Finance Associate (Maritime) - London

Finance Associate (Maritime) - Permanent - London - Competitive

A leading LNG shipping company with a global presence is recruiting for a Finance Associate to join the Commercial team in London.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Commercial & Operations, this role is primarily responsible for;

• Responsibility for contract management of assigned LNG Carriers from a financial prospective.

• Ensuring effective communication and co-ordination with Charterer, respective vessels, Shareholders, Technical Managers and internal support teams (LNG Finance Team/HQ).
• Ensuring vigorous control and review of Ship Technical Manager actual spend versus budget.
• Preparation of analysis reports between different set of budgets (pre-delivery and post-delivery budgets) and actuals and/or estimates.
• Identifying and improving processes and/or procedures to ensure efficiency.
• Ensure relevant certificates, licenses and insurance documents are in place and renewal of such documents in good time manner.
• Ensure effective communications with all stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have strong financial and management accounts experience, be AAT qualified and/or studying towards accountancy qualification (ACCA or CIMA) and have accounting systems experience.

Experience within a Shipping company is preferable.

You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, have good analytical skills and have strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills.

You will also be commercially astute with a sharp eye for detail, be numerically astute and comfortable reporting large numbers to management (USD$ millions) and capable to report complex commercial matters in a few key points and provide resolution(s) to Manager.

You will also have excellent IT skills.  

To be considered for this role, you MUST be based in the UK/have the immediate right to live and work in the UK

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