Finance Business Partner

at  Ceva Logistics

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products and providers all around the world. We are supply chain experts. We live and breathe logistics every day. Above all, we believe that this is a people business. That’s why we are building a global culture of teamwork and respect. We encourage initiative, and we engage and empower our diverse workforce to grow their careers within CEVA.
CEVA Logistics offers a broad range of end-to-end, customized solutions in both Contract Logistics and Freight Management thanks to our approximately 98,000 employees at more than 1,000 facilities in 160 countries worldwide. With the recent acquisition of the former Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services business, we are building one of the world’s leading end-to-end eCommerce service offerings through the dedication and passion of our people—the heartbeat of our organization. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you “Dare to Grow” with us?

YOUR ROLE

Our commercial finance team who provide support to several CEVA operations have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and commercially astute Finance Business Partner where you will support and maintain financial control for specific sites within your aligned Business Unit ensuring clear, conscious and accurate accounts are produced for CEVA and the client.
This critical role goes beyond producing analysis and reports, you will take a leading approach to conversations with operational counterparts providing insights, improvements, and decisions, where you will challenge the status quo ensuring efficiencies, success and progression to long term strategic goals and objectives.
This hybrid role will see you working across multiple sites and office locations, therefore candidates must be comfortable with traveling and must hold a full UK driving license.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into the Financial Business Controller, your main areas of focus will be:

• Take ownership of accurate and timely weekly and monthly management accounts, with a focus on past, present, and future performance, risk, and contingency planning.
• Improve profitability and margin within the Business Unit challenging trends, performance and KPIs with Business Unit Director and operational teams.
• Drive operational and commercial improvements across the Business Unit.
• Maintain control over the balance sheet including reviewing and approving monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Identifying opportunities for organic growth and renewal, understanding the customers plan, industry, and associated risks.
• Assume commercial ownership of the Business Unit assisting with new business bids, renewals, Capex/ICAP processes.
• Interpret customer contracts, regularly reviewing to highlight revenue leakage and scope creep.
• Create, deliver, and agree monthly operating plans highlighting risks and contingencies identified to the Business Unit.
• Approve annual budgets and forecasts in conjunction with operational management.
• Produce and present monthly and quarterly client performance, KPI and attendance reporting.

In addition, you also take responsibility for leading and developing a diverse team of Finance Business Analyst where you will instill a high performance and continuous improvement culture that drives success and engagement.