Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant - Financial Controller

Think Global, Work Local with Maersk Customs Service (f.d. KGH Customs Services)
Are you ready to be part of an organization on an industry-defining transformation journey that will change the world?
Maersk, a global leader in logistics, is on a journey to transform the logistics industry and Customs Services is at the heart of this integrator strategy. With end-to-end customs visibility, Maersk Customs Services offers global reach and local expertise to help customers navigate customs processes and seamlessly coordinate their supply chains, ensuring the timely movement of goods.
To work at Maersk Customs Services is to work with the world. With over 60,000 unique customers actively trading in 139 countries worldwide with a global delivery network spread across 113 countries, you will be working in a truly international environment.
Our end-to-end logistics services are constantly improving, and with that our growing suite of digital solutions as well, which you can use to your benefit as part of our team in Customs Services.
Find yourself welcome in our diverse and inclusive culture, working alongside a team of more than 2,200 trade and customs experts around the world, where you are valued for who you are and rewarded for what you bring.
Are you ready to play your part in this?
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone. In this role, we can offer a full-time role, with flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, adjusted working hours, and other alternative working patterns.
As a Senior Accountant - Financial Controller , you will report to the Business Controlling Manager and work on the product performance for the whole Central South Europe Area.
In this role you will take care of the following tasks, among others:

• Be responsible for managing the finance product performance for the CSE area.
• Optimize Finance and Customer Experience KPIs, ensuring backlogs are effectively kept low and in control.
• Ensure monthly risk assessment and control performances are 100% in compliance. Proactively review and take action to mitigate key and critical risk areas.
• Actively support end-to-end Control compliance and process improvements through close cooperation with Customer Experience, Area Finance, Global Service Center Functions, and GRC.
• Ensure job costing controls are followed.
• Minimize and control the manual accruals, improving their accuracy.
• Local ICB & ICP (InterCompany Billing & Payments) anchor resolving open and aged items in line with the timelines.
• Finance Governance on new or adjusted customer/system/supplier/project implementations.
• Business partner to Management to identify and drive resolution of revenue/cost leakages.

We are looking for:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Attention to detail, ability to handle huge data, and MS Office expertise.
• Experience with Excel (VLookUp, pivot).
• Experience with SAP.
• Motivated to learn, take initiatives, and ownership of your tasks while challenging existing processes and models.
• Able to structure your work and prioritize well, as well as show stamina in peak periods.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience in the field of logistics is a big plus.
• Native Italian and fluent English.

Work contract details: The role is associated with a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Location: Genoa or Milan, Italy. No visa support is offered for this role.
If you have been reading so far, we are glad to see you are interested If you could see yourself in this role, we are very much looking forward to your application.
Our recruitment process:
Please submit your application in English and if your profile matches the job requirements, our recruiter will get in touch to share more about the role and get to know you better. If successful, you will discuss the role with the Line Manager and his team. Every candidate will receive feedback.
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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