Regional Analyst

Job Description

Partnering with Regional business leaders in strategic business discussions, through creating business value to the leaders by leveraging deep dive analysis with insights and influencing decision making through strong collaborations and recommendations, and in additional provide financial leadership views to the business.

Additionally, working together with the global LnS finance teams to drive product performance together in an aligned way and secure an integrated business approach.

Key Accountabilities

Planning and Analysis

• Is the Finance point of contact for the business decision makers and acts as liaisons between the finance function and other business units within the organization​

• Key Finance link for each product within the regions, helping to establish an integrated approach for each product together with the regional and global product teams. (this would be stronger for vertically integrated products – Air, MCL etc)
• Runs the target setting, business planning and forecasting process together with the business​ and the Global Lns team
• Runs Regional Business Performance Management and is the challenger during MPR / QPR sessions​ within the region. Key actor in explaining and preparing global Performance Management together with global teams,
• Owns and reviews the narrative and Q&A (with focus on business performance) for external reports and takes the lead in communicating business performance, including financial performance​
• Identifies and evaluates growth opportunities (incl. IP work) and performance improvements area, incl. margin protection. Assesses financial implications of decisions.​
• Drive performance management beyond pure PnL to include Capex, working capital etc
• Ad-hoc work incl. Finance Transformation projects, Platforms, etc.

Accounted and consulted for

• Roll out of strategy & Governance to the respective Region ​
• Performance Management​
• Manage Region P&L ownership ​
• Input consolidated to the global team.
• Financial data insights, target setting, business planning and forecasting
• Performance Management and Improvement

Key Metrics:

Shared:
Revenue, volumes, cost, EBIT

Working capital, Capex and other balance sheet items. Financial health metrics

Individual:
Selected KPIs and metrics for each product as per Page 0s and other performance management indicators

Key interdependencies

Internal stakeholders

• Business leaders
• Area and Regional FBPs
• Global product and finance teams
• GSC
• Operations Finance
• Commercial team
• BCOs & FP&A
• External stakeholders:
• Potential customers
• Legal or governmental agencies

Experience / Qualifications

• Master’s in finance (CA/ MBA-finance)

• 8+ years of experience in finance and analysis

• Experience of financial modelling and forecasting

• Good communication and stakeholder influencing skills

• Working proficiency on tools such as Microsoft Excel, SAP-BI/BW, Power BI

• ERP and Forecasting tools such as SAP and Aspire would be advantageous.

Competencies

• Finance Accumen

• Business Accumen

• Stakeholder Management

• Excellent communication skills

• Performance Management skills

• Agile/Change Management mindset

• Investment Analysis skills

• System and data management abilities

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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