Finance Business Partner - Contract Logistics

Finance Business Partner - Contract Logistics

Would you like to be part of a value-driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day?

Maersk operates a diversified portfolio of Integrated Logistics services built on solid long-term partnerships with existing and new customers. Our infrastructure includes an expansive warehousing, cold storage and inland network, and a growing footprint in Supply Chain Management, Customs, Depot and Air & LCL.

At Maersk we are on a vision to become a global Integrator of container logistics, connecting and simplifying our customers' supply chain. You will join a truly ground-breaking journey striving to continue strengthen the focus to become a truly customer-centric company, serving our customers' individual needs.

The role offers an excellent opportunity to be part of setting the future direction for the customs, supply chain and project logistics products. The purpose of the role is to provide holistic performance management in SAI Area across customs, supply chain and project logistics product families, including overall responsibility to monthly performance reporting and rolling forecasts.

This role reports into the Area Product FBP Manager and provides a platform to broaden or diversify one's finance business partnering experience, while working directly with members of the Area Leadership and Region Finance Leadership.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join Maersk, you'll find that the world is your workplace. You'll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.

Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job - irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and drive product P&L. Work with other functions to improve reporting accuracy and ensure a fair representation of underlying business performance.
• Support development and review of strategic initiatives. Support business decisions through data-driven insights into both financial and operational performance, with recommended actions.
• Act as Finance Business Partner to the Area Product Manager with a strong focus on profitable accelerated L&S growth. Be a sparring partner who challenges assumptions, providing forward looking, independently initiated analysis which highlights risks and opportunities.
• Develop clear narratives on financial performance, ensuring alignment with product and regional strategies.
• Formulate and develop business cases as required by the business and ensure execution of the business case including monitoring of savings/cost.
• Support simulations for different business scenarios.
• For target setting, consider relevant economic framework conditions and set ambitious but realistic goals.
• For forecast setting, consider forecast accuracy and follow up on own performance.
• Work close with the functions to understand the business and the business need in form of reporting and KPIs.
• Follow up with the functions on deviations versus target and forecast and ensure there is an understanding of why and that actions are taken.
• Ensure qualitative management level communication to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support strategic decision making and proactive advisory based on KPI's and translate business intelligence to stakeholders.
• Work with other business partners, potentially sitting at the functions and reporting into this role.
• Improve short- and long-term performance through relevant, accurate and timely reporting and analysis. Responsible for business intelligence and analytics to support decision making.
• Responsible for Product KPI's, identify gaps to plan, provide insights to co- create improvement plans with assigned execution teams.
• Ensure cost optimal structure aligned with delivery/product functions for sites and business segments (productivity). Drive cost saving initiatives through constructive and continuous follow up with relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Business controlling function to ensure P&L hygiene for profit centre, cost centre, site allocation etc.
• Develop and strengthen financial models to provide strong insights and support decision making. Performance management and "double clicks" for live business cases and business case pipeline management.
• Provide visibility and insights to management on progression against strategic initiatives. Deliver insights and recommendations relating to product performance vs. benchmarks.
• Take the lead to implement process improvements which you will identify through data analysis and feedback from stakeholders.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Someone with:

• At least 5-7 years of relevant financial experience
• Strong and progressive track record from business partnering and performance management
• Experience in FMCG or Logistics/Supply Chain or Project Logistics is essential
• Experience in developing financial models and business cases
• Ability to develop strong business relationships within all levels of the organization including senior executives from different functional and management responsibilities
• Ability to make an impact and influence stakeholders and processes beyond the formal scope of your job description
• Ability to critically challenge business stakeholders while maintaining a cooperative attitude to serve the company's best interest
• Excellent business communication skills with the ability to digest complex challenges and communicate in simple and clear business language to stakeholders
• Ability to work well independently as well as in a team with different cultures and to manage cross functional interfaces

Critical competencies for success in the role:

• Confident, positive, assertive, team player, and customer oriented
• Executive presence, ability to condense thoughts and package data for precise/timely decision making
• Proactive, independent and self-starter
• Ability to work under high pressure, with changing priorities, multiple assignments, ambiguity
• Applied & advanced skills in external applications such as SAP BI, SAP BW etc. is an advantage
• Business Acumen

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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