Head of Commercial Finance

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL. We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Your Role

Our Contract Logistics Business Control team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Commercial Finance where you will lead the UK and Ireland team driving financial performance and cost improvements. As the Head of Finance, you will create, analyse and present financial reports, forecasting and budgets for the Contract Logistics team based on financial and operational data.

What Will You Do?

• Report into the European Business Control Director for Contract Logistics and manage all financial responsibilities for the UK and Ireland, collaborating closely with the UKI Country Accounting and Finance Director.
• Take full ownership of weekly and monthly management reports and business reviews, ensuring accuracy with a clear view on past, present and future performance, highlighting risk and embedding contingencies.
• Prepare annual budgets and regular forecasts with a focus on improving customer profitability and margin, challenging trends and KPI performance with operational teams and senior management to drive operational and commercial improvements and seek organic growth and renewals.
• Liaise with senior management to drive commercial decisions, assisting in new business tender and bids, renewals, capex and ICAP processes, and develop a strong understanding of customer contracts.
• Lead and empower a diverse team of financial professionals from Financial Business Partners to Business Analysts, embedding a culture of accountability, high performance, continuous improvement and engagement.

What Are We Looking For?

• Fully qualified financial professional with significant experience in a senior commercial finance or business controlling role and strong leadership skills, capable of shaping a high–performance team.
• Proven customer-facing experience and a track record of identifying and implementing improvements, practiced in interpreting complex data, identifying trends and analysing outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder relationships, unafraid to challenge the status quo, tactful and diplomatic in communication with both financial and non‐financial stakeholder groups.
• Ability to coach operational management, explaining the impact of operational actions on bottom‐line performance and devise tactical and strategic responses to business goals and objectives.
• Natural problem solver and influencer with high attention to detail, able to meet conflicting demands and business deadlines.
• Proven financial systems and MS Office skills, experienced in MS Excel.
• Must be able to travel across UK and Ireland, flexible in work location, and hold a clean driving licence with no more than 6 points.

What Do We Offer?

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. We offer a benefits package that includes competitive annual leave entitlement with a fantastic holiday buy scheme, pension, life assurance and access to an employee benefits platform offering discounts on gym memberships and money‐off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands. You will be compensated for your hard work and commitment.

Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, GB

Equal Opportunity Statement: CEVA Logistics UK&I is committed to attracting, acquiring and retaining the best possible candidates in an equal and inclusive way that is consistent with employment legislation and best practice. We aim to select the best available person for every vacancy irrespective of age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and marital or civil partnership status. Candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK and Ireland.