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Please note that this position requires work authorization for Germany.
The language requirements for this position are: English - Fluent, German - Fluent.

We are on a mission to transform the transportation and logistics industry by providing an innovative data platform to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As our Finance Manager, you will own and manage our financial operations, from daily tasks to strategic financial insights, playing a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future.

Activities

• Own and manage shipzero’s financial operations, from day-to-day tasks to strategic financial insights
• Prepare investor reports and detailed financial analyses to support strategic decision-making, and board discussions
• Collaborate closely with the CEOs, tax advisors and external partners to ensure compliance and smooth financial processes
• Enable tax accountants to create audit-ready monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, ensuring transparency and accuracy for all stakeholders
• Continuously improve bookkeeping, accounts payable, receivable, and customer invoicing, with a strong focus on automation
• Actively contribute to company-wide KPI driven processes, creating analysis and coordinate action items
• Drive improvements in financial structures and processes to support shipzero’s growth journey

Requirements

• Degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field
• 3+ years of professional experience in finance with a focus on strategic reporting, automation, and data-driven decision making (B2B SaaS experience is a plus)
• Strong understanding of financial statements, bookkeeping principles, and basic tax regulations
• High sense of ownership with a structured, reliable, and hands-on approach
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate numbers into actionable insights and recommendations
• Proficient in spreadsheets and financial tools; experience with accounting software is a plus
• Fluent in both German and English

Application Process

We are looking forward to receiving your detailed application including your possible starting date and your salary expectations.

About the Company

At shipzero, our mission is to enable effective emissions reduction in global freight transportation. We help shippers, logistics service providers and carriers to manage transport emissions and facilitate their path to net-zero emissions with decision-focused information from our data-driven software-solution.

What we do and why

We are building the data backbone of sustainable supply chains. Our mission is to enable effective emission reduction in global freight transportation.

• Transportation fueled by data-driven decisions, not fossil energy.
• The transformation of an industry needs actionable KPIs in transport and logistics, enormous amounts of data remain unused.
• The intelligent use of data is what fascinates us and contributing to turn around the ever-rising emissions in the logistics industry is what motivates us every day.
• We foster data-driven collaboration towards sustainable supply chains and highlight the economic value of reducing the carbon intensity of logistics processes.