Financial Analysis Manager

Job Description

Job Summary FPNA team is a focal point in Maersk for management reporting, forecasting, budgeting, financial planning, performance management. deep dive analysis and finance related business support. An empowered position in Maersks Finance Business Partnering team for Logistics and Services being the focal point for management reporting, forecasting, budgeting, performance management, deep dive analysis and finance related business support of our Landside Transportation products. The team interacts primarily with stakeholders in the Landside Transportation Products team as well as internal stakeholders in Finance. The Product team is overall responsible for the global Profit and Loss, the Product Strategy and future product development. As Finance Business Partner (FBP) you will have the opportunity to drive financial analysis, performance management and decision support to the Product leadership team. Your detailed understanding of the financial numbers combined with solid business knowledge will allow you to deliver performance insights, challenge current understandings and contribute to decision making within the Landside Transportation Products team. As part of a dynamic finance community, you will be working closely together with the Regional and Area product finance teams. Further you will drive alignment with stakeholders in other Finance teams. You will be exposed to senior management and a truly global organisation. At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams. Key Responsibilities The FBP is expected to drive key financial processes and meetings in close collaboration with stakeholders in the Product team, Finance and the frontline in the Landside Transportation domain. You will support their decision-making process and understanding of financials and performance by structuring and presenting key focus areas in management meetings, providing financial management information, deep dive analysis, performance management reporting and business cases. Through close interaction with your stakeholders, you will understand their information needs and help them design and develop existing and new initiatives, report to stakeholders with clear business and financial insights and perform analyses of performance and trends to identify and suggest appropriate actions. Specific Key Responsibilities Drive accurate, timely and aligned reporting of financial, commercial and operational performance incl. KPIs Support profitability analysis as a subject matter expert for given areas Contribute to, form business decisions and enable follow-up on such decisions including business cases, value realization measurement of projects that can be tracked in the P&L Assist in assessing best alternative strategies and providing recommendations to the business Perform ad-hoc analysis and insights to business based on the problem statements raised by the product team Drive continuous improvements including simplification of analysis tools and automation of reporting based on clearly defined business logic. Take part in Logistics and Services tasks and projects including input to external reporting Align order of priorities and manage expectations of stakeholders when certain deliverables need to be postponed due to higher priority items This role needs to work with peers across Global FPNA teams, Product Organisation as well as Senior Management as a sparring partner. This role will support the decision-making process by providing value-added analysis, financial management information, deep dive analysis, performance management reporting and financial planning. The conclusions and insights drawn from the analysis must be communicated in an efficient and clear manner to the target audience and affected stakeholders. Required Experience & Skills The candidate has a Masters or a Bachelors degree in Finance / Economics or is a Chartered Accountant The candidate has prior experience (minimum 8 years post qualification experience) within a business partnering environment, working as part of a business leadership team or in a consulting firm Experience of working in FMCG, supply chain, logistics or trucking industry is a clear advantage Furthermore you - Are highly skilled in Excel and PowerPoint, while experience from BI systems is a plus Are a strong team player with the ability to engage with and influence, guide and challenge multiple stakeholders Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong integrity and collaboration mindset that goes well with people at all levels in a global organization. Also proven ability to influence without authority and engage confidently with leaders at all levels. Are used to and enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced and changing environment dealing with a lot of different tasks at the same time Are result driven and have a strong logical and analytical capacity Are a self-starter with a strong driving force, striving for continuous improvement, be able to see opportunities and wanting to solve problems even if finding answers are not easy and invite yourself to the table