Finance Business Partner - Reefer and Niche products

Job Description

The purpose of the FBP is to provide performance management, financial analytics and decision support to the Stakeholders working closely with the contract product organisation. In doing so they must leverage “One set of numbers” and establish a strong link between financial numbers and Commercial actions.

Understand the product life cycles and be able to provide insights for driving the performanceYou will work with multiple aspects of our financial reporting, process optimisation, financial planning and analysis as well as communication with a range of management levels.

Key Accountabilities:

• The Finance Business Partner is expected to provide insight and foresight that enables the Niche Product organization to consistently create value for customers and shareholders. The Niche Product is the Organisation’s efforts to create an attractive Value proposition for Reefer, Special, Dangerous and Government cargo and as a Finance business partner we display a genuine sense of responsibility towards their cargo.
• The Finance business partner, through the operating system must maintain and contribute towards an effective performance management framework and have a detailed understanding of the financial numbers as well as solid business knowledge. Through this he/she must challenge and contribute to more data driven decisions.
• Responsible for supporting and engaging in business decision making for the Niche product Org, by providing value-add analysis, management reporting, deep dive analysis, performance management reporting and financial forecasts.
• Insights on Sign-up monitoring and asset allocation control, Contract Fulfilment, commercial pipelines 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 analysis, processes as well as projects seeking to improve financial visibility
• Be focal point for global / regional finance teams, Supporting data and narrative with Senior Leadership and Regions/Markets
• Run the quarterly forecast for reefer, understanding what assumptions and relationship to the model output are.
• Challenge input provided by the regions when it does not meet run rates or pre- agreed targets. Present and explain what the drivers of the performance of actuals are.
• Support preparation and presentation of business cases.
• Put clear data needs to BI team, have good understanding of data sets, intuitive data presentation.

Experience / Qualifications

• Masters in finance (CA/ MBA-finance)
• 8+ years of experience in finance and analysis.
• Experience of financial modelling and forecasting with Business acumen
• Good communication and stakeholder influencing skills
• Working proficiency on tools such as Microsoft Excel, MiniTab, SAP-BI/BW, Power BI

Competencies

• Financial Analysis & Modelling
• Management Reporting
• Data Visualization
• Storytelling
• Systems and Data flows
• Project Management
• Communication skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Learning & Development.

Level Attributes:

• Driven to deliver consistent, high-quality results, process focused and continuously seek for opportunities to improve ways of working and making recommendations
• Expertise in the systems and data flows of the functions/products supported, leverage this knowledge to pro-actively flag issues or opportunities
• Handles most situations independently, receives minimal guidance, but will seek advice and guidance on more complex tasks and integrates 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 operating within practices and procedures covered by precedents or well-defined policies, 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

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