Assistant Manager - Forwarding Finance - Global Service Centre

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.  With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door. 

About DP World Global Service Centre

DP World’s Global Service Centre (GSCs) are key enablers of growth delivering standardization, process excellence and expertise, and automation in areas of Finance, Freight Forwarding, Marine Services, Engineering and Human Resources, helping accelerate DP World’s growth and business transformation. As we experience exponential growth, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. Discover your next role here and change what's possible for everyone! As an equal employer that recognizes and values diversity and an inclusive culture, we empower and up-skill our people with opportunities to perform at their best. Join us and be part of an amazing team that is transforming the future of world trade. 

Role Purpose: 

To drive financial performance through effective planning, forecasting, and profitability analysis. By partnering with global teams and providing actionable insights, the role supports strategic decision-making, cost control, and operational efficiency to achieve business objectives.

Designation:     Assistant Manager-Financial Planning & Analysis-Freight Forwarding

Base Location: Navi Mumbai

Reporting to:    Senior Manager-Finance-Freight Forwarding

Key Role Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis:

• Collate regional FRC codes for Global Tender Wins, ensuring accurate billing entity mapping to tender customers and performing customer-level validation of global tender allocations.
• Analyze monthly claims reports and reconcile/compare with application system data.
• Perform trade lane performance analysis (volume, yield, profitability at shipment and lane level).
• Identify cost inefficiencies and margin gaps and recommend actions to enhance lane-wise profitability.
• Conduct detailed financial and operational data analysis to support decision-making.
• Perform variance and trend analysis reporting with actionable insights.
• Build analytical models and dashboards to monitor trends, variances, and key performance indicators.
• Prepare quarterly financial performance analysis for Steerco.
• Interact with regional commercial, procurement, finance, analytics, and reporting teams

Global Year Marked Fund Management: 

• Perform financial and operational analysis of Year marked Fund utilization, ROI, and performance metrics
• Identify key drivers influencing fund effectiveness and prepare insights for strategic allocation decisions
• Conduct monthly analysis of Growth Fund requests in application system (by region), prepare regional and global reports (for all regions)
• Analyze and report the re-procurement scorecard for each region
• Identify and report potential fund usage opportunities from the system

Additional requirements:

• Handle system queries (process guidance, pending items, SOP support).
• Identify and recommend process improvements and system upgrades to enhance efficiency.
• Support Regional GF Champions on system and data-related requests.
• Provide ad-hoc data analysis and reporting support.
• Ensure continuous stakeholder coordination across regional and global teams.             

Skills & Competencies: 

• Candidate must have FP&A experience in logistics industry (Freight Forwarding experience preferred)
• High level of integrity
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality financial reporting and compliance.
• Proactive in identifying and solving financial issues.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and present financial insights to senior management.

• Demonstrated ability to supervise or guide junior team members, even if not in a full managerial capacity.

Education & Qualifications: 

• Chartered Accountant/ICWA/CPA/CMA preferred, or a finance graduate with strong relevant experience

• Proficient with MS Office applications with strong skills in Excel and PowerPoint.

• 6–8 years of experience in finance, preferably in financial reporting or finance operations. 

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.