Senior Director, Finance Freight Forwarding - Americas

We are the leading provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain & logistics, enabling the flow of trade across the globe. Our comprehensive range of products and services covers every link of the integrated supply chain – from maritime and inland terminals to marine services and industrial parks as well as technology-driven customer solutions.

The Senior Director, Freight Forwarding Finance - Americas is responsible for ensuring the financial health, cash discipline, and profitability oversight of the Freight Forwarding business across the Americas. The role exists to address a critical gap in freight-forwarding-specific financial leadership, providing regional standards, oversight, and escalation while execution remains with country organizations.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

REPORTING & INTERFACES

• Functional reporting: Regional CFO
• Key interfaces: Regional Freight Forwarding Leadership, Country CFOs, Treasury, FP&A, Credit & Risk, Global Finance

KEY OBJECTIVES

• Protect and improve working capital, credit quality, and cash conversion
• Ensure consistent application of financial policies, controls, and standards
• Enable profitable, risk-adjusted growth of the Freight Forwarding business
• Establish profitability transparency by trade lane, customer, and product

CREDIT & WORKING CAPITAL GOVERNANCE

• Own regional oversight of credit policy application and approval discipline
• Ensure credit decisions are supported by financial substance (GP, exposure, risk)
• Establish regional visibility and escalation for AR aging and overdue exposure

CASH MANAGEMENT & BILLING DISCIPLINE

• Enforce consistent and timely billing and cash application practices
• Monitor cash conversion and intervene where performance deteriorates
• Partner with Treasury to align payment terms and exposure management

GOVERNANCE & OVERSIGHT

• Act as regional owner for Freight Forwarding financial policies and controls
• Identify and close control gaps that create financial or reputational risk
• Serve as escalation point for unresolved financial issues

PROFITABILITY, FINANCIAL REPORTING & CONTROLING

• Drive profitability transparency and margin monitoring
• Align revenue recognition, charge code usage, and bad debt provisioning
• Lead regional budgeting and rolling forecasting for Freight Forwarding
• Establish and maintain standardized financial reporting frameworks to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance with corporate guidelines
• Design and monitor key performance indicators to measure financial performance and operational efficiency

STRATEGIC & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT

• Finance lead for Freight Forwarding growth initiatives
• Bridge between country organizations, Freight Forwarding leadership, and global finance

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Senior business leader with full P&L ownership experience in freight forwarding or logistics, with proven track record operating at the intersection of commercial and financial decision-making
• Experience in capital allocation, investment evaluation, and risk-adjusted growth decisions, with deep understanding of freight forwarding economics, margin drivers, and working capital dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to lead without direct line authority in complex matrix organizations and experience partnering closely with CFO organizations, Treasury, and FP&A to drive outcomes
• Improved AR visibility and reduction in overdue receivables
• Faster billing and improved cash conversion
• Consistent application of credit and financial policies
• Increased confidence in Freight Forwarding financial controls
• ~USD 250m revenue business with strong growth ambitions
• Working-capital-intensive, multi-country environment
• Uneven finance maturity across countries; high execution and risk exposure

Please note: This position does not offer sponsorship for employment visas. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in The United States without sponsorship now or in the future.