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General Information

Location:
Port Moresby
Ref#:
ATR 557975

Description & Requirements

Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one.
Santos is a global energy company committed to increasingly cleaner energy and fuels production, with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.  
  
We are currently PNG’s largest single investor and most active explorer, operating all the country’s producing oil fields and holding an extensive appraisal and exploration portfolio. Our aspirations and strategies reflect our genuine commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the lives of Papua New Guineans. 
 
At Santos, our commitment is to be a global leader in the transition to cleaner energy and clean fuels, by helping the world decarbonise to reach net-zero emissions in an affordable and sustainable way.  
 
Santos is one of Australia’s biggest domestic gas supplier, a leading Asia Pacific LNG supplier and is committed to supplying the critical fuels such as oil and gas in a more sustainable way through decarbonising projects such as the Moomba CCS project. 
   
For more than 65 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing local jobs and business opportunities, safely and sustainably developing its natural gas resources, and powering industries and households. 
    
What you’ll do:
The primary objective of this role is to lead the PNG Financial Planning and Reporting team in delivering comprehensive budgets, precise forecasts, and high-quality financial reports, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights.

This role is pivotal in supporting the PNG Asset’s strategic and operational goals by providing robust analytics and fostering collaboration with key stakeholders, including the VP PNG Operations, PNG leadership team, Senior Finance Manager, joint venture partners, regulatory authorities, and the Santos centre.

Through strong leadership and financial stewardship, this position drives informed decision-making and ensures alignment with organisational priorities.

Key accountabilities include:  
  • Financial Reporting Leadership: Coordinate and lead the financial reporting cycles, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of PNG asset results and commentary.
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Oversee the preparation and presentation of PNG business budgets, forecasts, and Management Information, ensuring high-quality insights for decision-making.
  • Quality Assurance: Review outputs from Finance Business Partners to ensure accuracy, completeness, and quality of financial analysis and reporting.
  • Data Integrity and Allocations Expertise: Serve as the subject matter expert for data and allocations, managing controls and logic to ensure accurate cost recovery from Joint Venture partners.
  • Process Improvement: Drive initiatives to enhance the quality and timeliness of financial data and analytics across the organisation.
  • Tool Development and Optimisation: Lead the development and enhancement of reporting tools, such as Power BI, to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting requirements effectively.

What you'll bring:
Professional Experience
Essential experience required for this position includes:
  • A minimum of 10 years appropriately related work experience.
  • Experience with the design and preparation of group-level performance reporting and providing insightful analysis.
  • Experience in recommending and implementing process improvements relating to systems and reporting.
  • A working knowledge of the Oil & Gas or Mining Industries.
Technical Competencies
  • Advanced knowledge with MS Excel, SAP and Power BI.
  • Intermediate MS Office (Powerpoint) applications. 
  • Excellent communication, analytical skills and proven attention to detail.
  • Strong accounting skills required.
Qualifications
Essential qualifications for this position are:
  • CA / CPA qualified, with minimum of 10 years work experience 
  • Business / Commerce Degree
Your experience in leading small teams, collaborating with senior leaders and external stakeholders, combined with strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, is key to enable you to thrive in deadline-driven environments.

Your commitment to teamwork and effective communication will ensure success in dynamic and high-pressure settings.


What you’ll get:
Here, you’ll be amongst high-calibre people and get to work on industry-leading projects. We don’t shy away from solving tough problems at pace. We like it that way. You can expect to be challenged and supported; to learn and grow.

At Santos, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. This means a place that is safe; where you are valued and respected, and your contribution is recognised and appreciated. Join us, and you’ll play a role in this too.

Each of our sites offer access to specific amenities that aim to create the best possible benefits to your health, wellbeing and performance. 


What you’re part of:
Everywhere you turn you will be a part of a team who are coming together to contribute to our single uniting purpose - to provide reliable and affordable energy to help create a better world for everyone And because it’s not only what you do, but how you do it, you will also contribute to improving the living standards of the communities where we operate, building enduring and respectful relationships that serve a generation. It’s about each of us, and all of us – together.
     

How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB Wed 26th Nov 2025.
 
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for PNG to apply.
   

Potential Scams
There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place.  You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/