Finance Control Senior Manager Region LATAM

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.

Summary:

The Regional Financial control is the entry point for all projects and issues involving directly or indirectly Finance/Accounting. He/she ensures the delivery and the quality of the financial statements and processes in line with group internal control rules and compliance. In a context of transformation of the Group Financial Control, you have the responsibility of implementing the function in LATAM. You report to the Regional CFO with a functional link to the Financial Control Head in Marseilles.

Responsible for:

Strategy & Business partnering:

• Consistently monitor cost-effectiveness, optimize operational efficiency, and challenge performance to enhance overall profitability.

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

• Liaise with Head of Credit Management, Cost Control, Treasury, Tax and D&D Heads in the region to ensure that responsibilities maintained locally are performed efficiently.

Financial statements

• Provide a monthly review of the main balance sheet aggregates, PL and cash flow statement and summarize the main risks (tax, forex, other non‑recurring events).

• Attend monthly closing meeting on Financial Statements package: arbitration, sign off and follow up of issues identified during package review.

• Manage the external audit and ensure that audit reports are issued in line with group and/or local requirements.

• Point of contact for any legal corporate request such as account approvals, dividend distribution, capital restructuration.

Compliance

• Control on a yearly basis that key controls defined by Group Internal Control are implemented and efficient and ensure corrective actions are implemented in case of deficiency identified.

• Follow up internal audit recommendation and ensure any deficiency identified is handled locally.

Finance organization in the region

• Implement in the local organizations the target operating model and ensure that all organization in the region are in line with group objectives.

• Responsible for the efficiency of the finance team in the network, appointing the local finance head in coordination with the local General Managers.

• Organize, on a regular basis, communications to all local heads of finance to ensure proper share of Finance Group initiatives and news (group priorities, status on key finance projects, share of best practices, group performances…)

People Management:

• In coordination with the Group Financial Control, recruit/train/develop financial controllers to realize the missions listed above.

Scope of activities:

Shipping agencies (+30), Regional Carrier (1), Depots (6).

Skills, knowledge and abilities required:

• Analytical skills:
Ability to gather, analyze and diverse information skillfully.

• Problem Solving:
Ability to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of concrete variables to provide efficient solutions for all problems faced.

• Interpersonal skills:
Ability to show team spirit in work and to exhibit sound and accurate judgment if needed.

• Managing Performance:
Ability to organize and prioritize work activities, develop realistic action plans and statements…