Are you up for a challenge?

**Are you up for a challenge?**Then you could be our new Chief Financial Officer. As our CFO, you will play a pivotal role in enabling value creation, financial discipline and long‑term strategic direction for Torvald Klaveness.

As a member of the Executive Committee, the CFO will lead the Group’s financial strategy, performance management, risk governance, and corporate structuring --- while contributing actively to enterprise-wide transformation and ownership succession.

The role combines engagement across all portfolio companies with Holding-level responsibility for financial planning, capital allocation, and risk oversight. The CFO is expected to safeguard operational control, ensure sound reporting and compliance, and drive forward-looking initiatives such as ERP modernization, AI-readiness, and shared services efficiency.

The position is located in Oslo, and you will be reporting to the CEO of Torvald Klaveness.

Areas of responsibilities and main tasks:

• Active contributor to corporate strategy execution, performance culture, and cross-functional governance

• Overall responsibility for the Group’s financial consolidation, tax planning, and reporting with focus on performance- and value creation insight

• Drive financial control and performance across the Group, including interaction with portfolio companies

• Oversee financial systems, risk management, and process integration across the Group

• Support generational transition through structural, financial, and governance preparedness

Desired background and qualifications:

• A master’s degree from a well-reputed university with strong academic records

• Extensive senior leadership experience in finance

• Proven track record in capital allocation, risk governance, and strategic financial management

• Proven experience in applying strong commercial acumen and partnering closely with business leaders

• Experience from international ownership structures, governance, and transitions

Desired personal skills

• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate vision into action

• Strong financial expertise and commercial insight

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

• Ability to lead through change and navigate complexity

• Integrity, resilience, and a collaborative approach

Why you will enjoy working in Klaveness

• An exciting executive leadership role in a global company at the forefront of digitalization, sustainability, and maritime innovation

• Opportunity to shape an industry undergoing major transformation

• A highly skilled and diverse working environment that encourages professional and personal growth

We are based in attractive office premises centrally located at Vækerø, Oslo.

If you have any questions about the position, contact our advisors at Ascender, Asbjørn Jørgensen +47 926 88 123 or Anine Astrup Glittenberg +47 970 80 488.

Please send your application and CV as soon as possible.