Finance Digital Solutions Manager

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.

Main responsibilities and tasks

• Design scalable finance solutions across applications, integrations, data and reporting platforms, aligned with enterprise architecture principles and WSM’s growth ambitions.
• Drive the lifecycle governance process of SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud and related finance applications, including roadmaps, support models, release management, standards, vendor performance and continuous improvement.
• Drive finance data governance, including data quality, clear ownership, master data management and consistent reporting.
• Standardize reporting platforms and promote consistent definitions, key performance indicators and single-source-of-truth principles.
• Drive adoption through stakeholder engagement, targeted communication, training input, super-user networks and improved finance data literacy.
• Govern and oversee WSM finance initiatives and related projects, ensuring clear scope, ownership, delivery, adoption and business value.

Mandatory requirements

• Senior-level experience and a strong understanding of finance processes, preferably including vessel accounting and finance, corporate finance and accounting, and maritime operational dependencies.
• Practical experience with SAP Finance, SAP Analytics Cloud or comparable enterprise finance and reporting platforms.
• Proven application management experience, including lifecycle management, release coordination, vendor collaboration and user-support models.
• A strong solution-architecture mindset and the ability to translate finance requirements into scalable digital solutions.
• Sound understanding of finance data governance, data quality, master data and reporting standards.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and change-adoption skills.
• Demonstrated project management experience.

Additional preferences

• Experience in ship management, vessel accounting, vessel OPEX management, procurement finance or other asset-intensive environments.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms, analytics, integration or finance transformation initiatives.

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