Finance Adviser

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 suppliers, 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. 

Based in Port Moresby, the Finance Adviser reports to the Finance Manager of Santos Foundation and is responsible and accountable for providing monthly consolidated management reports for both PNG and Australia jurisdictions. The role ensures accuracy of data is maintained in SAP for all donor reporting, including updating of SAP master data (project structures and WBS) to reflect donor reporting requirements.

Key accountabilities include:

• Preparing monthly donations received reports for Finance Manager review

• Preparing monthly PNG and Australia cost tracker templates for Finance Manager review

• Acting as business partner for Program Management teams to ensure accounting matters are appropriately explained and issues resolved in a timely manner

• Leading monthly Program Management performance meetings reviewing expenditures against budget or reforecast for Santos-funded programs

• Preparing monthly PNG and Australia group cost allocations reporting for Finance Manager review

• Preparing monthly PNG and Australia consolidated reporting templates for Finance Manager review

• Preparing the latest 12-month expenditure forecast for Finance Manager review

• Preparing the month-end donor cash balance report for Finance Manager review

• Preparing monthly accruals and correcting entries for all Foundation trial balances (PNG, Australia, Timor-Leste and Alaska) as required

• Preparing monthly Santos reimbursement requests for Finance Manager review

• Supporting the completion of monthly external donor reporting templates with the Finance Reporting Senior Manager

• Assisting with year-end financial close and reporting activities as required

• Assisting with audit queries by providing required supporting documents

• Ad hoc requests as directed by the Finance Manager, Finance Services Senior Manager or Finance Reporting Senior Manager

• Ensuring compliance with the Santos Management System (SMS), Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA), and Santos Corporate Governance and Safety requirements.

You will be experienced in:

• A minimum of five years in a General Ledger or equivalent role

• Five to ten years in a Finance Reporting or Finance Business Partner role

• Strong compliance and financial control experience

• Proven experience in monthly expenditure reporting, analysis and forecasting

• Proven experience in preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and clearing of aged items

• Demonstrated experience sourcing, sorting and reporting data from SAP or other ERP system

• Demonstrated experience in Power BI dashboard reporting

• Good PC skills with medium to advanced skills in Excel

• Ability to create and maintain good working relationships with a multicultural workforce

• Ability to work independently without direction and use initiative in resolving issues

• High-level analytical, conceptual thinking and communication skills, both oral and written

 

Ideally, you will hold a degree in accounting, finance or business management and be CPA qualified, or demonstrate significant training and experience within a directly relevant role within a large corporate environment.

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.

 

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before COB 05th June 2026.

 

A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for PNG to apply.

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/