Strategic Finance Partner to the Group CIOs

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.

Your scope: €1.4 Billion covering the IT spend for all CMA CGM and CEVA entities 

1. Mission Statement
The Strategic Finance Partner to the Group CIOs supports CIOs and IT VPs in managing, optimizing, and controlling a yearly budget of €1.4B. You will act as a trusted advisor to IT VPs on investment and purchasing decisions, financial performance, ensuring the robustness of IT financial processes and providing strategic insights for decision making.
This role reports to the Head of Group CIO Office, directly reporting to CMA CGM Group CIO.

2. Roles and Responsibilities

You will lead a team of approximately 25 people - mainly internal headcount in Marseille & Lebanon, and external partners in order to address the following missions:

Budget Management
- Drive the annual budget cycle, including forecasting, tracking, variance analysis, and year end landing
- Produce consolidated financial reports for IT leadership and top management.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of all financial data across Build / Run / Evolution. Alert IT leaders of any potential deviations or overspend risks. Provide recommendations on optimal budget allocation and resource utilization

Purchasing & Investment process management
- Define governance related to Purchase and Investment Requests (PRs) process. Ensure preparation of Sourcing Boards, Group Investment Committees, Domain Reviews
- Understand the objectives, expected value, and Group wide impact of each PR request, and challenge these requests
- Correctly execute workflows in Ariba / Orchestra by your team. Track invoices, commitments and consumption, escalate blockers when needed

IT cost structure refinement and implementation: Today, our IT cost structure does not allow us to track spending at the right level of granularity. We have therefore launched a Group wide project aimed at refining our cost structure to a more appropriate level of detail. You will lead this initiative from the IT side, working hand in hand with the Finance department. You will ensure proper rollout of the new model, including change management and adoption.

Analyses for strategic decision making : Based on the comprehensive data underlying the €1.4B spend, you will lead strategic analyses aimed at reducing our TCOs while maintaining operational effectiveness

Tools & Data Management
- Drive continuous improvement of financial tools, dashboards, and data quality (Airtable, Ariba, SAP, Orchestra, etc.).
- Ensure standardization, automation, and scalability of financial processes.

Leadership & People Management
- Develop the skills, capabilities, and career paths of your team members. Foster a culture of analytical rigor, transparency, and continuous improvement. 
- Strengthen collaboration between Finance, Procurement, and IT domains.

3. Candidate Profile

• At least 12 years in strategy consulting, financial or IT project management
• Strong understanding of IT organizations and financial management
• Solid knowledge of PMO standards, responsibilities, and methodologies.
• Experience with Airtable (usage and administration), Ariba, and Orchestra is a plus
• Excellent command of PowerPoint and Excel.

Soft Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with senior executive stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and multitasking capabilities.
- Analytical mindset, autonomy, ability to challenge constructively and structure complex topics.
- Strong work ethic, resourcefulness, and ability to learn quickly.

Languages
- French: fluent (mandatory)
- English: strong written and spoken command

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !