We are looking for a Project Manager who will be responsible for leading project-based initiatives and managerial assignments across the Finance function. The role combines significant financial reporting responsibilities with broad exposure to cross-functional activities, providing an excellent opportunity to gain diverse business experience and develop toward future leadership positions within the organization.
This position is ideal for agile, high-potential candidates with a long-term perspective who are looking to build a meaningful career path and grow professionally within the company.
Main Tasks
Initial Position – Acting Manager of the Chartering and Admin Procurement Department
Chartering payments & accounts management
- Ensure all payments are made on due time with full accuracy
- Overall control and examination of payments withholding
- Ensure all related charterer’s expenses are approved and posted for payment
- Ensure all owners expenses are being debited to owners
- Overall control on redelivered vessels yet to be finalized remaining balances
- CF forecast preparation
- Various control reports to ensure smooth and accurate payments process (aging reports, Off-Hire deduction control report, Etc.)
- Maintain a monthly charter hire expenses allocation to subsidiary
- Overall control and billing management of 3rd party chartered out vessels (when applicable)
- Quarterly and annual financial closing process – prepare the quarterly and annually financial reports related to chartered vessels, analyze variances in period comparisons, Period-end accruals and gathering date related to Related/Interested parties.
- Ensure SOX compliance in respect of chartering payments & financial postings
HO suppliers and administration payments & accounts management
- Ensure all payments are made on due time with full accuracy.
- Monthly control of administration expenses posting.
- Monthly control of administration expenses debited by global agents.
- VAT compliance process – ensure smooth monthly and annual reporting to VAT authorities, including various controls to support the reporting process.
- TAX advances payments management and execution - ensure monthly tax advances are paid accurately and on time, ensure annual reporting is done properly (856).
- Quarterly and annual financial closing process – prepare the quarterly and annually financial reports related to HO suppliers & administration expenses, analyze variances in expenses and balances, manage the provisions process to ensure accurate financial statements.
- Ensure SOX compliance in respect of HO suppliers & administration expenses.
Equipment quarterly & annual financial statements management
- Quarterly and annually financial closing process – prepare the quarterly and annual financial reports related to Equipment expenses and balances, analyze variances in expenses and balances, manage the provisions process to ensure accurate financial statements
- Ensure SOX compliance in respect of Equipment expenses and balances
Following Position – Potential areas of responsibility:
- Financial reporting – Merger related assignments, Ad-hoc support
- Finance Applications – Data Specialist
- SAP4HANA Implementation
- Comptroller deliverables for Income Taxes accounting / reporting
- Cyber (Business Continuity) Readiness
- CPA (IL), following internship at one of the BIG4 firms. Preference to those with experience in Audit teamshandling global / large-scale / publicly-traded corporates.
- Managerial experience – At the accounting firms, or at a ‘first’ position following the internship (outside the accounting firms).
- Adequate English to maintain frequent written (and sometime verbal) communication.
Skills Required
- CPA (Israel)
- Internship at a Big4 accounting firm
- Managerial experience (at accounting firms or equivalent first position post-internship)
- Adequate English for frequent written and occasional verbal communication
- Knowledge and experience ensuring SOX compliance
- Experience auditing or handling finance for large/global/publicly-traded corporates
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA or finance application implementations / Data Specialist work
What We Do
Launched in Israel in 1945, ZIM (NYSE:ZIM) became a pioneer in container shipping in the early 1970’s, and has established itself as a leading global, asset-light container liner shipping company. We provide customers with innovative seaborne transportation and logistics services, covering the world’s major trade routes and focusing on select markets where we have competitive advantages and are able to maximize our market position. ZIM’s unique strategy as a digital-oriented, asset-light, global niche carrier offers distinctive advantages, allowing the company to provide innovative and premium customer-centric services while maximizing profitability. Through this focused strategy, enhanced digital tools, and a reputation as a top industry performer with high schedule reliability and service quality, ZIM is positioned to continue to expand its leadership and achieve best-in-class margins.







