Senior Analyst, FP&A

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

About Us                                                                        

Wilhelmsen Ship Management is one of the world’s largest third-party ship managers originated from Oslo, Norway with a portfolio of more than 450 vessels, a pool of more than 14,000 seafarers and over 900 shore-based employees all over the world. Our employees are working with a comprehensive global maritime group providing over half of the merchant fleet with essential products and services, along with supplying crew and technical management to the largest and most complex vessels ever to sail.

We offer a culture and vibrant work environment of strong leadership, collaborative, career development, work-life balance and a job that is both challenging and stimulating. All team members are empowered with the freedom to influence each other as long it complies with our Company’s values and vision.

What you will be doing:

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting process across Wilhelmsen Ship Management, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, financial targets, and business objectives.
• Drive rolling forecast processes, including revenue, vessel growth assumptions, personnel costs, operating expenses, profitability, and other key financial drivers.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support business decisions and strategic initiatives.
• Review and challenge business assumptions to ensure forecasts and budgets are realistic, achievable, and aligned with operational requirements.
• Continuously improve forecasting methodologies and planning processes to enhance forecast accuracy and financial predictability.

Business Performance Management & Financial Insights

• Perform comprehensive financial analysis on forecast performance against budget.
• Identify business performance trends, risks, and opportunities, providing recommendations to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Business Controllers and business stakeholders to support decision-making through data-driven insights and recommendations.

FP&A Transformation & Digital Finance

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of FP&A tools, including budgeting, forecasting.
• Participate in system implementation activities including requirement gathering, process design, testing, data validation, and user adoption.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline financial planning, reporting, and analytical processes.
• Develop dashboards and analytical tools to enhance financial transparency and self-service reporting capabilities.

Financial Governance & Process Improvement

• Ensure compliance with corporate budgeting guidelines, financial policies, and reporting standards.
• Establish standardised planning methodologies, templates, and processes across Wilhelmsen Ship Management.
• Review existing financial processes and recommend improvements to strengthen efficiency, controls, and quality.
• Act as a finance transformation champion by driving positive change and continuous improvement.

Strategic Support & Ad-hoc Analysis

• Support long-term financial planning, strategic initiatives, and business growth assessments.
• Provide financial evaluation and business case support for strategic projects and investments.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects requested by Senior Management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline, with more than 7 years of relevant experience in FP&A, financial planning, management reporting, commercial finance, or business performance roles.
• Experience in maritime, shipping, offshore, or asset-intensive industries would be an added advantage.

Other competencies include:

• Strong FP&A expertise in budgeting, forecasting, performance management, financial modelling, scenario planning, and strategic analysis within a multinational environment.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and generate actionable business insights and recommendations.
• Effective business partnering and stakeholder interaction, including influencing decision-making, challenging assumptions, and supporting C-suite executives with data-driven recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, English … with proven experience presenting financial performance, strategic insights, and business cases to senior management.
• Digital and systems proficiency, including SAP, OneStream, SAC, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and leveraging large datasets to support business decisions and finance transformation initiatives.

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