Maersk India | Area Head of ATR & Financial Controlling, WAF

Key responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be responsible for end-to-end ATR service delivery, ensuring financial integrity, statutory compliance, and process excellence across entities in scope.
• The role will ensure compliance with IFRS and OHADA GAAP standards, drive strong internal controls, lead transformation initiatives including NFTP implementation, and act as a key finance partner to Area Finance leadership.
• The individual will play a critical role in strengthening governance, improving reporting quality, and driving top-quartile engagement and performance within the ATR team.
• Own end-to-end ATR service delivery for WAF stakeholder group, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Ensure financial data integrity of books of accounts, including periodic GL scrutiny and accuracy reviews.
• Review Trial Balance as part of monthly book close and ensure correct financial reporting.
• Review monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and proactively identify financial exposures.
• Review monthly NOPAT and provide detailed explanations for significant variances.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and OHADA GAAP requirements.
• Support and manage all audits (Statutory, Tax, Government, Internal, etc.).
• Drive NFTP implementation and enhancements for WAF entities as per project roadmap.
• Participate in global/regional finance transformation initiatives.
• Lead, coach, and develop the ATR team; drive engagement, conduct MPACT conversations, and support career progression.
• Facilitate functional and technical training including OHADA and French language capability building.

Requirements

• Professionally qualified – CA / CPA / CMA / ACCA or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and OHADA GAAP.
• Proven experience in managing audits and regulatory compliance.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and explaining financial data to non-finance audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams through transformation.
• Strong financial acumen and analytical capability.
• Deep understanding of compliance and governance frameworks.
• Ability to influence and collaborate cross-functionally in a matrix organization.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and engage teams.
• Fluent written and spoken English; working knowledge of French preferred.
• Strong systems knowledge – SAP, OneStream, Blackline, MS Office tools.
• Understanding of Maersk logistics business model (Ocean, LnS/Inland, Liner setup).
• Knowledge of LnS CUBE, Aspire, Tax, TCB, ICP and Transfer Pricing touchpoints.
• We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.
• Strong change management capability

Maersk India

Maersk India is an employer hiring in India (sector: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial). In its own words: "Maersk is an integrated logistics company that offers supply chain solutions for managing shipments and cargo."

CA Samaaj lists Maersk India's current India openings for finance, accounts, audit and tax professionals, taken from its official careers site (maersk.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com) and checked regularly to remove closed jobs. Recent roles are based in Pune and Chennai.

• Industry: Corporate / GCC / Consumer / Industrial