Strategic CFO

1. Client Description

The organization is a high-profile holding and investment company operating across infrastructure, industrial development, construction, mining, and property sectors. The business focuses on long-term shareholder value creation through disciplined capital allocation, strategic partnerships, and major project investments.

2. Scope

• Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

• Employment Structure: Executive-level, Permanent Full-Time direct appointment.

• Hierarchy: Reports directly to the Managing Director and the Board of Directors.

• Role Purpose: Serve as an executive-level strategic investor, financial lead, and commercial adviser. This role goes beyond traditional accounting to drive capital allocation, assess operational delivery capacity, oversee cross-border taxation, and maintain strict governance across jointly held investments.

3. Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Investment & Capital Allocation: Lead due diligence, financial modeling (IRR, NPV, ROI), valuation, and deal structuring for major acquisitions, joint ventures, and greenfield/brownfield developments.

• Operational Capacity Assessment: Evaluate whether proposed investments match the company's practical execution capabilities, including working capital, plant equipment, supply chain logistics, and workforce capacity.

• PNG & Australian Taxation Oversight: Manage complex tax compliance and strategy across both Papua New Guinea and Australian tax regimes, covering corporate income tax, GST, salary/wages tax, withholding taxes, and cross-border transfer pricing.

• Entity Separation & Governance: Exercise financial oversight of the company's 50% interest in its jointly held enterprise, ensuring strict corporate, financial, and accounting separation between parent and partner entities.

• Executive & Board Advisory: Present concise investment proposals, downside scenario analyses, project profitability reports, and long-term 3–5 year financial roadmaps to the Board.

4. Qualifications

• Certifications: Formal professional accounting designation (CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent).

• Essential Experience:

  • Proven track record as a CFO, Finance Director, or Investment Director advising Boards on material capital investments.

  • Extensive involvement in structuring major transactions, joint ventures, or multi-million-dollar capital project developments.

  • Demonstrated experience in commercial project costing, tender reviews, and cost-to-complete forecasting within project-based operating environments.

• Taxation Expertise: Practical knowledge of Papua New Guinea and Australian taxation and cross-border financial administration.

• Industry Background (Highly Regarded): Senior executive background in infrastructure, mining, construction, industrial development, logistics, private equity, or project finance.

• Personal Attributes: Commercially astute, independent thinker, operationally grounded, and capable of operating comfortably at the Board, lender, and investor levels.

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