Cash & Working Capital Business Controller Group

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:

As a Cash & Working Capital Controller, you will report directly to the Business Plan Manager within the Group Controlling Department.
Act as an integrator, solution-maker, and change manager between all working capital stakeholders and fuel the Cash Culture within the Group.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.    Coordinate and manage the Working capital analysis and reporting:
•    Own the Working Capital measurement 
•    Set up, analyze, and integrate KPIs such as DSO/DPO into our steering landscape across the entire Group 
•    Coordinate Working Capital analysis across all group’s activities. 

2.    Drive group Working Capital Optimization
•    Provide senior finance and local management with insights and knowledge to shape the cash generation strategy in coordination with the credit management department, on a quarterly basis and then monthly
•     In coordination avec Procurement, review and challenge contractual payment terms and applications to optimize working capital
•    Initiate and coordinate the work of cross-functional experts, looking for ongoing working capital improvements

3.     Produce Working capital forecast
•    Implement and produce a NWC forecast in coordination with the Business Plan Team, 
•    monitor and challenge deviations and drive improvements in the forecasting model

4. Be Project Owner (PO) of Cash analysis project (OneStream):
•    Be Project Owner (PO) of Cash analysis project consisting in connecting auxiliary balances from various IT systems to the Consolidation / Controlling unique IT system (OneStream).

PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

•    Master’s degree in finance
•    5 years of experience in an international company in business controlling
•    IT literacy
•    English and French fluency
•    Strong financial modeling skills in variance analysis from a variety of sources
•    Good interpersonal skills, organizational skills, rigorous, priority management

Desirable:
•    Previous experience on cash and/or working capital-related topics
•    Familiar with common ERP and BI Tools
 

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !