Financial Analyst

This role, based in the Reporting & Analysis CoE, operates as an integral part of the Regional L&S Finance Business Partnering team. It is responsible for delivering timely, high-quality analysis to support decision-making across regions, countries, and products. The role contributes to monthly and quarterly MOS deliverables, coordinates RoFo, Budget, and Business Plan inputs with business stakeholders, and supports analytical needs from both Regional and Central FBPs. Strong financial acumen and business partnering skills along with hands expertise with Power BI and MS Office are essential to drive performance and enable continuous improvement.

Responsible For: Financial Analysis for decision making

• Follows local process & Global guidance for MPRs, OPR's and for QBRs
• Analytics: Responsible for the analysis and interpretation of budgets and forecasts, timely and high-quality financial analysis to key stakeholders. Provide value-add analysis, financial information, performance management reporting and financial planning.
• Budget/RoFo: Execute local process considering global guidance. Translates the plan from CEN / Region into what and when is needed from Areas and Regional Teams. Coordinates across Areas and Region. Coordinates across functions/FBPs to ensure it all comes together.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve analysis, reports, run simulations, gain business knowledge
• Builds storyline and consolidates explanations (Area, Region, LnS/MCL SG&A).
• Communicate changes to business rule governance, financial and business data definition
• Share and adopt best practices, drive uptake of standard reporting and insights produced within the COE

Coordinate monthly and quarterly MOS deliverables

• Ensure all MOS deliverables are prepared, validated, consolidated and submitted on a timely basis
• Engage with business and finance stakeholders on area or regional level (per product) to ensure timely and quality input
• Act as the analytical anchor point for performance reviews and drive follow-up

Critical competencies Candidate having overall experience of more than 10 years along with 4 to 5 years of FP&A profile with below critical competencies

📊 Solid understanding of financial statements (revenue to EBIT)

🎯 Experienced in simulation, graphs, and presentation tools

➗ Basic mathematics knowledge

💡 Positive attitude, self-starter, and end-to-end ownership

⏱️ Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

📂 Comfortable handling multiple datasets and ambiguity

❓ Proactive, inquisitive, and root-cause focused (“asking why”)

👀 Quick comprehension of data patterns with strong issue detection

💼 Strong financial and business acumen

🤝 Effective partnering and collaboration skills

📈 Specialist in data analytics (Power BI, advanced MS Office)

📉 Business modelling and performance management expertise

🗣️ Communication and relationship-building skills

🧭 Strategic thinking with hunger for knowledge

Key interdependencies:

• Regional FBP’s & finance leadership team and Area COE team
• Accounting Team (ATR) – need based coordination
• Regional FBP / FP&A Manager & Regional Controller

Key metrics Provision of timely, accurate and complete input for:

• Monthly and quarterly performance reviews
• RoFo, Budget, Business Plan
• Bespoke support and analysis for ad hoc business needs

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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