FLEET PERFORMANCE & COST CONTROLLER

On behalf of our client, we are looking for the commercially minded  Fleet Performance & Cost Controller who will be responsible for independently monitoring the commercial and operational performance of every truck and trailer. The role converts daily fleet activity into asset-level profitability information and identifies revenue leakage, excessive costs, under-utilisation and the root causes of missed trips or downtime. The Controller will maintain a mini profit-and-loss view for each asset and provide management with daily exceptions, weekly performance reviews and monthly fleet profitability rankings. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Maintain revenue, direct cost, contribution and profitability records for every truck and, where relevant, trailer. 
• Verify trips completed, tonnage, route, client, rate, revenue earned and revenue per truck/day/month. 
• Compare target trips against actual trips and quantify the financial impact of every shortfall. 
• Monitor litres issued, fuel cost, km/litre, fuel cost per trip and fuel cost per tonne; flag abnormal consumption. 
• Track salary, trip allowance, bonuses, penalties, absenteeism and driver-related lost utilisation. 
• Capture parts, labour, outsourced repair costs, frequency of breakdowns and maintenance cost per kilometre. 
• Tyre control: Monitor tyre consumption, tyre life and tyre cost per kilometre by asset.
• Track insurance, licences, permits, inspections and compliance-related downtime. 
• Record every non-productive day/hour and assign a clear reason code such as workshop, no driver, licence, client delay, breakdown or operational planning. 
• Produce a daily RED/AMBER list of assets requiring management action.  
• Separate asset problems from driver, route, client, dispatch, workshop and commercial-rate problems. 
• Reconcile operational data with GPS, fuel, workshop, HR, finance and client documentation and challenge inconsistencies.

QUALIFICATION & REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Transport/Logistics or a related field. 
• Professional accounting/management-control qualification is an advantage. 
• At least 4-7 years' experience in fleet costing, transport finance, management accounting, commercial control, logistics analytics or a similar role. 
• Strong understanding of truck operating economics: fuel, maintenance, tyres, driver costs, utilisation, route profitability and contribution margin. 
• Advanced Excel capability; strong competence in dashboards, pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations and data analysis.
• Experience with ERP, fleet management, GPS/telematics or BI tools is strongly preferred.
• Ability to work independently and challenge operational or financial information objectively.
• High integrity, attention to detail and ability to communicate concise management insights.