Financial Analyst

About Harborline Logistics

Harborline Logistics sells freight visibility and settlement software to mid-sized carriers and forwarders across northern Europe. The company started as a port operations consultancy, which shows: our finance team is expected to understand how a demurrage charge actually arises, not just where it lands in the ledger. We are around 110 people, remote across six countries, with a small office in Rotterdam that nobody is required to visit.

What you'll do

• Own the operating model, including the revenue build, headcount plan and the unit economics by customer segment that inform pricing.
• Run the monthly close cycle alongside our accountants, producing variance analysis that explains causes rather than restating numbers.
• Build the reporting pack for our board and lenders, and be prepared to answer follow-up questions without a week of preparation.
• Partner with the commercial team on pricing and contract structure, particularly the usage-based components that make revenue recognition interesting.
• Improve our forecasting process so that the quarterly number stops being a surprise to everyone including us.
• Take on a project to replace our current mix of spreadsheets and manual exports with something more durable.

What we're looking for

• Three or more years in financial planning and analysis, investment banking, transaction services or a similar analytical finance role.
• Genuinely strong modelling skills. We will ask you to build something during the process, and we care about structure and auditability as much as the answer.
• Understanding of subscription and usage-based revenue models, including deferred revenue and the metrics that follow from it.
• Experience with an ERP such as NetSuite, and comfort querying data directly rather than waiting for an export.
• Clear communication with people who do not enjoy finance, delivered without condescension.
• Based in Europe with the right to work in one of the listed countries.

Nice to have

• A professional qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, or a local equivalent, in progress or completed.
• Exposure to logistics, transport or another operationally complex sector.
• SQL, or a real appetite to learn it in the first few months.

Benefits

• Health insurance and a pension contribution appropriate to your country of employment.
• Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave, available to all parents.
• Home office budget of EUR 1,500 plus an annual refresh allowance.
• Study support, including exam fees and paid study leave for a professional qualification.