Finance Manager

Our UK & Ireland financial accounting team who are responsible for the organisation's overall financial plans, policies and accounting practices have a rare opportunity for a meticulous and determined Finance Manager.

This role offers the opportunity to work at our head office in Ashby de la Zouch and from home, therefore we are looking for an individual who can offer flexibility to working location.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into the Head of Financial Control you will be responsible for:

Ensure that internal teams comply with all aspects of accounting control by adhering to an agreed standardised process and set of templates.
Prepare financial statements for CEVA legal entities and manage the audit process ensuring filing deadlines are met.
Establish and review internal controls, monitor intercompany cross-charges, and collaborate with the tax department.
Liaise with internal and external auditors ensuring requested information is provided, queries are resolved.
Make recommendations to the business from external audit findings and ensure that actions are monitored, concluded, and signed off by IA from internal audits.
Train and support colleagues, assisting with technical accounting, and ensuring compliance with financial legislation and group standards.
Ensure regular review and correction of balance sheet reconciliations, approval of payments, and VAT return reconciliations.
Challenge and continually review processes, practices, and principles to ensure we are improving and implementing standards.

In addition, you will have one direct report that will support you in ensuring all policies and procedures are adhered to, therefore you will ensure that you are embedding a culture of engagement, development and high performance.

This role requires someone who has significant internal auditing, financial accounting and control management experience. You will be ACCA/ACA qualified and have proven experience in financial accounting, processes, principles, concepts, and methodologies. It is crucial that you can make decisions and operate independently on multifaceted issues and business requirements, you will have a strong analytical skillset able to distil large amounts of complex data and present this into a reasonable and readable format, therefore experience of MS Excel and financial systems would be required.

It goes without saying that you will be a natural communicator who can build strong working relationships, influence, motivate and lead others. It would be desirable, however not essential if you come from a practice auditing background or have worked within a large organisation with complex accounting processes and systems.

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 well on our way to achieving our vision: 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.

DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination, encourages boldness and exemplarity, and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics as we become a global leader in the logistics industry. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you "Dare to Grow" with us?

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 and life assurance along with access to an employee benefits platform that offers discounts on gym memberships and money off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands. There's no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you'd like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then please do get in touch to find your next role.