Finance Business Controller

The Business controller will provide governance over and insight in clean file management, timely billing and other critical FIN & CX KPIs/data points in line with the Health Dashboard and Standards. Ensure B/S accounts are clean by proper upstream process and backlog prioritization. Work with CX manager and Financial stakeholders to optimize profitability of the products.

• Is responsible for creating transparency on profitability at job, customer and Area level, with large scope and/or complexity. Ensures job costing controls are followed and that a proper mindset on Revenue Assurance and Standards is in place. Active member of the Finance team, bridging upstream process and Financial control.
• Provide insight in and governance over file execution in line with the Standards and optimize Fin and CX KPIs, Health Dashboard and ensure backlogs are effectively kept low and in control, in close cooperation with Area CX Manager and Area FBP On Standard execution and KPIs improvement
• Drive key finops processes by ensuring quality, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of revenue and cost are updated in system, including soft and hard close is performed, without being in the position to adjust files
• Support profitability analysis, review GP of jobs on a daily basis with the ultimate goal that each and every job shows the most accurate GP according to buying/selling rates
• Provide forward looking and independently initiated analysis on margins, trends and productivity
• Contribute to, form business decisions and enable follow-up on such decisions including margin improvements.
• Perform Risk and Compliance assessment to ensure necessary documentary evidence, records are created and provided as required in the RICC Manual, fraud guidelines and other applicable APMM guidelines as far as it cover operational/cx controls. This also includes effective resolution of deficiencies and/or audit findings.
• Implementation of upstream process improvements in line with the Standards and Controls
• Local ICB&ICP anchor resolving open and aged items in line with the timelines.
• Finance Governance on new or adjusted customer/system/supplier implementations if processes differ from standards (eg. Consolidated billing, local EDI etc etc.) that could impact fin/CX kpi’s, backlogs and B/S positions.

• Bachelor degree in finance/economics
• TMFF, CUBE, FACT and BW knowledge.
• Thorough understanding of and 3+ years experience in the business to be able to drive performance and value.
• Strong understanding of processes within LCL, FCL freight, Air freight and Land Based services(VAS)
• Result-driven, strong logical & analytical capacity
• Well organized with high attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of processes within Ocean freight, Air freight and Land Based services(VAS)
• Team player, can act with teams regionally, locally as well as the GSC
• Can work independently
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, strong integrity
• Experience working in a challenging, fast paced and changing environment dealing with a lot of different tasks at the same time.
• Skilled in written and spoken English.