Finance - FMT Student Assistant (Early Careers)

A.P. Moller - Maersk; København; On-site; DKK 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Students@maersk network

Job summary

Maersk Copenhagen is seeking a proactive Student Assistant to join the Business Finance team supporting Fleet Management & Technology, with a focus on Marine People and Culture. You will help turn data into transparent insights and support decision‑making, performance, and cost optimization in line with our strategy.

You will collaborate across Finance and with stakeholders, perform analyses, support budgeting, and use AI and digital tools to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• Working toward a relevant bachelor’s or early master's degree (Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Data Analytics or related).
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and ability to deliver high‑quality work on time.
• Collaborative, service‑minded and comfortable engaging with stakeholders.
• Proactive, reliable, well organized, and able to manage priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; curious about AI and digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth analyses, identify improvement opportunities, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Contribute insights and best practices to benchmarking exercises.
• Use AI and digital tools to improve efficiency and ways of working.
• Support the end-to-end monthly performance management process.
• Support budgeting process.
• Provide ad hoc financial analyses to support decision making.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Final year bachelor / early master's

Tools

AI tools

Job description

We Offer

You will join the Business Finance team supporting Fleet Management & Technology, with a primary focus on Marine People and Culture. Our team consists of four highly engaged, energetic, and collaborative colleagues who enjoy making an impact through our work.

Marine People and Culture is responsible for supporting Maersk’s seafarers and strengthening the overall crew experience across the global fleet. The organization focuses on attracting, developing, and retaining maritime talent while promoting wellbeing, engagement, safety, and an inclusive culture. Working closely with operational and business teams across key global locations, Marine People and Culture helps ensure that our people at sea have the capabilities and support needed to perform at their best.

As our Student Assistant, you will gain hands‑on experience in an international organization and help turn data into transparent, actionable insights. Through analysis, deep dives, and process‑improvement initiatives, you will support fact‑based decision‑making, financial performance, and cost‑optimization in line with our strategy.

Students working at the A.P. Moller‑Maersk companies are invited to join the Students@maersk network. As a member of the community, you will have an opportunity to expand your professional and social network, gain additional insight and learn more about Maersk as a place to work.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking.

Key Responsibilities

Our team provides business partnering support to Fleet Management & Technology. We create value by delivering in‑depth analysis, highlighting risks and opportunities, supporting strategic and cost‑value initiatives, ensuring financial transparency, and enabling effective performance management. We also provide insights, recommendations, and benchmarking to help senior management allocate resources effectively.

You will collaborate with colleagues across Business Finance and with stakeholders in Fleet Management & Technology, particularly within Marine People and Culture.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Perform in‑depth analyses, identify improvement opportunities, and translate findings into clear recommendations.

• Contribute insights and best practices to benchmarking exercises.

• Use AI and digital tools to improve efficiency and ways of working.

• Support the end‑to‑end monthly performance management process.

• Support budgeting process.

• Provide ad hoc financial analysis to support decision‑making.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a proactive, analytical, and quality‑conscious student who is in the final year of a relevant bachelor’s degree or at the beginning of a master’s degree.

You are studying Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field at a Danish university.

• You have strong analytical skills, an eye for detail, and take pride in delivering high‑quality work on time.

• You are collaborative, service‑minded, and comfortable engaging with different stakeholders.

• You bring a positive attitude, share ideas, and take ownership of moving tasks forward.

• You are reliable, well organized, and able to manage priorities in a dynamic environment.

• You have strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

• You are curious about AI and digital tools and eager to apply them in your work.

As we work in an international environment, professional proficiency in written and spoken English is required.

The role is approximately 20 hours per week, with flexibility around your studies and exam periods.

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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