Regional Head of Financial Operations, Airfreight and LCL - EUR

Job Description

Maersk is redefining global logistics by bringing together ocean, land, air, and digital into a truly integrated solution—and world‑class financial operations power that ambition. Leadership at Maersk means shaping direction, setting standards, and enabling teams to perform at scale. This role sits at the heart of that responsibility, providing financial leadership that drives clarity, accountability, and informed decision‑making across the business, while supporting sustainable growth and operational excellence. Interested? Let's dive in ....

Purpose of the role

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

What you'll be doing

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 you bring

• Minimum 5 - 10yrs experience in financial or commercial operations within the freight forwarding or logistics industry.
• Deep understanding of Airfreight and LCL operational drivers.
• Mastery of margin management, costing, and revenue assurance.
• Analytical skills with ability to interpret operational and financial data.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to navigate complex matrix organisations and influence decisions.
• Continuous improvement mindset with focus on control and performance.

Ready to take the lead and make an impact where it matters? Join us and help shape the financial backbone of Maersk’s global operations.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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