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We are looking for a strong Finance Controller to join Maersk Training’s central finance function, based in Svendborg, Denmark.
In the role you will become a key player in the Maersk Training Finance team with direct reference to our CFO and an important role in the global finance team, working closely with regional Finance Managers in our 5 regions, central Finance Business Partnering colleagues, and the skilled team in our Finance Shared Service Center in Chennai, India.
The position combines group‑wide financial controlling, ad‑hoc analysis, and continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, accountability, and business understanding.
Key Responsibilities
Group finance controlling – As part of the month end and annual close processes, contribute to driving financial controlling and performance transparency across the Maersk Training Group, support consolidated reporting, variance analysis, and follow‑up across entities, and ensure consistent financial logic, data quality, and comparability across regions.
CFO support / right‑hand role - Act as a trusted sparring partner to the CFO on optimization initiatives, ad hoc financial analyses and decision support, preparing ad‑hoc analyses, business cases, and management material, also towards executive colleagues or as support to Board level discussions.
Collaboration with HQ Finance Business Partnering - work closely with the Finance Business Partnering team in HQ to support performance management, forecasting, and strategic initiatives by translating business and operational questions into robust financial analyses.
Collaborate with the Finance Shared Service Center in Chennai - on select issues of Master Data improvements, reporting quality, process alignment, and support continuous improvement of finance processes and ways of working across Regions, HQ and SSC by process analysis and as driver of optimization changes and simplifications of workflows.
Optimization and efficiency gains are in focus for us and being pursued by improvement of processes and master data across finance processes and upstream business processes. A material role in this is also part of the position. Initiatives on the current active list includes implementation of PO process in BC, increasing use of BC functionality for bank reconciliations, improved processes across functions etc.
As part of the onboarding there is also a unique opportunity to get a deeper hands-on insight into the Danish legal entity financials by being part of a paternity cover together with other HQ finance colleagues during the first 1-2 months, depending on joining date.
Key stakeholders
In Finance – CFO, Finance Business Partners (HQ), Finance Shared Service Center (Chennai), Regional Finance Managers across our 5 regions
In the wider organisation – Executive members of the Global Leadership Team
We are looking for
Professional background
Strong experience within finance controlling, and/or 2-4 years as auditor
Solid understanding of financial statements, performance management, and cash flow
Experience from an international, multi‑entity organisation is an advantage
Solid insight into ERP and preferably Business Central, to ease understanding and prioritization of optimizations
Experience with process optimizations and efficiency gains e.g. through AI will be a benefit
Personal characteristics
High level of engagement and accountability – sees tasks through and follows up proactively
Strong problem‑solving mindset, able to independently pursue issues in collaboration with colleagues
Structured, analytical, and pragmatic with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment
Comfortable working across cultures and organisational boundaries
Education
Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar
We offer
A highly exposed role close to executive decision‑making
Broad responsibility across regions, functions, and finance disciplines
Close collaboration with Finance Business Partnering and Shared Services
A strong platform for professional and personal development within group finance, in an exciting period of change for Maersk Training, from industrial ownership to PE ownership