Finance Business Partner, Procurement

Drives financial performance in an organisational area by providing

leadership, guidance and support on financial information, business

performance and implementation of strategies.

Purpose of the role:

The Maersk Procurement organisation is responsible for vendor selection, contract negotiation, supplier relationship management, and procurement across our entire business.

The purpose of this role is to provide accurate and data-based information on procurement and cost performance management, financial analysis and decision support to the entire Maersk Procurement organisation.

You will work with multiple aspects of our financial reporting, process optimisation, financial planning and analysis as well as communication at a range of management levels.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for executing effective performance management across Ocean, L&S and Indirect Procurement, in close collaboration with headquarter business and finance teams.
• Support the decision-making process by providing standardized (e.g. MPR) and ad-hoc analysis.
• Deliver accurate, timely business insights to Procurement teams to solve challenges and pro-actively find opportunities for continuous improvement of costs. Present insights to senior stakeholders and be ready to challenge stakeholders based on your analysis.
• Provide inputs to, prepare and deliver forecasts and budgets by collaborating with business and finance teams across the entire organisation.
• Share and ensure adoption of best practises (e.g. procurement savings principles) across global and regional teams.
• Actively drive further standardisation and the implementation of a common reporting and analysis process across spend type, products and geographies, working closely with relevant COE leads
• Lead smaller and contribute to larger initiatives and projects related to improving performance management, processes as well as projects seeking to improve financial visibility
• Be focal point for global / regional finance teams and assist finance partners in navigating the CoE, connecting people and ensuring that priority is placed on the most value adding activities.
  
  

Experience and Qualification:

• Master’s in finance (CA/ MBA-finance)
• 8+ years of experience in finance and analysis
• Experience with financial modelling and forecasting
• Good communication and stakeholder influencing skills
• Working proficiency on tools such as Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, ThinkCell, Power BI
  
  

Attributes:

• Driven to deliver consistent, high-quality results, and continuously seeks opportunities to improve ways of working and making recommendations
• Handles most situations independently, receives minimal guidance, but will seek advice and guidance on more complex tasks and involves others for issue resolution
• Collaborative, pro-active engagement with stakeholders and counterparts across global and regional teams, capable of building strong relationships and trust with stakeholders
• Applies subject matter knowledge to solve common business issues, escalating all non-routine problems
• Experience in a functional area routinely applying knowledge of theories, methods, techniques and processes, understands the overall nature of the business and the interdependencies.
  
  

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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