Job Description

The Financial Controller is responsible for articulating financial exposure insights to executive leadership, addressing escalations related to accounting, Order to Cash and Procurement to pay transactional, procurement processes, and optimizing working capital to ensure operational efficiency. This role involves tracking and analysing key performance metrics, perform detailed transactional level and account level analysis to support Senior Controllers with robust data validation, providing actionable insights to enhance visibility for execution teams and control framework effectiveness. Additionally, the position focuses on identifying process enhancements and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards, thereby maintaining robust compliance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Explaining and driving mitigation of Balance sheet exposures: identify, monitor and solve, and report to the Regional CFO.
• Managing escalations of GSC matters (ATR- Accounting to Report/OTC - Order to Cash/ PTP - Procurement to Pay) performance and presenting solutions.
• Monitoring performance, report and track of key performance indicators.
• Supporting execution team to enhance visibility to the business / stakeholders
• Identify and drive improvements
• Ensuring Company Compliance framework is followed.
• Close External and Internal auditors findings at product level
• Perform periodic PnL and BS review for the items at product level, including verifying the correctness of account balances, unusual entries, proper cutoff, and reviewing cost and revenue recognition accuracy.

Teams’ Objectives

• GSC Control Effectiveness
• ADL
• DSO
• %OD
• DPO
• POT
• Open AP Invoices
• Balance Sheet Exposure
• Zero External audit Findings (solve the existing and avoid new ones)

Required Experience & Skills

• cademic Background: Mandatory bachelor’s degree in accounting
• CPA certified (preferred)
• 5+ years of experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks/priorities
• Executive communication skills.
• ERP (Nice to Have SAP S4 Hannah/Fiori) and Excel proficiency
• IFRS knowledge
• Big four experience (preferred) or audit and accounting advisory exposure
• Strong experience in risk mitigation and Internal controls
• Experience in Month, quarterly and yearly report performance and consolidation
• Senior Stakeholder Management
• Working Capital Management
• Continuous Improvement mindset (Maersk way)
• Leading without authority
• Detailed oriented

English Level: B2-C1

Capabilities:

• Processes ownership
• Communication (Storytelling)
• Partnering in a matrix organization (Accountability & Influencing)
• Business Acumen (Customer, Finance, Product, Industry, The Maersk Way)
• Change Management

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.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing accommodationrequests@maersk.com