
Area Product Finance Business Partner
A.P. Moller - Maersk
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Melbourne • Australia
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About the role
- Act as the financial focal point for the area from a performance management perspective, owning P&L review and budget setting to drive performance
- Deliver accurate forecasting with clear visibility on risks and opportunities.
- Commercially minded working with the operations and deliver impactful improvements via financial insights, that aligned with business needs.
- Apply statistical methods and data modelling techniques to identify patterns, trends, and insights across operations and commercial activities, enabling informed decision-making and continued performance improvements.
- Collaborate with regional and global teams to establish best practices within the Area, fostering a continuous improvement (CI) mindset.
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders.
- Improve process efficiency and reduce waste in frontline operations through enhanced coordination with procurement and applying the Maersk Way (problem solving, action planning, Kaizen).
- Working closely with the controlling team to improve workflows and enhance report data hygiene
- Drive process efficiency and working with the sites and business analysts to strengthen financial governance across purchase order (PO) processes, site expenses management and capital expenditure tracking
- Support the development of standardized reporting tools
- Analyze short-term and long-term opportunities against targets, providing contract-specific recommendations to improve performance.
Requirements
- Graduate Qualifications such as Bachelors/Masters in relevant Finance or Economics fields, or equivalent
- Professional Qualification such as CA/CPA
- Accounting skills, including knowledge of accounting principles, standards and techniques, cost analysis and reduction
- Previous experience working within a fast and dynamic Logistics, Manufacturing or Product environment would be clear added advantage.
- Knowledge of ERP systems including but not limited to SAP
- Strong analytical skills
- Applied & advance skills on Ms Office applications (Ms Excel & Power Point) and external applications (SAP BI, SAP BW & Power BI).
- Good problem-solving and prioritization skills
Benefits
- Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking.
- We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
P&L reviewbudget settingforecastingdata modelingstatistical methodsprocess efficiencycost analysisreport data hygienefinancial governancecontract-specific recommendations
Soft Skills
commercially mindedcollaborationcontinuous improvement mindsetproblem-solvingaction planninganalytical skillsprioritizationcommunicationcoordinationinsight translation
Certifications
Bachelors in FinanceMasters in FinanceCACPA