Internship - Analytical Controller

CMA CGM is hiring an Internship - Analytical Controller in Marseille, France. Level rates it ; you can apply on CMA CGM.

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On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include financial controlling, cost accounting and variance analysis.
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Intern analytical controller to reconcile costs, analyze variances, and support financial reporting.

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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.

YOUR ROLE

As part of the Group's Financial Department, the student will be integrated into the Analytical Costs and Revenue department.

The 6-person team is responsible for the entire operational P&L of the shipping company CMA CGM. Positioned at the center of the group's finance, the service interacts with both the management control and accounting departments, playing a crucial role in the group's financial mechanism.

In close collaboration with Controlling department and other Financial Departments, the service contributes to the monthly accounting closings and is responsible for justifying the operational accounting result.

At the same time, the service participates in defining standard costs used by controlling team. The service performes the monthly reconciliation of the management result and the accounting result.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?

Under the supervision of the manager, you will:

Reconcile actual costs with estimated costs and analyze variances
Contribute to the improvement and development of finance tools and processes by collaborating on cross-functional projects
Contribute to the construction of a new reporting system by gathering requirements from internal clients
Produce specific analyses for internal needs
Participate in accounting closings
Interact with the group's various subsidiaries around the world (processes related to intra-group transactions)
Alert Management Control in case of risk and propose solutions
Analyze the accounting result and link it with the management result

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

You have a Master's degree (1 or 2) in Finance/Accounting/Management
Ideally, you have some initial experience in management control
You have a good command of IT and office automation tools
Your analytical and organizational skills, combined with your open-mindedness and good interpersonal skills, will be key to your success in this position
Your French is fluent and your English operational

JOB ENVIRONMENT

Location: Marseille, France (13)
Internship duration: 6 months
Travel: No
Accessibility: Accessible by public transport

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How we rate this

Internship - Analytical Controller at CMA CGM rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Internship - Analytical Controller is an open job at CMA CGM.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Marseille, FRA.
The job was posted on November 2, 2026.
Seniority: intern.
Applications are handled by CMA CGM. Apply on CMA CGM

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