Country Accounting & Finance Director - UKI

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

Are you a strategic and detail driven finance leader ready to shape the financial future of a major logistics organisation? 

We’re looking for an experienced Country Accounting & Finance Director to lead our UK & Ireland accounting function, partnering with senior leaders to deliver strong financial governance, exceptional reporting standards and world‑class transactional performance.

This is a high impact role at the heart of our UK & Ireland finance team perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic, evolving environment and wants to influence financial outcomes at both local and regional levels.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into the Regional Finance Director, you will be responsible for the full accounting perimeter across the UK and Ireland where you will lead all aspects of accounting governance ensuring compliant accounting and reporting, maintaining robust internal controls, overseeing statutory, tax and regulatory compliance and optimize accounting systems, processes and reporting standards. 

You will maximise transitional accounting performance, driving improvement across AR, AP and RTR, reducing net working capital with effective cash management, strengthening relationships with shared services centers and identifying and delivering opportunities for cost optimisation and process efficiencies. You will deliver high quality financial insights, ensuring financial information is prepared to a consistently high standard, provide clear, timely and meaningful financial analysis to senior stakeholders and support business controlling and product teams to drive stringer business decisions. 

You will drive continuous improvement and transformation, championing digitalization, process standardization and system optimisation, supporting integration projects, new entity set up and major regional activities. As well as collaborating across Finance, Treasury, FP&A and Business Controlling to ensure alignment. 

This amazing role will see you developing and leading a highly performing team where you will lead, coach and grow a team of 8 direct reports and circa 50 indirect heads across the accounting finance team where you will build capability, driving engagement, development and career progression. 

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? 

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Significant experience in a senior accounting leadership role
• Previous experience in a fast-paced, multi-matrixed, logistics environment would be desirable.
• Comprehensive expertise across AR, AP, RTR, Tax and Financial Control
• Strong IFRS and GAAP knowledge
• Exceptional communicator, able to shift comfortably from operational detail to executive light insight
• Rigorous, reliable, process driven and improvement focused
• Experience of using financial systems such as JD Edwards, SAP, OneStream, and Medius would be beneficial, however not essential. 

This amazing role comes with a competitive salary, company car or car allowance, bonus, private medical and so much more. 

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. IND1