A partner role working closely with business and reporting to the Managing Director.

We offer an exciting and attractive job, in an ambitious and competitive environment with the possibility of continuous professional and personal development. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of setting the future direction for Business Finance in DFDS. The environment is dynamic with focus on high performance, results, and still respect for work life balance.

 

Trusted Business Partner with high business impact

As part of the management team in Copenhagen, you will display financial thinking and leadership, and through proactive focus on cross-functional work, the role will drive agreed business strategies. You coach the organization to increase financial awareness in their approach to business decisions, provide financial information and expertise to inform and challenge the organizational strategy in general.

You drive business performance, continuous productivity improvements and standardization across the organization as well as provide solutions to support business decisions, M&A activities, investment plans and forecasting process.

In addition to this, you are accountable for the following Key Responsibilities:

• Timely and high-quality financial reporting, analysis, and metrics to key stakeholders driving one set of numbers across all financial reports.
• Analysis and interpretation of financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry and economic conditions.
• Improving the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance
• Building partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams and providing financial support to commercial decision making
• Delivering analysis and insight on business opportunities; providing options and scenarios for business decisions
• Conducting market research studies and analysis to assess current market trends
• Delivering analysis and insight on business opportunities; providing options and scenarios for business decisions
• Conducting market research studies and analysis to assess current market trends

Location of the position is in Copenhagen. Travel activity in the job is estimated to 5 days a year.

 

Preferred candidate

We are looking for a professional individual to challenge the status quo at all levels of the organization, and who has the following qualifications:

• Educational background in Finance or the like
• Preferably experience in road logistics
• Minimum 5 years of working experience within finance functions, logistics operations, or consulting
• Track record in driving high performance through teams
• Advanced Excel experience at super-user level
• Proven record of analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills being able to work with both management and employees in a large organization
• Open and positive attitude
• Outgoing, outspoken and a winning personality

As the right candidate you first and foremost possess great business understanding. You have strong analytical and numerical abilities and on top a structured, reliable personality supporting you in planning, executing and prioritizing activities. You pay attention to detail and keep focus on the high level and acknowledge that follow-up is needed for success and strive to continuously improve performance. As a proactive self-starter, you have a good drive, “can run with a one-liner”, stay focused and prioritize to get the job done while keeping calm.

 

APPLY NOW!

If you find the job interesting and you fulfill the expectations, please submit your CV in English. We will evaluate applications on an ongoing basis. All applications will be treated confidentially.

Please contact Selina Lindquist, Managing Director, Logistics Denmark at +4591374261 for questions about the position. The position will be filled as soon as possible.

DFDS is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age and citizenship.