Financial Controller

About the role

A global freight forwarding and logistics player is looking for a Financial Controller to act as a strategic partner to business leaders, product owners and senior management. You will lead a team of controllers and analysts to drive financial performance, transparency and compliance across the organisation in a complex, multinational environment.

Key responsibilities

• Business partnering: advise product owners, operational leaders and executives, provide financial insight and commercial analysis, and collaborate on pricing, customer proposals and new business.
• Profitability management: oversee daily, weekly and monthly profitability by product, customer and lane, and identify margin improvement and cost-saving opportunities.
• Month-end and year-end closing, management reporting, financial statements and variance analysis.
• Budgeting and forecasting: coordinate annual budgets and periodic forecasts, consolidate and validate business unit input, and monitor performance against budget and forecast.
• CAPEX management: evaluate, monitor and control capital expenditure requests and post-investment reviews.
• Audit management: coordinate internal and external audits and follow up on recommendations.
• Shared services oversight: liaise with shared service centres (AR, AP, GL), define KPIs and SLAs and drive process improvements.
• Team leadership: lead, develop and mentor controllers and analysts, run performance reviews and provide training.
• Financial controls, compliance, risk management (working capital, cash flow, credit exposure) and continuous improvement of finance processes and systems.
• Take part in or lead cross-functional projects such as M&A, integration or business expansion.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
• Relevant professional qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in financial controlling, business partnering or finance management in a multinational environment, preferably in logistics or freight forwarding.
• Proven leadership and team management track record.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of IFRS / local GAAP, financial analysis and business performance management.
• Advanced skills in ERP and financial reporting systems.