CFO – Transport, Distribution & Retail (PNG)
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Job Location:
Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea
Monthly Salary:
PGK 10 - 10
Experience Required:
5years
Posted on:
12 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
A role for a CFO who wants to build influence and genuinely lead.
A major PNG transport and distribution group is ready for its next evolution. The business has grown from a small logistics operation into a multi-division enterprise spanning a 100 vehicle fleet wholesale distribution and a fast-paced retail footprint. The next step is clear: stronger financial leadership tighter commercial management and a strategic finance partner embedded in the companys direction.
Thats where you come in.
This isnt the kind of CFO role where you sit three floors above reality reviewing spreadsheets like ancient scriptures. This is a business that moves literally. Trucks people stock fuel cash flow the daily juggle of operational decisions that need a steady hand and a clear head.
If you want a role where you can genuinely influence performance lift capability build modern financial systems and work side-by-side with ownership to shape the future of a large PNG organisation then this position offers rare scope.
What Youll Do
- Lead financial strategy across transport wholesale and multi-site retail operations
- Bring sharp commercial discipline to budgeting forecasting and cost control
- Strengthen governance compliance and financial controls
- Modernise reporting and drive visibility across every division
- Provide clear financial leadership to support growth and investment decisions
- Mentor and develop the finance team lifting capability across the business
Requirements
What Youll Bring
- Senior finance leadership in logistics transport FMCG distribution or similar operational environments
- Strengths in managing cash flow in high-volume multi-entity businesses
- Experience working in PNG or comparable frontier markets (or the appetite to hit the ground running)
- Calm confident communication the ability to simplify complexity
- A grounded practical leadership style that earns trust quickly
- A genuine desire to build something meaningful not just maintain a ledger
Benefits
Whats on Offer
- A competitive salary package plus housing and relocation support
- The chance to build a modern finance function from the ground up
- Direct partnership with ownership and the executive team
- An opportunity to create real commercial impact not just advise from a distance
- A stable respected PNG employer with long-term vision
- A role where your decisions influence daily operations and future strategy
If you want your work to matter to steer a large operational business and actually see the results of your leadership this is that opportunity.
Required Skills:
What Youll Bring Senior finance leadership in logistics transport FMCG distribution or similar operational environments Strengths in managing cash flow in high-volume multi-entity businesses Experience working in PNG or comparable frontier markets (or the appetite to hit the ground running) Calm confident communication the ability to simplify complexity A grounded practical leadership style that earns trust quickly A genuine desire to build something meaningful not just maintain a ledger
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- IT Network
- Corporate Sales
- Data Networking
- Bank Reconciliation
- Information Technology Sales
- AC Maintenance
