Chief Financial Officer

Pakistan Single Window; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 7,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fuel Card

Health benefits

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive work culture

Job summary

Pakistan Single Window is seeking a Strategic Financial Leader to shape the organization’s financial strategy aligned with its statutory mandate and digital transformation goals. The role involves guiding the CEO and Board on sustainability, funding models, and major investments.

The successful candidate will oversee multi-year plans, revenue assurance, and prudent cost management while steering tax governance and financial controls across technology investments and procurement governance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 16–20 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a senior finance leadership role (CFO/Director Finance).
• Experience with Board-level reporting, governance and strategic financial management.
• Proven ability to navigate public sector regulations, compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Experience in technology-enabled organizations or large-scale transformation initiatives is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead PSW’s financial strategy aligned with its mandate and digital transformation objectives.
• Advise CEO and Board on financial sustainability, cost recovery, funding models, and major investments.
• Oversee long-term financial planning, revenue assurance, and prudent cost management.
• Provide strategic oversight of corporate tax governance and compliance.
• Provide financial oversight of technology investments, ERP systems, and platform infrastructure.
• Lead the Finance & Procurement function through the senior leadership team, promoting integrity and performance excellence.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Team development

Education

IFAC-recognized accounting body membership (ICAP/ ICMAP/ CPA)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Strategic Financial Leadership and Sustainability

• Develop and lead PSW’s financial strategy aligned with its statutory mandate and digital transformation objectives.
• Advise the CEO and Board on financial sustainability, cost recovery, funding models, and major investment decisions.
• Oversee long-term financial planning, revenue assurance, and prudent cost management.

Governance, Compliance and Board Assurance

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulatory requirements, including corporate, tax, audit, and public-sector governance frameworks.
• Provide assurance to the Board and Audit Committee on financial reporting integrity, internal controls, and risk exposures.
• Oversee responses to statutory, internal, and regulatory audits.
• Provide strategic oversight of corporate tax governance, including compliance, withholding obligations, indirect tax exposure, cross-border tax matters, and management of tax audits or litigation.

Financial Planning & Control Oversight

• Provide strategic oversight of annual budgets, revised estimates, forecasts and multi-year financial plans.
• Review financial performance, material variances, cash-flow projections, and financial commitments.
• Ensure robust expenditure governance, control frameworks, and financial accountability.

Revenue & Sustainability Framework

• Oversee service-charge structures, user fees, funding arrangements, and other approved revenue streams.
• Review cost-recovery models and financial sustainability projections.
• Ensure strong revenue assurance mechanisms covering billing, collection, reconciliation, and financial system integrity.

Technology & Investment Oversight

• Provide financial oversight of technology investments, ERP systems, digital payments, and platform infrastructure.
• Review business cases, lifecycle costs, financial risks, and return on investment for major initiatives. Procurement, and Risk Governance
• Provide executive oversight of procurement governance and contract financial terms.
• Ensure financial risk management, fraud prevention controls, and segregation-of-duties frameworks are effective and enforced.
• Ensure robust tax governance frameworks covering vendor taxation, contractual tax clauses, and statutory withholding compliance.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Engage with regulators, ministries, auditors, financial institutions, donors, and strategic stakeholders.
• Lead the Finance & Procurement function through the senior leadership team, promoting integrity, transparency, and performance excellence.

• Member of a professional accounting body recognized by IFAC (e.g., ICAP, ICMAP, CPA), in good standing.
• Minimum 16–20 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a senior finance leadership role (CFO / Director Finance / Head of Finance or equivalent), with demonstrated exposure to Board-level reporting, governance and strategic financial management.
• Proven ability to navigate public sector regulations, compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Experience in technology-enabled organizations or large-scale transformation initiatives will be an advantage.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and trends.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, for effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong leadership skills, including team development and mentorship.

• Competitive salary
• Fuel Card
• Health benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Inclusive work culture & much more