National Finance Manager

It's more than a job

As a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel, your work includes managing budgets, strategic planning, and overseeing financial operations. You also help make ordinary and special moments possible for people around the world. Because your financial diligence allows your colleagues across the company to stay focused on the core of their work, whether it's getting vital healthcare products to those who need them or fresh fruit to children playing in the park. Finance work at Kuehne+Nagel, means more than we imagine.

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How you create impactStrategic Leadership, Commercial Business Partnering & Performance Ownership

• Act as a Finance Business Partner to national management, shaping long-term financial strategies and providing actionable recommendations.
• Apply commercial acumen to negotiations, contract structures and terms to optimize margins and working capital, manage risk and protect profitability.
• Own financial evaluation of commercial decisions with the National Management Team, ensuring end-to-end impacts are transparent and aligned with business objectives.
• Drive financial ownership and cost consciousness across business and functional units and track performance against plans.
• Partner with operational and commercial leaders to deliver local and global strategic priorities aligned with the organization’s long-term vision.
• Develop financial models to validate targets and forecasts, guide resource allocation and assess performance in line with Corporate Finance guidance.
• Evaluate inorganic growth opportunities, lead financial due diligence and provide recommendations.
• Anticipate financial risks and opportunities and develop mitigation and growth strategies.
• Manage company financial resources and resource planning.
• Lead change initiatives across finance and the wider business, maintaining stakeholder engagement, performance continuity and strategic alignment.

Financial Analysis

• Own the accuracy, integrity and timeliness of financial statements, management reports and analyses.
• Manage cash flow, working capital and capital expenditure to optimize financial stability and efficiency.
• Oversee finance operations, including accounting, treasury, taxation, controlling, relevant procurement processes, payroll and financial reporting in line with the KN Global Finance Operating Model.
• Where finance processes are centralized in a GS/KC, retain accountability for quality and final resolution, coordinating with local and global finance functions.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Maintain internal controls and accounting guidelines to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with internal and statutory requirements.
• Liaise with KCs, auditors, regulatory authorities and legal teams on audits, compliance assessments and company secretarial obligations, ensuring compliance with local regulations.
• Drive process reviews and improvements in line with the finance operating model and GS/KC.
• Monitor regulatory and reporting developments and ensure readiness for emerging obligations.
• Hold signatory rights through directorship or power of attorney for all legal entities.

People Leadership, Talent Development & Training

• Lead the national finance team and foster accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Identify and develop high-potential talent through development plans and career pathways.
• Set performance expectations, conduct reviews, and provide coaching and development.
• Build succession plans for key finance roles.
• Oversee other functions, such as office administration, as defined by reporting lines.

What we would like you to bring

• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in Korean and English.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; professional finance qualification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive Finance experience, including FP&A, business partnering, financial management, modelling and analysis.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience, with a proven track record in leading high-performing teams, talent development and succession planning.
• Experience in the logistics sector or a comparable service industry preferred.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and collaborate effectively across functions.
• Strategic thinker with strong decision-making, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Experience leading organizational and process transformation while maintaining team performance.
• High level of accountability, ownership and results orientation.

What's in it for you

At Kuehne + Nagel, you get to grow your expertise, shape processes and deliver innovative solutions. We are continuously building our local and global network and our product portfolio, creating career opportunities in different fields of work worldwide.

As a leader in the logistics industry, we provide a collaborative and IT driven environment where you will work with motivated and customer-centric colleagues across the world.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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