Area Head of ATR and Financial Controlling

As a Finance professional in this role, you will work closely with the Area Finance Manager to drive performance improvement and contribute towards the achievement of business priorities. Your main responsibilities will include ensuring accurate and timely financial accounting and reporting for external IFRS and local statutory compliance within the Area. You will play a key role in driving impactful business outcomes by collaborating across functions and supporting transformative actions in the systems and processes within the Area Finance sphere. You will align with the objectives of the Area CFO and act as a dependable business partner to support finance and business outcomes. Collaboration with other functions and Centers of Excellence will be essential to achieve the desired outcomes for the Area and APMM. Additionally, you will assist the Area Finance Manager in optimizing working capital and liquidity while driving the development of efficient processes, challenging the status quo, and identifying opportunities for automation. Your role will involve translating organizational objectives into actionable plans and leading an engaged team to drive these actions. You will be responsible for resolving finance issues within the Area through partnership and collaboration with the relevant stakeholders. Ensuring accurate completion of Books of Accounts as per defined periodicity and timelines for scoped Area entities, both for APMM and Local Statutory books, will be a critical aspect of your role. Furthermore, you will perform controllership activities to ensure the accurate reporting of Balance Sheet Exposure, suggest necessary Accounting Adjustments, and develop plans to mitigate future exposures. You will also be accountable for the execution of Area Internal controls and influencing functions to enhance Controls scores. Your responsibilities will extend to owning the conduct of Statutory Audit for scoped entities, along with Group Audit, ensuring timely completion, filing, and addressing audit observations. You will also provide support for other Audits such as Tax Audit, Transfer Pricing Audit, or any Audit initiated by different Authorities. Key Metrics that will define your success in this role include timely and quality book closes for both APMM and local statutory requirements, zero overdue audit points, reporting of Balance sheet exposures, Control Effectiveness Scores, Working Capital improvement, zero open Cash/bank items over 30 days, top quartile engagement score for your team, achieving Automation & efficiency targets, and successful and timely implementation of new systems & special projects. To excel in this position, you should possess a preferred Accounting Qualification such as CA / CMA / ACCA / CPA /CIMA, along with strong Business Partnering skills, the ability to influence without authority, effective communication skills (ability to tell stories through numbers), Holding Others Accountable, Taking Ownership of Business Outcomes, Executive Presence, Leading leaders ability, and at least 10 years of post-qualification experience. Experience with ERP/S4 systems will be an added advantage for this role. We are committed to supporting your needs throughout the application and hiring process. If you require any adjustments, special assistance, or accommodations to facilitate your interaction with our website, application for a position, or performance of a job, please contact us at accommodationrequests@maersk.com.,