Finance Project Manager

About us: GEODIS is a worldwide transportation and logistics leader who provides support for its clients in Mexico with custom made solutions that cover a wide range of services: Ground Transport, Contract Logistics, Supply Chain Optimization. The passion that drives our teams, their experience and knowledge of the industry guarantees their constant commitment. You are now invited to apply for the position: Finance Project Manager The primary objective of this role is to lead and manage finance-related IT projects that drive operational efficiency, system harmonization, and business value within the organization. Acting as a key liaison between Finance, Operations and IT, the role is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and monitoring of projects, managing a dedicated Finance IT team, and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. The role also plays a critical part in analysing financial processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing best practices through innovative and secure system solutions. By supporting core finance system enhancements, maintaining business intelligence tools, and providing ongoing assistance to key users across the organization, this position ensures that finance operations are streamlined, scalable, and responsive to business needs. The main responsibilities for this position will be: • Organize and lead project meetings, including regular follow-ups and escalation sessions with key stakeholders. • Develop, maintain, and monitor high-level and detailed project plans, ensuring timely reporting to the Finance IT Director. • Provide daily leadership and oversight to the Finance IT Project Team, including Project Officers and Analysts. • Gain deep understanding of financial accounting, operational finance, and business processes to identify pain points and propose innovative, value-driven solutions. • Analyse and recommend best practices to automate, optimize, simplify, and secure finance-related business processes, enhancing operational efficiency and value creation. • Lead the harmonization and implementation of core finance systems, aligning with the Finance Core Model to streamline processes across tools. • Participate in special projects and perform assigned duties, including research, validation, testing, and documentation as required. • Design, validate, and maintain Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the Finance stream to support business insights and decision-making. • Validate new system enhancements, assess associated risks, and ensure proper implementation within operations system, focusing on Finance system configuration and processes. • Monitor and maintain the System, including reconciliation processes, system developments, enhancements, and regression testing. • Ensure proper documentation and regular updates of all Finance processes, promoting knowledge sharing across the organization. • Provide continuous support to FF Finance Key Users at the local, regional, and HQ levels, acting as a key liaison for issue resolution and system improvement. Requirements • Bachelor degree • Strong financial backrground • Minimum 8 years of experience in Logistics • Fluent in English (written and verbal); • Deep understanding of Finances Systems (ERP) • Experience in Cargowise system (desired) • Great level of understanding on Financial Accounting and Controlling business processes • Project Management Experience • Strong financial analysis skills, detailed oriented with expert knowledge of accounting procedures • Ability to design and deploy application roadmaps, with solid technical and functional landscape • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills • Experience crafting effective monthly story-telling materials, weekly/monthly performance decks and financial management materials • Problem solving, decision making, negotiation and conflict management skills are needed in day to day job • Organization, time management, delegation, forward planning and strategic thinking skills are needed to drive the team and activities successfully to the target Abilities: Team work Adaptability Customer Service Proactive Business Acumen Work in a multicultural environment Benefits: Direct hiring by the company Competitive benefits package Hybrid work This position can be based in CDMX or GDL

Location: Ciudad de México, MX

Posted Date: 5/23/2025