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Partners closely with senior leaders to provide financial insight, ensure robust financial controls, and drive continuous improvement across financial processes.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
- 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
Benefits
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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Qualifications
- 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
Benefits
Above market base salary, strong bonus, pension, healthcare
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Posted: May 17th, 2026