Product Owner - Finance Department (Accounting)

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.

CMA CGM Group has decided to structure and strengthen its R&D approach by creating a Center of Excellence dedicated to Innovation and Research. The center will increase the company’s capacity for technological and scientific innovation necessary to meet its strategic objectives (decarbonization, digitalization…), while generating profitability and ensure a high visibility on the Group’s commitment to industry’s energy transition. It will rely on strategic industrial and academic partners experts in the maritime industry (laboratories, companies, startups, shipyards, etc.).

CMA Ships, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, covers all facets of the maritime business: from the fleet management of the vessels to that of the crew members.
CMA Ships is also a team of experts responsible for implementing innovative solutions and making CMA CGM vessels more energy efficient.
Find out more about CMA Ships.

YOUR ROLE

The Product Owner Accounting - cross stream manages Finance processes, projects and improvements and reports to the Global PO lead.

The scope of intervention covers all accounting systems (LISA/SAP, OCEAN, SAGE) as well as the related organization and processes. He will closely manage the improvement of process efficiency and the coordination of all stakeholders.

The Product Owner team is organized by accounting stream (Product Owner P2P for purchase to pay, Product Owner O2C for order to cash and Product Owner R2R for record to report) to maintain the core model and to lead on key projects of the stream.  

The Product Owner accounting cross stream will cover projects/ processes which are beyond a dedicated stream in close interaction with the Product Owners P2P, O2C and R2R.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Vision and roadmap:

Product Owner is responsible for coordinating and deploying the vision from Business Leads, enabling customers’ and internal needs. The vision should be aligned with the strategic themes of the organization and includes a long-term direction for the overall solution as well as a short-term vision

• Process quality, efficiency & documentation:

Product Owner is responsible for the documentation and implementation of new processes as well as the improvement of existing processes in interaction with the business and Finance departments (Finance HO & RO, Internal control, GBS, FICOM)

• Finance projects / transformation:

Product Owner is contributing to on-going transformation projects of our finance organization

• Finance projects / deployments:

Product Owner is contributing to system deployment in interaction with the business and IT teams

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Master degree (Bac+5) in Finance, Business School, Engineering School (Finance option)
• You gained relevant professional experience in finance (5-7 years) with experience ideally in external/ internal audit, internal control and/or financial control  
• Good knowledge of Finance processes
• Good knowledge of ERP finance modules
• Demonstrated experience working in/with a Shared Service Center is a plus
• Project management skills, process optimization
• You are a team player and looking to work in a multifunctional agile team and have previously demonstrated your leadership skills
• You have a hands-on approach and an analytical mindset
• You enjoy travelling and working in a project environment
• As a communication talent, you are fluent in written and spoken French and English

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !