue specialist at the IDC. In January 2020, Buhle was appointed as chief financial officer of BAIC South Africa, a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). She is a non-executive director of OUTsurance Holdings Limited and the South African Forestry Company Limited, and is a director of Biodx Biological Chemical Technologies Proprietary Limited, an IDC-related entity. She is also deputy president of African Women Chartered Accountants. In addition to her primary qualifications, Buhle holds advanced certificates in Business Rescue Practice from the Law Society of South Africa, Insolvency Law and Practice from the University of Johannesburg, Emerging Markets and Country Risk Analysis from Fordham University, and completed the Development Finance Programme at the University of Stellenbosch Business School.