Maersk Line recruits 01 Business Controller – TbM/MbM
Maersk Line
South Africa
Business Controller – TbM/MbM
ZA – Durban, More…
Opportunity
We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Business Controller to join our team at Maersk, a leading global integrator of container logistics. In this role, you will be responsible for creating transparency on profitability at job, customer, and Area level, with medium scope and/or complexity. You will ensure that job costing controls are followed, and that a Revenue Assurance mindset is in place, coordinating closely with Finance.
By Joining Maersk, you will become part of the global family of the company that moves 20% of global trade everyday all the way, where one of our core values is Our Employees. It goes without saying that we value diversity: we thrive on the diversity of our talent in all its forms, and we see it as a strength in building high-performance teams across brands, cultures, and locations.
Responsibilities:
Monitor and drive actions to ensure accurate gross profit is reflected in the PnL, at total entity/country level down to job/shipment level.
Coordinate improvements on upstream issues impacting job costing and financial transparency, working closely with FINOPS colleagues and ensure correct usage of approved material codes.
Actively oversee and drive improvements on financial risk and exposure originated from operational processes impacting receivables and payables.
Make final validation of monthly accruals and overall result.
Ensure controls are followed and that a proper mindset on Revenue Assurance and Standards is in place.
Oversee key operational processes, ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of revenue and cost are updated in the system by execution teams. Review the use of ‘to-be-deactivated’ and incorrect material codes and liaise with MMD team for support to switch to correct codes.
Perform Risk and Compliance assessment as required in the RICC Manual, within BCO scope. This includes actively supporting effective resolution of audit findings.
Collaborate actively with CX/FINOPS to find improvements in upstream processes that lead to lower financial exposure.
Resolve controls across areas.
Engage with Product & Area FBP’s to understand the business requirements and facilitate when required.
Work together with CX in the implementation of new customers to avoid pitfalls in the future process, ensuring customer satisfaction while safeguarding potential financial exposure.
Serve as a single point of contact for the finance function from day one for business, customer, site, and system implementation.
Proactively identify risk areas and coordinate for process setup resolution to avoid future ambiguity.
Ensure correct setup of IOP’s and Ops SOP to cater to smooth business and accounting of the process/project.
Ensure completeness of minimum requirements ahead of execution stage by relevant stakeholders, including customer pricing, vendor contracting, material codes and passthrough identification, terms agreement and approvals (billing, payment, and credit terms).
Validate compliance with global standards and readiness for signoff ahead of site/business go-live.
Who we are looking for:
Bachelor degree in finance/economics/mathematics
3-5 years of total working experience in Finance, preferably with a logistics background.
Strong background in data analysis, advanced excel skills, and ability to deduce insights from data.
Strong understanding of job costing, CIMA will be beneficial.
Strong understanding of processes within relevant products and services
Result-driven, strong logical & analytical capacity
Well organized with high attention to detail.
Can work independently
Good communication and interpersonal skills, strong integrity
Last Application Date – 05 Feb 2024
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, color, 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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