Area Product Finance Business Partner (Forwarding)
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Job Summary
leadership guidance and support on financial information business
performance and implementation of strategies
Key Responsibilities & Job Content
Performance Management & Financial Leadership:
- Lead accurate and timely reporting of financial commercial and operational performance.
- Steer Product P&L ensuring transparency on revenue cost volumes GP and EBIT.
- Forecasting target setting gap analysis and improvement plans.
- Provide forwardlooking insights that enhance profitability and decisionmaking.
- Support governance with MOS reviews and customer/product profitability analysis.
Business Partnering & Commercial Support:
- Serve as the primary finance partner to Product and Commercial teams.
- Challenge assumptions validate strategies and ensure financial rigor in decisions.
- Shape product strategies on rates volumes and trade mix; highlight performance gaps.
- Lead pricing support costtoserve analysis and margin protection actions.
- Strengthen customer and product profitability management.
Analytics Insights & Business Steering
- Conduct deepdive analysis on revenue application cost recovery and margin drivers.
- Provide market macroeconomic and benchmarking insights.
- Deliver management reports bridges and actionable performance insights.
- Drive simplification automation and standardization of analytics and reporting.
- Improve visibility governance and operational efficiency using datadriven insights.
Execution Support & CrossFunctional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Area leadership Product Sales Operations CX Procurement and GSC.
- Lead or support key transformation and performanceimprovement initiatives.
- Ensure alignment with Region and Centre on performance frameworks and best practices.
- Provide robust data assumptions and clear narratives across leadership forums.
Key Metrics (Shared Accountability)
- Revenue / GP / EBIT
- Volumes and Productivity
- Cost and Cost Recovery
- Customer and Product Profitability
- ROFO accuracy
- Delivery of business performance improvement actions
Internal Stakeholders
- Area Leadership Team
- Area Product Managers
- Sales Leadership Team
- Area FBPs / Accounting
- Regional & Center FBPs / BCOs / FP&A
- Operations and Procurement
- GSC teams
External Stakeholders
- Customers
- Regulatory and Government Authorities (where relevant)
Critical Competencies
- Strong financial acumen and commercial understanding
- Performance management & business steering
- Stakeholder management and influence without authority
- Problemsolving and structured analytical thinking
- Business strategy understanding
- Data analytics and visualization; ability to simplify complex insights
- Strong communication skills; ability to convey complex messages clearly
- Change agility and ability to drive improvement initiatives
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelors or masters degree in finance Economics Accounting or related discipline.
- Minimum 4 years experience in business partnering FP&A Product Sales or Business Development.
- Proven ability to challenge the business constructively and influence outcomes.
- Experience leading improvement projects and working crossfunctionally.
- Strong analytical problemsolving and criticalthinking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate complex business environments manage multiple priorities and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
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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About Company
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, serving 374 offices in 116 countries