Internship - Analytical Controller

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

YOUR ROLE 

As part of the Group's Financial Department, the student will be integrated into the Analytical Costs and Revenue department.

The 6-person team is responsible for the entire operational P&L of the shipping company CMA CGM. Positioned at the center of the group's finance, the service interacts with both the management control and accounting departments, playing a crucial role in the group's financial mechanism.

In close collaboration with Controlling department and other Financial Departments, the service contributes to the monthly accounting closings and is responsible for justifying the operational accounting result.

At the same time, the service participates in defining standard costs used by controlling team. The service performes the monthly reconciliation of the management result and the accounting result. 

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ?  

Under the supervision of the manager, you will: 

• Reconcile actual costs with estimated costs and analyze variances 
• Contribute to the improvement and development of finance tools and processes by collaborating on cross-functional projects 
• Contribute to the construction of a new reporting system by gathering requirements from internal clients 
• Produce specific analyses for internal needs 
• Participate in accounting closings 
• Interact with the group's various subsidiaries around the world (processes related to intra-group transactions) 
• Alert Management Control in case of risk and propose solutions
• Analyze the accounting result and link it with the management result 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ? 

• You have a Master's degree (1 or 2) in Finance/Accounting/Management
• Ideally, you have some initial experience in management control
• You have a good command of IT and office automation tools
• Your analytical and organizational skills, combined with your open-mindedness and good interpersonal skills, will be key to your success in this position
• Your French is fluent and your English operational

JOB ENVIRONMENT 

• Location: Marseille, France (13)
• Internship duration: 6 months
• Travel: No
• Accessibility: Accessible by public transport 

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