Finance Business Controller- West & North

APM Terminals; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk in Mumbai seeks a seasoned finance leader to own PnL, drive costing accuracy, and ensure financial health across operations. You will partner with FINOPS and CX to optimize revenue, manage risk, and streamline accruals and reporting.

This role requires a decade of finance experience, strong analytical skills, and fluency in English. You will work with large data sets, uphold tax/compliance standards, and influence senior stakeholders to safeguard profitability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Chartered Accountant / MBA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years working experience.
• Knowledge in local tax rules and compliance.
• Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Guard PnL and financial health.
• Coordinate improvements on costing and transparency with FINOPS; ensure correct material codes.
• Oversee financial risk and exposure affecting receivables/payables.
• Validate monthly accruals and overall results.
• Ensure file controls and Revenue Assurance standards are followed.
• Oversee revenue and cost data in systems; ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Review incorrect material codes and liaise with MMD for corrections.
• Perform risk and compliance assessments per RICC manual and support audit findings.
• Identify process gaps to prevent PnL issues.
• Collaborate with CX on onboarding to avoid future issues.
• Partner with CX/FINOPS to reduce leakage and support turnarounds.

Skills

Logistics experience

MS Office

English proficiency

Work under pressure

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Result driven

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Chartered Accountant / MBA

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

MS Access

Job description

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. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing [e-mail].

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world. For more information click here. All the way.