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Business Controller

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia (Hybrid)

Business Controller

5 Days ago • All levels

About the job

Summary_{By Outscal}

Maersk seeks a Business Controller to oversee monthly profit & loss closing, ensure clean file management, and drive finance health metrics. Must have strong accounting/finance background, proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and excellent communication skills. Experience in SAP & BI, logistics, and working across multiple countries is a plus.

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve.

With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk.

Responsibilities:

The Business controller will provide governance and control over monthly profit and loss closing, oversees clean file management, monitors and drives finance health metrics by working with relevant key stakeholders.

Ensures balance sheet accounts are clean by proper upstream process and backlog prioritization. Work with customer experience team and management and financial stakeholders to optimize profitability of the products.

Responsible for creating transparency on profitability at job, customer and Area level for AIR (or WnD) product
Perform job costing analysis and ensure 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.
Collaborate with all cross functional teams, break the barrier to maintain financial hygiene
Drive key finops processes by ensuring accuracy and timeliness of job costing process (updating revenue and cost in operational systems), ensure soft and hard closing of jobs are carried out as per KPI, without being in the position to adjust files.
Support profitability/margin analysis, review gross profit of jobs daily with the goal that every job shows the most accurate gross profits according to buying/selling rates.
Contribute to, form business decisions and enable follow-up on such decisions including margin improvements.
Implementation of upstream process improvements in line with the Standards and Controls
Ensure finance governance in new and existing customer onboarding/implementation
Constantly engage with the business partners in listening & understanding their requirements and ensure that they are met.
Own and drive improvement projects, collaborate with other Business Controllers in executing projects of global nature, drive a culture of continuous improvement.

What we're looking for:

A professional with accounting/finance degree and working experience in accounting
Basic knowledge of Reporting concepts internally and externally
Problem solving
Must be good in Microsoft Excel, power BI would be an added advantage
Must be good with communication skills, particularly in English
Working experience in SAP & BI, would be an added advantage
Experience in logistics business would be an added advantage.
Thrives on challenges, acts with a sense of urgency
Ability to handle multiple countries, has worked in different cultures. Embraces ambiguity and drives a win –win situation
Able to combine commercial knowledge and technical financial expertise
Ability to work as part of a large multinational organisation, capable of influencing and understanding global view
Strong interpersonal skills particularly motivational and communication skills
Dynamic in nature and be prepared for robust changes happening in accounting and reporting department, be flexible to move roles

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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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