Finance Manager

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.

Role

The main purpose of this role is to Manage and monitor the financial and fiscal activities of the Cluster and supervise the Internal Control.

Core Responsibilities:

• Monitor and implement procedures to achieve finance KPI's
• Internal controls monitoring
• Manage and co-ordinate internal and external audits
• Collaborate with teams to support the annual budget and planning processes in line with agreed deadlines
• Lead the preparation and analysis of financial statements, ensuring compliance with IFRS and company policies.
• Liaison with local and branch tax authorities, oversee statutory obligations and attend to tax queries
• Oversee debtors’ function to ensure KPI’s are met
• Review and monitoring of customer ageing in line with group process and KPI's
• Escalations and support resolutions of disputed key customer accounts including leading meetings with key accounts
• Support the annual credit account review process
• Coordinate cash management processes in line with business objectives
• Payroll reconciliations and journals
• Review of income tax, deferred tax and VAT calculations
• IFRS9, IFRS15, IFRS16 calculations and validations
• Verify and release daily payments on e-banking
• Review and assist with P&L queries from DRO
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Co-ordinate and manage with GBS daily, attend to queries, follow and monitor processes conducted by GBS
• Liaison with the GBS & Ficom Finance teams.
• Manage the GL and Treasury departments including maintain the Fixed asset register.
• Business partnering with key departments 
• Identify/drive systems and process enhancements 
• Ensure compliance with approved company financial policies and procedures

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting (3rd year major in Accounting)
• 10 plus years financial experience
• Sound understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• Computer literate – Intermediate/Advanced excel essential
• Taxation experience (South Africa/Namibia/Eswatini/Botswana)
• IFRS knowledge

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work without supervision
• Team player
• Willingness to learn

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !