Business Controller CAPEX - CMA SHIPS

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.

THE ROLE:

You shall:
• Comply with IMS and all relevant international rules and regulations
• Ensure all your duties in accordance with quality, health, safety, environmental and ethics policies
• Propose a continuous performance improvement plan which will be reported and reviewed on a periodical basis
• Collect, ensure reliability and consolidate operational and financial data related to CAPEX projects through
• Perform actual vs budget monthly analysis, committed vs budget analysis
• Produce financial reporting and contribute to the production of the monthly CAPEX reporting package
• Ensure proper performance of the Request for Investment Authorization process (DAI)
• Contribute to support the business in decision making process

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Monthly closing

• Contribute to monthly closing
• Contribute to report financial reporting to the Group (CAPEX engagement, CAPEX cash)
• Check operational and financial data (IFRS accounting and Management accounting bookings)

• Review Projects in progress financials
• Liaise with accounting department

2. Support decision making
• Support the Business Control Manager in:

      - Monitoring the CAPEX projects;
      - Producing project review analysis;
      - Contributing to the design and production of KPI dashboards.

3. Project cost management
• Contribute to the design of the yearly budget and forecasts

• Monitor engaged costs versus budget and raise attention of operation in case of deviations
• Confirm supplier payments to AP accounting team
• Validate Request for Investment authorization before approval (DAI) before submission to CMA Ships Top Management

• Review End of Dry Dock report (EDD) vs Request for Investment approval (DAI) and consistency with authorized engagement

4. Coordination with Fleet Upgrade Department
• Regularly review the dashboards (committed versus budget) with the fleet SI and manager

• Support and challenge the operational in the budgeting of projects
• Interact daily with operational to understand projects and anticipate financial impacts

PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
 

• You hold a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in accounting, business control or finance
• You have between 2 and 5 years of experience, ideally in business control
• You have good analytical and organizational skills, as well as effective verbal, written and presentation skills
• You are rigorous, methodical, result oriented and able to manage strict deadlines
• You have the ability to work in a team-based environment
• You are also open-minded and innovative
• You are competent with various software programs such as, but not limited to: Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !