Business Controller - IMEA

The Business Controller is responsible in monitoring the processes and improving controls related to operation finance. The Business Controller reports into Finance but works closely with the Customer Service and product teams to ensure the integrity and conformity of the operations finance processes within the CX adheres to Global Processes and other APMM guidelines including Control Manual. BCO. The activities of Business Controllers are designed to ensure the following outcomes:

• Driving Business controller owned controls and KPI’s.
• Financial results reported reflect a true and fair representation of underlying business whereby exposures are visible and where required included in the financial results.
• Adherence to CSO RICC control requirements; Ensure that risks are controlled, and fraud is not accepted
• Ensure visibility and timely reporting of operations and operation finance processes
• Support the Management in providing value added analytical support related to performance management, this can be link to job costing, profitability, pre-alert timeliness, identify opportunities of revenue leakage, etc.
• Be supportive to client implementations
  
  

As such, the Business Controller must act as a true business partner to the business and commercial functions. A person in this role is responsible to support, monitor and ensure actions are taken by process executors (such as job creator, finance operation associate, etc.) to improve the processes and controls. This person must demonstrate improvements on a continuous basis, and the role involves ‘getting things done today’. This role is not limited to pulling reports, sharing data and escalation but goes well beyond this, solving all (technical) issues and process issues by mediating with process executors, BPOs, and support available. A solid business, process and financial understanding is a must in this role.

• 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 organization 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.

What We Offer

A tailored onboarding and induction with access to a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Setting you up for success is important to us. An annual bonus based on company performance.

Every colleague at Maersk has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing, mental health support and financial advice through our Employee Assistance Program.

For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results.

Whilst the role is advertised as full-time, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what that might look like for you

• Review MODS/Kewill (and other operational systems) interfaces/transferred to FACT (or any other accounting systems), ensure differences gets resolved by Error handling teams and ensure that operational transactions are accurately, adequately and completely recorded in the required timeframes
• Control over quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of Revenue by monitoring timeliness and accuracy of estimates, timeliness of customer invoicing, ensure and control approvals of credit notes in line with authority matrix and ensure timely and accurate invoicing (if invoicing cannot be done immi: revenue estimation) in operational files
• Control over quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of costs by monitoring timeliness of creating POs, , review of open POs (POs without IRs, workflows without PO) and release where appropriate.
• Prepare and review weekly and monthly CM1 reports as required by different stakeholders to ensure CM1 reported is accurate, complete and includes resolution of aged accruals to ensure that manual accruals are avoided. such includes review of pass through charges, review of job profitability, resolution of profit/loss out layers/ empty jobs, resolution of aged accruals, special treatments in customer/vendor contracts (vip’s/volume commitments if applicable) etc.
• Review profitability of jobs on a weekly basis with a particular emphasis on ensuring all loss-making jobs are signed-off by the appropriate authority (defined in the Area Local authority matrix) and that each and every job shows the most accurate CM1 according to the knowledge at that moment
• Ensure that all jobs are soft-closed and hard closed on time (as determined by Global guidelines) and deviations from planned CM1 and actual CM1 is reported, monitored and controlled
• Act as business partner to resolve SOD conflicts (if any), revenue leakages, contingencies that could result in a loss
• Assist the CX Manager and Finance Manager at any time and particularly, including during Audits, and other reviews and ensure that necessary documentary evidence, records are provided as required in Damco Control Manuals (including CSO Minimum Control Guide), , fraud guidelines and other applicable APMM guidelines
• Strong business partner in implementation of new clients from job costing, invoicing and Finops process design perspective.
• Assist the CEN SME to improve operations finance processes and participate in identification of opportunities to improve operational systems (Kewill, FACT)
  
  

Diversity:

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

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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• 3 plus years’ experience in financial operations knowledge
• 2 years’ experience in Finance/Controls
• Hands on experience in OCE and/or Air forwarding business and/or SCM business in operations will be a value add and preferred
• Good working knowledge of MODS & Kewill Operating systems
• Knowledge of SAP R3 / FACT will be value add and will be preferred
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills and advance knowledge