Regional Financial Control Senior Expert

CEVA Logistics; Marseille; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

CEVA Logistics, a global 3PL leader, seeks a Regional Financial Control Expert in Marseille to ensure integrity and compliance of regional financial reporting. You will partner with Country Finance and Group Finance to drive harmonization, controls, and strategic finance transformations across Europe.

Ideal candidates possess a Master’s in Finance or Accounting, CPA, 10+ years in financial control or audit, and fluency in English.

Qualifikationen

• Advanced IFRS accounting and reporting knowledge.
• Experience in multinational environments.
• Proven governance and risk management skills.
• Strong stakeholder communication at senior levels.

Aufgaben

• Oversee regional financial reporting and consolidation.
• Lead internal control framework and audits.
• Drive accounting policy harmonization and process improvements.
• Partner with regional finance heads on strategic initiatives.

Kenntnisse

IFRS knowledge

Stakeholder management

Project management

OneStream

JDE

Multinational experience

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Finance/Accounting/BA

CPA / Chartered Accountant

Tools

OneStream

JDE

Jobbeschreibung

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

At CEVA Logistics, we Rise in Motion. Your career is always on the move, growing as fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise.

Your role

As a Regional Financial Control Expert, you will ensure the integrity, consistency, and compliance of financial reporting across CEVA Logistics' European region.

Acting as a key business partner to Country Finance teams, Cluster Finance Directors, Shared Service Centers, and Group Finance, you will drive accounting harmonization, strengthen financial controls, ensure compliance with IFRS and local GAAP, and support strategic projects including acquisitions, integrations, and finance transformation initiatives.

What are you going to do?

Financial Control & Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial, accounting, and reporting risks across the region.
• Ensure complex accounting treatments, estimates, judgments, and technical accounting matters are properly anticipated, documented, and accounted for.
• Develop and enforce a robust Balance Sheet review framework across the region.
• Support the harmonization of accounting policies and best practices.
• Ensure monthly OneStream reporting packages comply with Group accounting principles and reporting requirements.
• Guarantee the accuracy, reliability, and quality of financial information used by management and business stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory, tax, regulatory, and Group reporting obligations.
• Oversee the preparation and review of local and Group financial statements.

Governance, Audit & Internal Controls

• Ensure a strong internal control framework is maintained across the region.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and monitor the implementation of corrective actions.
• Review technical accounting position papers before submission to Group Finance.
• Proactively identify and upscale compliance risks and control weaknesses.

Business Partnership & Shared Service Management

• Collaborate closely with Cluster Heads of Finance, Regional Finance Heads, FP&A, Business Controlling, and Group Finance teams.
• Monitor and challenge Shared Service Center performance to ensure service quality and compliance.
• Support countries in resolving accounting and reporting issues related to outsourced finance processes.
• Lead and animate the regional Financial Control network, including monthly pre-closing reviews.

Transformation, Projects & M&A

• Support finance transformation, digitalization, and process standardization initiatives.
• Participate in acquisitions, mergers, entity creations, and legal restructuring projects.
• Ensure new entities acquired through M&A are aligned with CEVA's IFRS standards and reporting requirements.
• Support major finance projects, organizational changes, and ad hoc strategic studies.

Who are we looking for?

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPA, Chartered Accountant, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Financial Control, Audit, or Accounting within an international environment.
• Previous experience as a Financial Controller or Audit Manager within a multinational organization or international audit firm.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting, consolidation principles, and internal controls.
• Experience working within complex, matrix, and multi-country organizations.
• Proven expertise in financial risk management, compliance, and governance.
• Strong project management skills with experience leading cross-functional and international initiatives.
• Advanced knowledge of financial systems; experience with OneStream and JDE is highly desirable.
• Ability to support M&A integrations, finance transformations, and accounting harmonization projects.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to challenge, synthesize, and interpret complex financial information.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to influence senior finance leaders.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

As a global organization, and as part of the CMA CGM Group, diversity is critical to our business success; only when we can reflect the cultures, languages, behaviors and local knowledge of our customers, we can succeed. By employing people with different experiences and abilities, we expand our knowledge and increase our creativity and innovation.