# Chief Financial Officer

> Pakistan Single Window · Islamabad, Pakistan · — · Posted 2026-05-13

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Finance & Procurement

## 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.

## Requirements

-   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.

## Benefits

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

## Apply

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