UAE Area Finance Transformation Lead

Initiate, coordinate and lead the Finance Transformation agenda across the Area. This role will act as the guardian of financial systems enhancement, financial processes improvement and standardization, ensuring compliance with local requirements and alignment with organizational standards and processes.

• Support new Business Implementation, e.g. setting up of new entities in line with local compliance
• Support Legal entity rationalization projects (Gollum)
• Support Merger & Acquisitions (M&A) Integration projects in line with Maersk standard processes and organizational setup
• Act as anchor point in the Area for new Finance & Tax platform (NFTP) implementations
• Support Business platform implementation by ensuring all financial aspects are completed and rolled-out in local finance org for every system implementation as per project plans (in collaboration with BCO)
• Investigate training / testing needs and arrange training & testing schedule as part of the go live preparations
• Drive, support and coordinate FFF activities end to end, including stakeholder management and deliver successful outcomes within the agreed project timelines
• Provide Area Leadership Team with timely and relevant information about the progress of the transformation projects, including escalation when the project delivery falls behind plan.
  
  

Accountable for:

• Driving implementations in a compliant manner and ensuring control KPI’s (RICC, Receivables, Payables etc) are not impacted post implementations
• Ensuring working capital is not impacted due to solution requirements and both vendor and customer payment cycles are managed seamlessly
• Ensure timely engagement of all project stakeholders and the communication with internal and external parties involved
• Training and Support to ensure seamless transitions.
  
  

Critical competencies:

• A Masters degree in Finance or similar
• At least 5 years of prior business experience
• Experience with ERP systems
• Implementation and Project Management in general
• Proven ability to initiate business improvement projects and confidently impact decision making
• Result driven, strong logical & analytical capacity
• Well organized with high attention to details
• Can work independently
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, strong integrity
• Skilled in written and spoken English
  
  

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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