Company Description
The Shared Performance Centre is the heartbeat of a fast-growing, multinational group that has been driving innovation across logistics, technology, and finance for over 15 years. With a workforce of more than 2,000 talented professionals worldwide, the group has built its reputation on operational excellence, innovation, and thrives drive to deliver results across every business it touches.
As the central hub of performance, the Shared Performance Centre will unify and elevate how we operate across all subsidiaries, bringing together data, strategy, and execution under one roof. It's where insight meets action, where financial precision fuels commercial success, and where technology accelerates growth.
Role Overview
We're looking for a Group Financial Control Director that will lead the development and oversight of the financial control framework across a diverse set of business lines, including transportation, logistics, warehousing, and supporting services. This role will be responsible for shaping methodologies, enhancing management reporting, and ensuring strong cost review processes that are system driven and aligned with key performance metrics. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in financial controls, stakeholder management, and business performance reporting while leading a team of controllers focused on proactive issue identification and resolution
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Methodology
- Design, implement, and enhance financial control frameworks across business lines, with emphasis on:
- Fixed asset management (e.g., laptops, office fixtures).
- Internal fleet operations (fleet KPIs, cost allocation, utilization metrics).
- Warehousing operations (warehouse KPIs, fixed cost operations/controlling).
- Drive the formalization of the control framework, ensuring standardization and consistency across business lines.
- Develop and refine methodologies for cost review to ensure systematic, consistent, and transparent processes across businesses.
- Drive automation and system-based controls to reduce manual processes and improv efficiency.
- Provide oversight and guidance to business controllers with a strong focus on control driven decision-making.
Management Reporting & Analysis
- Lead the production, accuracy, and timeliness of management reports across the Group.
- Enhance reporting frameworks to capture and highlight key business drivers and potential issues as they arise.
- Develop dashboards and analytical tools to provide stakeholders with real-time visibility into business performance.
- Lead the production, accuracy, and timeliness of management reports across the Group.
- Enhance reporting frameworks to capture and highlight key business drivers and potential issues as they arise.
- Develop dashboards and analytical tools to provide stakeholders with real-time visibility into business performance.
- Identify trends, variances, and risks early and recommend corrective actions.
- Coordinate and consolidate business line budgets, ensuring accuracy, comparability, and alignment with Group objectives.
Team Leadership
- Manage and develop a team of financial controllers, ensuring alignment with group-wide policies and standards.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and proactive risk management within the finance function.
- Provide mentorship and training to strengthen capabilities in financial control and reporting.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner with senior leadership, business line heads, and operational managers to align control frameworks with strategic goals.
- Act as a key liaison between finance and business operations, ensuring transparency, accuracy, and trust in financial information.
- Communicate insights and recommendations effectively to non-financial stakeholders.
Role Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) strongly preferred.
- 1215+ years of progressive finance experience, with at least 5 years in a senior financial control or reporting leadership role.
- Proven track record of designing and implementing financial control frameworks across multiple business lines.
- Strong knowledge of fixed asset management, fleet and warehouse controlling, and cost methodology frameworks.
- Hands-on experience in management reporting, dashboard creation, and KPI-driven performance monitoring.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels.
- Proficiency in ERP systems and financial reporting tools; strong orientation toward system-driven solutions.
- Demonstrated leadership of teams across geographies and/or business lines.
- Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying and resolving issues.
