Job DescriptionThe
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 ACCOUNTABILITIESREPORTING & 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.
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