A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated logistics company dedicated to connecting and simplifying supply chains, enabling global trade, and helping our customers grow. Our robust financial operations are crucial to our global success, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strategic financial control across all our activities.
Position Summary:
As an Associate Finance Controller within our Accounting Operations team, specifically focusing on Accounting to Reporting (ATR), you will play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our day-to-day financial transactions. You'll ensure compliance with regulations and accounting principles, contribute to cost and budget accounting, and support financial reporting. This role requires applying your technical accounting knowledge to solve business issues independently within defined guidelines, while also collaborating and seeking support on more complex tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Transaction Oversight: Oversee day-to-day financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant regulations, accounting principles, and standards.
- Cost Accounting: Engage in cost accounting activities, including allocating and analyzing direct and indirect costs, and performing actual vs. budgeted cost variance analysis.
- Budget Accounting: Contribute to budget accounting by developing and monitoring annual revenue/expense budgets for effective fund control and measuring operating results.
- Accounts Management: Handle responsibilities related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, and invoicing.
- Financial Reporting Support: Consolidate financial information and contribute to the preparation of timely and accurate financial reports within the ATR cycle.
- Independent Problem Solving: Work independently to solve common business issues by choosing between known alternatives within your area of expertise.
- Process Adherence & Application: Apply practical methods, techniques, work procedures, and processes in your daily tasks, ensuring adherence to established guidelines.
- Guidance & Mentoring (Potential): Potentially coach or mentor less experienced staff, oversee the work of other lower-level professionals, or manage specific processes and programs.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Experience: Previous work experience in a related accounting or finance area, or practical knowledge obtained via advanced education.
- Accounting Expertise: Strong knowledge required for the application of practical accounting methods, techniques, work procedures, and processes.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to solve common business issues independently by selecting from known alternatives within your area of expertise.
- Compliance: Understanding of financial regulations, accounting principles, and standards.
- Autonomy: Capable of working independently within defined boundaries and guidelines in a specific area, while knowing when to seek supervision and support for more complex tasks.
- Leadership Potential: The ability to manage day-to-day tasks and contribute to setting priorities.
What We Offer:
Joining Maersk means being part of a team that is not only transforming global trade but also shaping the future of our industry. You will be part of a truly international company with a strong culture, where you will have unique opportunities to make a real impact on a global scale. We offer:
- A supportive environment to develop your skills in financial control and accounting operations.
- Opportunities to apply your technical knowledge in a dynamic and diverse global business.
- A clear progression path within our professional stream, reflecting increasing depth of knowledge and influence.
- The chance to work independently on key financial processes and contribute to accurate financial reporting.
