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JOB PURPOSE:

This senior finance role will have three main components:

• Part of the leadership team driving the corporate strategy to develop DP World into a top-10 global freight forwarder by the end of 2026. The role will lead the development and implementation of the global policies, procedures and systems required for the robust an efficient financial management and reporting of DP World\'s target operating model for its freight forwarding business. This target operating model is intended to be highly efficient, driven by the use of technology and centralised, standardised operating and finance process run from a global shared service centre which will enable DP World\'s regional P&L owners to drive profitable growth in their freight forwarding business.
• Partner to Freight Forwarding Global & Regional Leadership. Develop and implement a standardized set of KPI\'s for financial performance and analysis for use by the global and regional leadership of the freight forwarding business, to ensure global consistency of reporting and analytics across the business. Ensure consistent implementation of DPW policies and procedures relating to FF finance by DPW regional business and finance teams, in particular as it relates to intercompany transactions and profit share rules. Drive and support action plans to address underperforming business areas in order to drive market leading levels of profitability across the FF business.
• Define and oversee the output of the global shared service centre (GSSC) as it relates to freight forwarding finance. Define and monitor SLA KPIs with GSSC across finance workstreams to ensure efficient delivery of services to meet business needs. Ensure the accurate performance of financial management down to gross profit level by the GSSC for all DPW FF business units, and the efficient and accurate hand-off of financial data to regional P&L owners. Lead the financial management and reporting of DP Worlds nominated NVOCC (Smart Solutions Line) via the GSSC.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Define and implement global financial policies, procedures & definitions as they relate to freight forwarding
• Develop and implement global KPIs to ensure the effective financial management of the freight forwarding business in a globally consistent manner
• Partner with Group Technology to defined and implement workflows and output requirements for CargoesRunner and DPW finance systems (Oracle Fusion and local ERPs) and to ensure continuous improvement
• Partner with Regional CFOs to determine optimal and globally consistent approach to financial management across the global shared service centre and regional finance teams for freight forwarding, and support the set up of regional finance team requirements
• Partner with Group Treasury to define and implement an effective global liquidity management approach for freight forwarding which meets the liquidity requirements of the business while maximising ROCE.
• Oversee the preparation of management reporting comprising a consolidated global P&L, cashflow and balance sheet for Freight Forwarding with supporting narrative and KPI analysis, support and drive action plan to get business to targeted profitability
• Oversee the preparation of Customer Profitability analysis by product / market to assist both the freight forwarding business and DP World end-to-end logistics strategy
• Oversee the preparation of peer group financial analysis
• Oversee the output of the GSSC as it relates to the finance activities of freight forwarding, to ensure quality and efficiency of performance (including defining SLA KPIs)
• Be responsible for the finance activities and reporting of DPW NVOCC Smart Solutions Line
• Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behaviours in harmony with DP World\'s Principles, values and culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World\'s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies
• Perform other related duties as assigned

JOB CONTEXT:

DP World strategic objective to build a global top 10 freight forwarding business by the end of 2026.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor\'s degree/University degree, ideally in a financial discipline, or equivalent experience
• Master\'s degree preferreD

Preferred:

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent (required if Bachelor\'s degree is non-financial)

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in senior leadership within the accounting / finance area
• Experience in Freight Forwarding

15 years at a global or regional level * Experience in shared service centre operations (ideally implementation)

• Experience in building business on high growth trajectory from a relatively immature base

Definite asset:

• Experience in the Logistics / Freight (Forwarding) industry at a global or regional level
• Technical accounting capability and qualifications
• Project Management Skills
• Analytical SkillS

SKILLS

• Business building. You enjoy the challenge of building a new business. You are comfortable with ambiguity and can take decisions to lead a team towards a common end goal even if the path is not clear. You are able to make quick, pragmatic decisions that best serve the overall objective even when they are imperfect.
• Strong communication skills - You are able to understand and address stakeholder\'s needs and you can communicate change requirements.
• Problem solving - You enjoy solving problems. Getting to the root cause. You love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative, innovative solutions. You don\'t get flustered easily.
• Detail oriented - You pay strong attention to the details as far as required - you do not loose the view to the problem to be solved and you understand, where 80/20 approaches are suitable and were not.
• Exceptional critical thinking skills: you can identify gaps in logic and underlying causes of issues; You think on your feet. You like learning new things, and you can learn quickly.
• Strong collaborator - You can work independently because you self-manage, with limited direction and guidance, but you also enjoy collaborating across dynamic and multi-departmental teams and are personable, helpful and incredibly organised.
• Results oriented - You are proactive in handling competing priorities and meet your deadlines and commitments; you always demonstrate a \xe2\x80\x9ccan do\xe2\x80\x9d positive attitude
• IT skills - You have an interest in IT and you are able to define tasks to the IT team, that are actionable and understandable. You have advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Flexibility to travel - You are ready to travel to our operations to perform tasks on site if needed or suited
• Languages - You speak and write fluent English - additional languages are a bonus, but not a must.

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