Claims and Billing Officer - Maritime Claims (M/F)

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 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

THE ROLE:
 
Reporting to the Administrative and Financial Manager of the Legal Department, you will be part of a team in charge of making, monitoring and controlling payments relating to cargo and ship litigation files, re-invoicing third parties responsible and insurers, and recovery from our insurers. You will be responsible for the proper entry and consistency of financial and administrative data for the department's claims files.
 

RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
Your main responsibilities will be to: 

•    Carry out the administrative and financial follow-up of the legal department's claims - marine litigation - (reception, verification and recording of invoices/settlement agreements, follow-up of validation with the legal experts, making payments, re-invoicing of responsible third parties and insurers, reconciliation of payments received in connection with accounting)
•    Verify the amounts paid/invoiced in the files, ensure that the insurance deductibles deducted are consistent with the applicable policies in collaboration with the lawyers and insurers. Alert the lawyer in charge when anomalies are detected.
•    Monitor and control financial situations with our insurers, perform monthly balances and resulting payments/receipts of funds, produce reports on accounting statements for semi-annual file reviews between lawyers and insurers.
•    Performs recording and tracking of subpoenas, court orders, and other legal documents received, ensuring that attorney appointments have been made in a timely manner by the lawyers.
•    Monitor the reliability of data recorded in the Group systems and propose corrective actions to ensure the indicators necessary to monitor the department's activity.
•    Participate in the testing of new IT systems deployed in the department.

PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

•    You have a 2/3 year degree in management, accounting, finance, insurance or law, and ideally you have initial experience in invoicing, collection and/or accounting.
•    You are familiar with IT tools. 
•    You have a fluent level of English, both spoken and written. 
•    You are curious, organized, autonomous, very rigorous, reactive, and have a strong analytical mind.
•    You will be in contact with many internal (lawyers, accounting, treasury, insurance, chartering, logistics, etc.) and external (agencies/subsidiaries, shared service centers, brokers, insurers, etc.) players and your interpersonal skills will be an essential asset for the success of your mission.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !