Head of Finance - Air & Ocean

CEVA Logistics; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CEVA Logistics is seeking an experienced Head of Finance to lead the UK and Ireland team. This pivotal role involves driving financial performance, preparing reports, and collaborating with senior management to enhance profitability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial reporting within a logistics environment and a track record of implementing improvements. A culture of high performance and continuous improvement is encouraged, along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave

Pension and life assurance

Employee benefits platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience in accounting and reporting in logistics.
• Ability to interpret complex data and identify trends.
• Experience in stakeholder relationships and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Air & Ocean financial responsibilities for UK and Ireland.
• Prepare annual budgets and forecasts focusing on profitability.
• Lead and empower a diverse team of financial professionals.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Education

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

Tools

MS Excel

Financial Systems

Job description

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YOUR ROLE

Our Air & Ocean Business Control team have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Finance where you will lead the UK and Ireland team driving financial performance and cost improvements. As the Head of Finance, you will create, analyse and present financial reports, forecasting and budgets for the Air & Ocean team based on financial and operational data.

This pivotal role is multi-functional and will include a focus on all areas of the business, where we will require an individual with comprehensive financial freight forwarding knowledge. The role can be based anywhere in the UK or Ireland, travel will be required to operations in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Tilbury, or Dublin, therefore flexibility is required.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into the Head of Finance Air & Ocean for Northern Europe, you will manage all Air & Ocean financial responsibilities for the UK and Ireland, collaborating closely with the UKI Accountancy Director. You will take full ownership of weekly and monthly management reports and business reviews, ensuring accuracy with a clear view on past, present and future performance, highlighting risk and embedding contingencies. You will prepare annual budgets and regular forecasts with a focus on improving customer profitability and margin challenging trends and KPI performance with operational teams and senior management driving them to implement operational and commercial improvements and seek out opportunities for organic growth and renewals.

Liaising with senior management you will drive commercial decisions assisting in new business tender and bids, renewals, capex and ICAP processes, developing a strong understanding of customer contracts.

You will lead and empower a diverse team of financial professionals, where you will embed a culture of high performance, continuous improvement and engagement.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

To be successful in your application you will have proven experience in accounting and reporting, ideally within a third-party logistics or freight forwarding environment. You will have proven operational and customer-facing experience, with a track record of identifying and implementing improvements, practiced in interpreting complex data, identifying trends and analysing outcomes.

You will build strong stakeholder relationships, unafraid to challenge the status quo and be tactful and diplomatic in your approach when communicating with both financial and non-financial stakeholder groups. You will coach operational management, explaining the impact of operational actions on bottom-line performance and devise tactical and strategic responses to business goals and objectives.

You will be a natural problem solver and influencer with a high attention to detail and able to meet conflicting demands to meet business deadlines. It goes without saying, but you will have proven financial systems and MS package skills, experienced in MS Excel.

It would be desirable, but not essential if you are CIMA, ACA, or ACCA qualified.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. We offer a benefits package that includes competitive annual leave entitlement with a fantastic holiday buy scheme, pension and life assurance along with access to an employee benefits platform that offers discounts on gym memberships and money off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands. There’s no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you’d like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then please do get in touch to find your next role.

ABOUT TOMORROW

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Accounting/Auditing, and Management

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage, Freight and Package Transportation, and Truck Transportation

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