Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner – APM Terminals Gothenburg

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APM Terminals in Gothenburg are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join the team.

As part of APMT Gothenburg Terminal Management team, Reporting to the Nordic Terminals Chief Financial Officer, you will be responsible for developing and executing the financial strategy of the company, ensuring that the terminal is profitable, risk protected and financially strong.

You will support in financial planning and forecasting as well as investments and facilitate decision making based on financial analysis and insights and ensure deadlines for planning and forecasting are met. You will also drive performance management and ensure financial compliance

Key Responsibilities:

Business partner to the Terminal Management Team

• Facilitate decision making based on financial analysis and insights. Translate business intelligence to stakeholders.
• Improve short- and long-term performance through relevant, accurate and timely reporting and analysis. Responsible for business intelligence and analytics to support decision making.
• Create value-based steering of the management team e.g. by supporting/providing predictive modelling, forecasting/extrapolation and or statistical analysis
• Provide financial/commercial support/advise to set-up new businesses, launch new or close business activities.

Support in financial planning and forecasting as well as investments

• Coordinate the overall planning process (in line with functional planning guideline/instructions) for the functions including required alignment with CFO and the other functional controllers
• Support simulations for different business scenarios.
• Work closely with the functions to understand the business and the business need in form of reporting and KPIs
• Own the local investment process and proposals

Drive performance management

• Assure correct and efficient monthly closing and reporting processes. Ensure year monthly and year end closings are met
• Follow up and partner with the functions on deviations versus target and forecast and ensure there is an understanding of why and that actions are taken
• Define, implement, and track adequate countermeasures and improvement measures together with the Chief Financial Officer and Head of function to react to identify gaps vs. targets and / or to adapt the organization to agreed changes.
• Support accounting in actively manage working capital, especially trade receivables, including, as necessary, decision reapprove credit, monitoring of payment conditions, tracking of overdue receivables and exception approvals.

Ensure financial compliance

• Support the implementation of precautionary internal control measures such as releasing work instructions or operational procedures to ensure that all financial transactions comply with applicable APMT guidelines and national law in close collaboration with the Head of Finance.
• Do not accept non-compliant behaviour - in case of non-compliance discussed and escalate if needed.

We are looking for:

• Master or bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting of Business Economics.
• Solid experience with Financial Business Partnering or Controlling. Preferably in container ports or shipping industry.
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong communications, advising and influencing skills
• Excellent skills of BI tools, Excel, MS Office
• Inquisitive, proactive, builds relationships quickly
• Quality and detail oriented. Integrity
• Driven to be ‘best in class’
• Resilient individual with experience working in challenging situation
• It is a requirement that you are fluent in Swedish and English

If this sounds like you, send us your application today - but 31st July at the latest!

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