Finance Analyst

Responsible for providing governance and insight in clean file management, timely billing and other critical Finance & Customer service KPIs/data points. Reports into the Head of Business Controlling for Logistics and Services (LnS) but works very closely with other key stakeholders to ensure the integrity and conformity of the business controlling processes. Must act as a true business partner to operations and finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Is responsible for creating integrity/accuracy of the cost and revenue data which ensures transparency of profitability at shipment/customer level. Ensures job costing controls are followed and that a proper mindset on revenue assurance and standards is in place. Active member of the Finance team, bridging upstream process and Financial control.
• Act as business partner to customer service and finance to identify and drive resolution of revenue/costs leakages
• Provide insight in and governance over file execution in line with the Standards, SOP’s and optimize Finance and Customer service KPIs. Ensure backlogs are effectively kept low and in control, in close cooperation with Customer service management and Finance Business Partner on Standard execution and KPIs improvement
• Oversee key finance operation processes by ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of revenue and cost, updated in system in cooperation with accounting team in India, without being in the position to adjust files
• Support profitability analysis, review GP of shipments on a daily basis with the ultimate goal that each and every shipment shows the most accurate GP according to contracted costs and rates
• Provide forward looking and independently initiate analysis on margins, trends and areas of opportunities
• Contribute and form business decisions and enable follow-up on such decisions including margin improvements
• Perform Risk and Compliance assessment to ensure necessary documentary evidence, records are created and provided, fraud guidelines and other applicable APMM guidelines as far as it covers operational/customer service controls. This also includes effective resolution of deficiencies and/or audit findings.
• Implementation of upstream process improvementsin line with the Standards and Controls
• Local Intercompany transaction anchor, resolving open and aged items in line with the timelines
• Finance Governance on new or adjusted customer/system/supplier implementations if processes differ from standards (eg. Consolidated billing, local EDI etc.) that could impact finance/customer service KPIs, backlogs and Balance Sheet positions.
• Perform Business Case Review and provide meaningful analysis to stakeholders/management to help their decision making process

Required knowledge & Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Thorough understanding of and 4 to 5 years experience in the business to be able to drive performance and value (operational audit experience is a plus)
• Financial and business acumen. Must understand business/process impact on financial results
• Advanced technical skills in Excel, PowerBI & Power Point (pivot tables, financial & statistical functions, presentations, charts)

For more information go to https://jobsearch.maersk.com/jobposting/index.html?id=MA-307175

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location