Area Product Finance Business Partner (Forwarding)📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Makkah |
About the Role
* Moller - Maersk is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Area Product Finance Business Partner (Forwarding) to join our team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is crucial in driving financial performance within an organizational area by providing leadership, guidance, and support on financial information, business performance, and strategy implementation. You will act as a key financial advisor, ensuring robust decision-making and profitability enhancement.
This position requires a proactive individual who can partner effectively with Product and Commercial teams, challenge assumptions, and ensure financial rigor in all business decisions. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of financial performance management to steer product profitability and drive strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead accurate and timely reporting of financial, commercial, and operational performance.
- Steer Product P&L, ensuring transparency on revenue, cost, volumes, Gross Profit (GP), and Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT).
- Manage forecasting, target setting, gap analysis, and the development of improvement plans.
- Provide forward-looking insights to enhance profitability and support informed decision-making.
- Support governance through Month-on-Start (MOS) reviews and detailed customer/product profitability analysis.
- Serve as the primary finance partner to Product and Commercial teams, offering strategic financial guidance.
- Challenge business assumptions, validate strategies, and ensure financial rigor in all critical decisions.
- Shape product strategies related to rates, volumes, and trade mix, while highlighting performance gaps.
- Lead pricing support, cost-to-serve analysis, and implement margin protection actions.
- Strengthen the management of customer and product profitability.
- Conduct deep-dive analysis on revenue application, cost recovery, and margin drivers.
- Provide market, macro-economic, and benchmarking insights to inform business strategy.
- Deliver comprehensive management reports, bridges, and actionable performance insights.
- Drive simplification, automation, and standardization of analytics and reporting processes.
- Improve visibility, governance, and operational efficiency through data-driven insights.
- Partner closely with Area leadership, Product, Sales, Operations, Customer Experience (CX), Procurement, and Global Service Centers (GSC).
- Lead or support key transformation and performance-improvement initiatives.
- Ensure alignment with Regional and Central finance teams on performance frameworks and best practices.
- Provide robust data, assumptions, and clear narratives across leadership forums.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in business partnering, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Product management, Sales, or Business Development.
- Proven ability to constructively challenge the business and influence outcomes.
- Experience leading improvement projects and working effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate complex business environments, manage multiple priorities, and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Required Skills
- Strong financial acumen and commercial understanding.
- Proficiency in performance management and business steering.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Excellent problem-solving and structured analytical thinking capabilities.
- Solid understanding of business strategy.
- Advanced data analytics and data visualization skills, with the ability to simplify complex insights.
- Strong communication skills, particularly in conveying complex messages clearly and concisely.
- High degree of change agility and the ability to drive improvement initiatives.
Work Environment and Context
This is a full-time position based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 2-5 years of relevant experience. Key performance metrics include Revenue/GP/EBIT, Volumes and Productivity, Cost and Cost Recovery, Customer and Product Profitability, ROFO accuracy, and the delivery of business performance improvement actions. Internal stakeholders include the Area Leadership Team, Area Product Managers, Sales Leadership Team, Area FBPs/Accounting, Regional & Center FBPs/BCOs/FP&A, Operations and Procurement, and GSC teams. External stakeholders may include Customers and Regulatory/Government Authorities where relevant.
Requirements
- Requires 2-5 Years experience
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