Finance Control Specialist

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Responsible for:

Financial performance

• Perform monthly reviews of the main balance sheet aggregates, P&L, and cash flow statements. Summarize the main KPIs and risks. Propose and trigger necessary actions to detect / correct any fluctuations and misreporting items.
• Responsible for the proper and punctual delivery of the reporting and annual budget.
• Ensure external audit reports are as per group and local requirements.
• Perform specific analysis requested by head office or region directions.
• Point of contact for any legal corporate request such as account approvals, dividend distribution, capital restructuration, etc.
• Support the local teams (IFRS, accounting treatment of acquisition/ merger, etc.).
• Contribute to the improvement of tools, processes, data reporting for performance monitoring. Supporting transformation and efficiency through automation and AI.

Strategy & Business partnering

• Monitor the project initiatives in the region: development, restructuring, funding, IT projects, transformation.

Compliance

• Perform periodic testing to ensure the correct application of internal control key control as per Group Internal Control instructions and follow up corrective actions are implemented in case of deficiency identified.
• Follow up internal audit recommendations and ensure any deficiency identified is handled locally.

Finance organization

• Implement in the local organizations the target operating model and ensure that all organizations in the region are in line with group objectives
• Responsible for the efficiency of the finance team in the network.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities required:

• Minimum of 5-6 years in Finance with accounting background
• Bachelor’s degree in finance related field
• Strong grasp of Microsoft Office programs (incl. Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Copilot).
• Familiar with accounting and reporting systems
• Proficiency in English required
• Ability to travel within LATAM & Caribbean
• Ability to gather and analyze diverse information skillfully.
• Ability to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables to provide efficient solutions for all problems faced.
• Ability to show team spirit in work and to exhibit sound and accurate judgment if needed.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work activities, develop realistic action plans and statements and demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness.
• Ability to complete tasks on time or notify appropriate person with an alternate plan, to deal with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ability to speak clearly and write proper understandable English, in positive or negative situation and to write documents and reports to communicate it to departments / management.
• Ability to plan and organize the work to reach objectives in a timely manner.
• Ability to work with integrity and ethically and to cooperate with superiors and subordinates.
• Patient, curious, rigorous, eager to learn, and to perform. Continuous improvement oriented.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities preferred:

• Master’s degree in business related field
• Minimum of 4 years’ Experience in external audit or finance controlling
• Good knowledge of written and spoken: Spanish, Portuguese, and French preferred

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !