Regional Head of Financial Operations, Airfreight and LCL - APA

Job Description

The Regional Head of Airfreight and LCL Financial Operations is responsible for driving financial control, performance transparency, and profitability management across the company’s global Airfreight and Less-than-Container Load (LCL) business units. This regional leadership role ensures financial discipline, accurate cost and revenue recognition, effective margin management, and alignment between operational performance and financial outcomes. The position acts as the bridge between Finance, Operations, and Commercial teams, ensuring that financial results accurately reflect business performance and support strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Control & Revenue Assurance

•Oversee regional cost accrual and billing accuracy & timeliness, ensuring operational and financial data integrity.•Address outlier shipments with operations and/or stations (loss-making, profit-making, incurred storage, etc).•Lead initiatives to minimize revenue leakage, optimize shipment margins, and reduce unbilled or uncollected revenue.•Align closely with procurement and carrier management to ensure accurate buy rate implementation and cost allocation.•Standardize freight audit and reconciliation processes across countries and trade lanes.•Ensure vendor invoices, carrier contracts, and rate agreements are correctly reflected in financial systems.

Operational Finance Integration

•Serve as the key link between Finance, Airfreight Operations, and LCL Operations.•Collaborate with operations on pricing validation, file closure accuracy, and workflow financial compliance.•Support digital transformation initiatives in financial automation, rate control, and cost allocation tools.•Utilize KPI dashboards to measure financial efficiency and operational performance.•Drive country standardization of finance-related processes (invoicing, accruals, cost matching, revenue posting) globally.

Financial Governance & Profitability Management

•Lead regional operational financial oversight for Airfreight and LCL P&L, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.•Establish and maintain financial governance frameworks, including cost control, margin analysis, and revenue recognition standards within Air & LCL.•Monitor and analyse gross profit performance, trade lane profitability, and yield management metrics.•Partner with operational and procurement leaders to identify cost-saving and margin improvement opportunities.•Identify and help minimize out-of-period and/or prior-period adjustments, including root-cause analysis.•Drive financial visibility and accountability through standardized reporting and analytics.

Business Partnering & Strategic Support

•Partner with regional leadership to support budgeting, forecasting, and business planning for Airfreight and LCL.•Provide actionable insights to regional and country management regarding profitability drivers, trade lane performance, and customer contribution.•Support commercial and pricing teams in developing financially sustainable customer and carrier strategies.•Represent Air & LCL in cross-functional steering committees for product, system, or process enhancements.•Review client profitability to proactively identify and escalate loss-making clients. •Help identify operational execution gaps, financial risk, compliance, and/or internal control issues. Help drive resolution and adherence

What We Are Looking For

•Minimum 5–10 years of experience in financial or commercial operations within the freight forwarding or logistics industry.•Strong background in airfreight and LCL financial management, including cost control, P&L ownership, and margin analysis.•Proven success working in cross-functional environments involving Finance, Operations, and Commercial.•Financial and operational acumen with strategic thinking ability.•Detail-oriented and data-driven decision-maker.•Strong leadership and team development capability.•Excellent communicator across functions and regions.•Integrity, accountability, and commitment to continuous improvement.•Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced international environment.•A relentless mindsight, with excellent follow up skills.

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