Country Finance Manager, Egypt

Job Description

Country Finance Manager, Egypt

You've seen us everywhere, from a road trip, passing over one of our trucks, to the biggest ports in the planet where we touch land to continue our journey All The Way to your front door. Now it's your chance to get to know us from within a workplace full of warmth, friendship and support. We invite you to join our wonderful team and be part of our purpose: Improving life for all by integrating the world. Join us and play an important role on our team lifting global trade every day!

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the key finance representative for Egypt towards local authorities, banks, auditors, advisors, and other external stakeholders. Ensure compliance with governance requirements for all legal entities in the country as per ‘Maersk’s Commit Rule’ with the support of legal department.
• Govern local statutory accounting compliance and ensure adherence to local accounting, regulatory requirements and support tax, legal and compliance functions.
• Maintain country-level oversight of the financial books, including entity-level P&L, balance sheet, statutory ledger, SG&A accruals, provisions, and other critical financial movements.
• Acknowledge and be aware of what is in the books, while ensuring all one-off transactions, SG&A accruals & BCO (Business Controlling) provisions write-offs, fixed assets, CAPEX/OPEX and periodic movements of key balances are documented by ATR, to ensure integrity and credibility of our financial statements.
• Ensure statutory financial reports are prepared accurately and on time in coordination with GSC (Global Service Center), ATR, Legal, external auditors and relevant advisors.
• Support and govern the completion of audit requirements and processes, including review of audit observations and follow-up on remediation actions.
• Monitor country tax compliance requirements and regulatory changes in coordination with Regional Tax, GSC teams and local tax consultants.
• Support Regional Tax and GSC teams in tax filings, assessments, inquiries, inspections, audits, litigation and tax-related projects.
• Govern the application of local submissions and filings such as e-invoicing, GAFI and other local statutory or regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Act as the country anchor point for financial control, RICC (Risk Control Compliance) performance, control deficiencies, financial data privacy, governance controls and compliance with internal policies.
• Ensure adherence to anti-fraud, anti-bribery, sanctions, transport control, commit rule and other governance requirements.
• Ensure local finance processes are aligned with global taxonomies while reflecting country-specific SOPs, statutory requirements and business needs.
• Support GSC ATR, PTP, SG&A and OTC teams by providing local finance expertise, regulatory interpretation, escalation support and country-specific guidance.
• Support working capital improvement, by providing insight for debit balances, workflow performance, manual/governmental payments and intercompany settlements. When needed she/he would act as company representative to intervene in resolving customer collections and vendor payments related issues.
• Govern trapped cash exposure and support Regional Treasury in cash optimization, bank account governance, dividend settlements, funding requirements and banking-related regulatory reviews.
• Monitor adherence to local and Central Bank regulations, documentation requirements and treasury guidelines.
• Support Area SG&A performance management, including variance analysis, accrual monitoring and forecasting for agreed local scopes such as Legal, Tax, Admin Facilities and Finance function costs.
• Provide country-level finance insight to business stakeholders and support decision-making on financial procedures, local regulatory impacts, contingency planning and business risks. Monitor and update BCP’s (Business Continuity Plan) regularly.
• Safeguard proper local accounting and governance for CAPEX and OPEX activities, especially in relation to physical assets and local investment-related activities.
• Support Area Finance Transformation and Area Compliance initiatives from a country perspective, including transition activities and process improvement initiatives and platform rollouts.
• Provide input to role definition, job descriptions, skills requirements, recruitment, selection, onboarding, objective setting, performance review, learning and development, engagement and operational blockers for finance roles supporting the country.
• Act as a go-to person to resolve complex issues across local, area, regional and GSC stakeholders with strong professional judgment and the ability.

We are looking for:

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent is preferred.
• Around 10 years of relevant finance, accounting, controlling, audit, or statutory reporting experience.
• Strong knowledge of local statutory accounting, tax, regulatory and corporate governance requirements in Egypt.
• Solid experience in financial control, balance sheet governance, audit management, tax compliance, internal controls and risk management.
• Experience gained in a multinational and matrix organization. Ability to operate effectively in an environment with shared accountability between Country Finance and GSC leads.
• Experience working with shared service centers, GSC teams or regional finance operating models is an advantage.
• Good understanding of IFRS, local statutory accounting standards, internal control frameworks and financial governance requirements.
• Strong ability to interpret local requirements and translate them into clear actions for GSC teams, Area Finance and business stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across local, area, regional and global teams.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to challenge financial information where required.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex financial, statutory and regulatory topics clearly for decision-making.
• High level of integrity, independence and professional judgment.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence across functions without direct reporting lines.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

What we offer

At Maersk, you’ll be part of a global team motivated by bringing the world closer. We do this through close partnerships with our valued customers, who trade everything from seafood and fruits, to clothes, electronics and cars. No matter our role in the Region, our end goal is to simplify the lives of our customers. This is done through seamless processes, best-in-class digital solutions and great customer service.

This role offers the opportunity to play a critical part in safeguarding financial governance, statutory compliance, internal controls and business continuity in Egypt, while partnering closely with Area Finance, GSC teams, Regional Tax, Treasury, Compliance, Legal functions and local business stakeholders.

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