Head of Finance - Air & Ocean

American President Lines; Scotland; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider is seeking a Head of Finance for its Air & Ocean Business Control team, responsible for managing financial performance for the UK and Ireland. This pivotal role involves creating financial reports, overseeing budgets, and collaborating with senior management to drive profitability and improvements. Candidates should have significant experience in accounting, stakeholder management, and the logistics sector.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave entitlement

Pension and life assurance

Employee benefits platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience in accounting and reporting within logistics or freight forwarding.
• Operational and customer-facing experience with a track record of improvements.
• Strong stakeholder relationship building and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Air & Ocean financial responsibilities for the UK and Ireland.
• Prepare annual budgets and regular forecasts focusing on profitability.
• Drive commercial decisions and assist in tender processes.

Skills

Accounting

Financial Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Data Analysis

Education

CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualification (desirable)

Tools

MS Excel

Financial Systems

Job description

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Head of Finance - Air & Ocean

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.

DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination and continued learning and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you “Dare to Grow” with us?

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

We value your professional and personal growth. That’s why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career.

CEVA Logistics UK&I is committed to attracting, acquiring and retaining the best possible candidates in an equal and inclusive way that is consistent with employment legislation and best practice. We aim to select the best available person for every vacancy irrespective of age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and marital or civil partnership status.
Please note that candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK and Ireland.