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Partners closely with senior leaders to provide financial insight, ensure robust financial controls, and drive continuous improvement across financial processes.
Client Details
Internationally renowned shipping group.
Description
- Deliver step change across all finance aspects, restructuring if required.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning activities.
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
- Provide management reporting, variance analysis, and actionable insights.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal policies.
- Oversee cash flow management, working capital, and financial risk.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders to support strategic initiatives and commercial decisions.
- Coordinate with external auditors, advisors, and regulatory bodies.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and controls such as reporting automation and cycle-time reduction through collaboration cross-functionally.
Profile
- Shipping industry experience highly desired.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Significant experience in a finance or accounting role, ideally in a managerial/leadership capacity.
- Ideally possessing international experience.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
- Knowledge of local and international accounting standards.
Job Offer
Above-market base salary, strong bonus, pension, healthcare.
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Location: London
Job Description:
Partners closely with senior leaders to provide financial insight, ensure robust financial controls, and drive continuous improvement across financial processes.
Client Details
Internationally renowned shipping group.
Description
- Deliver step change across all finance aspects, restructuring if required.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning activities.
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
- Provide management reporting, variance analysis, and actionable insights.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and internal policies.
- Oversee cash flow management, working capital, and financial risk.
- Manage the month-end and year-end close processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders to support strategic initiatives and commercial decisions.
- Coordinate with external auditors, advisors, and regulatory bodies.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and controls such as reporting automation and cycle-time reduction through collaboration cross-functionally.
Profile
- Shipping industry experience highly desired.
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Significant experience in a finance or accounting role, ideally in a managerial/leadership capacity.
- Ideally possessing international experience.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
- Knowledge of local and international accounting standards.
Job Offer
Above-market base salary, strong bonus, pension, healthcare.
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Posted: May 12th, 2026