About Ofload

Ofload is one of Australia's leading FreightTech scale-ups, transforming a $76 billion industry through technology, data and strategic partnerships. We connect Australia's largest brands with a growing network of transport operators, building a smarter, more transparent and sustainable freight ecosystem.

Backed by more than $100 million in funding from leading global investors including Maersk Growth, Jungle Ventures, King River Capital, Global Founders Capital and Flexport, Ofload has established a strong market position and a proven platform for growth.

Along the way, we’ve been recognised for our innovation and culture:

• Ranked #1: Deloitte Climate and Sustainability Award 2024 for our pioneering Carbon Analytics Platform
• Ranked #2: AFR BOSS Best Places to Work 2024 in Transport and Construction
• Recognised in AFR BOSS Fast100 List 2025 with second highest revenue
• Recognised in Deloitte Fast50 3 consecutive years
• Recognised in AFR FastStarters 3 consecutive years
  

About the role:

As Chief Financial Officer, you'll partner directly with our Founder & CEO, Executive Leadership Team and Board to shape Ofload's next chapter and lead the business towards a future IPO, trade sale or other strategic exit. 

You’ll lead a well-established finance function, day-to-day led by an experienced VP Finance and comprising dedicated FP&A, Financial Control, and Finance Transformation & Operations teams. Your focus will be to elevate this capability into an institutional-grade finance organisation while leading capital raising, M&A and post-merger integration. 

Beyond financial leadership, you'll create lasting organisational impact by aligning strategy and people. You'll be a trusted advisor to the Board and Executive Team, bringing the gravitas to influence strategic decisions while remaining close to the business and leading from the front.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished CFO who has successfully navigated a business through a major liquidity event and is motivated by the opportunity to do it again.

What you'll do:

• Partner with the CEO, Executive Team and Board to define and execute Ofload's long-term growth strategy.
• Build an institutional-grade finance function capable of supporting the company's next stage of scale.
• Lead IPO readiness while maintaining strategic flexibility for a future trade sale or other liquidity event.
• Drive finance transformation across systems, reporting, planning, governance and financial operations.
• Lead equity and debt capital raising, investor engagement and banking relationships.
• Identify, evaluate and execute acquisitions, strategic partnerships and post-merger integration.
• Strengthen Board reporting, governance and performance insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Partner across the business to improve commercial performance, capital allocation and operational discipline.
• Create lasting organisational impact by aligning financial strategy, people and business priorities to drive sustainable enterprise value.
• Build, mentor and inspire a high-performing finance team, fostering a collaborative, high-accountability culture aligned with Ofload's values.
  

Qualifications & Skills:

• Proven CFO experience leading fast paced or growth business through a maturing journey. (more sophisticated) 
• Demonstrated experience leading a business through IPO readiness and a successful trade sale, strategic exit or other major liquidity event.
• Extensive experience leading M&A strategy, acquisitions, integrations and corporate development.Experience in high-growth PE or VC-backed businesses  (CHAT)
• Strong capital markets expertise, with proven experience in equity and debt capital raising, investor relations and value creation in PE and VC-backed businesses
• Experience building institutional-grade finance functions, governance frameworks, scalable operating models and public-company-ready financial reporting.
• Demonstrated executive presence and credibility with Boards, investors and executive leadership teams, with the ability to influence strategic decision-making
• An accomplished people leader with experience building high-performing teams and fostering collaborative, values-led cultures through periods of rapid growth and transformation.

Working alongside a high-calibre investor group with a shared ambition to build a category-defining Australian technology company, you'll have the opportunity to help lead Ofload through its next stage of growth towards an IPO or strategic exit.

You'll have meaningful long-term equity participation aligned with enterprise value creation and the successful delivery of Ofload’s strategic objectives, within a culture built on trust, ownership and high performance.

While we enjoy celebrating success together, the real attraction of this role is the opportunity to help shape and lead one of Australia's next great technology success stories.