Finance Business Controller- West & North

Damco Spain SL; Bhiwandi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a Finance Business Controller for West & North to safeguard PnL, drive cost controls, and partner with Operations and FINOPS. The role emphasizes financial accuracy, risk minimization, and stakeholder collaboration across functions.

You will lead accruals, ensure governance, and support transformation initiatives in a global logistics environment. The ideal candidate brings a strong accounting/finance background, 10+ years of experience, and proficiency in Excel/PowerPoint,

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Chartered Accountant /MBA
• Minimum 10 years working experience.
• Knowledge in local tax rules and compliance
• Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modelling
• Working knowledge on Warehouse business is advantage

Responsibilities

• Guard‌ian of the PnL and financial health: monitor and drive actions to ensure accurate gross profit at entity/country level down to job/shipment level
• Coordinates improvements on upstream issues impacting job costing and financial transparency with FINOPS and ensure correct material codes
• Oversees financial risk and exposure from operational processes affecting receivables/payables
• Makes final validation of monthly accruals and overall result
• Bridge between Operations and Finance: ensure file management controls and revenue assurance standards are followed
• Oversees operational processes ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of revenue and cost data in the system
• Review the use of deactivated/incorrect material codes and liaise with MMD for corrections
• Perform risk and compliance assessment per RICC Manual within BCO scope
• Proactively prevent issues: identify gaps to prevent PnL inaccuracies and audit findings
• Identify risks on new service offerings and coordinate with other functions to mitigate
• Collaborate with CX in onboarding new customers to avoid future pitfalls
• Add value to bottom line: partner with CX/FINOPS and Area Management to reduce leakage
• Focus on loss-making businesses and provide insights for turnaround
• Other ad-hoc duties as assigned

Skills

Financial acumen

English communication

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

In country logistics

Education

Degree in Accounting or Finance

Chartered Accountant /MBA

Tools

MS Excel

MS Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Finance Business Controller- West & North

About Us:

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation, we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organization reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve.

With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk.

Role and Responsibilities:

Guardian of the PnL and financial health

• Monitors and drives actions to ensure accurate gross profit is reflected in the PnL, at total entity/country level down to job/shipment level.
• Coordinates improvements on upstream issues impacting job costing and financial transparency, working closely with FINOPS colleagues and ensure correct usage of approved material codes
• Actively oversees and drives improvements on financial risk and exposure originated from operational processes impacting receivables and payables
• Makes final validation of monthly accruals and overall result.

Bridge between Operations and Finance

• Ensures file management controls are followed and that a proper mindset on Revenue Assurance and Standards is in place.
• Oversees key operational processes by ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of revenue and cost are updated in system by execution teams.
• Review the use of ‘to-be-deactivated’ and incorrect material codes & 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 also includes actively supporting effective resolution of audit findings.

Proactively prevent issues

• Discovers gaps in existing process to prevent negative impacts on PnL accuracy and financial health, avoiding potential audit findings.
• Identifies risks on new service offerings and processes and review with other functions to mitigate/reduce/avoid.
• Works together with CX in the implementation of new customers to avoid pitfalls in the future process to ensure customer satisfaction while safeguarding potential financial exposure.

Add value to the bottom line

• Act as business partner to CX/FINOPS and Area Management to identify and drive resolution of revenue/costs leakages
• Focus on loss making and under performing businesses, providing insights on reasons behind it and solutions on how to turnaround

Other ad-hoc duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Degree in Accounting or Finance

Chartered Accountant /MBA

Minimum 10 years working experience.

Knowledge in local tax rules and compliance

Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modelling,

Working knowledge on Warehouse business is advantage

Skills & Others:

Experience and business acumen in country logistics is highly preferred

Proficiency in MS Office applications, especially spreadsheet and presentation tools (eg. Microsoft EXCEL, Access, Powerpoint, etc)

Excellent command of written and spoken English

Able to work under pressure, undertake challenges and take the initiative

Analytical, strong planning, presentation, and organizational skills

Self-motivated, result driven and can be counted on to exceed goals successfully

Ability to work with large volume of data

Good command of Microsoft Office applications

Collaboration skills and Stakeholder management skills

Strong analytical and presentation skills

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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