Business Support Specialist for administrative support and business analysis

Are you looking to join a fast-paced environment where you will work with everything from producing documents to communicating with key stakeholders?

Join our Group Finance Transformation team and help ensure the smooth operation of our finance-related projects and departmental functions.

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As a Business Support Specialist, you will join Group Finance Transformation, which is part of our Portfolio Governance Office (PGO). You will be based at our headquarters in Hedehusene and collaborate with an international team, providing support to executive management.

“You can look forward to interacting with a lot of key stakeholders, as we are responsible for all projects within finance transformation. As a highly collaborative, global team, we help set the stage and influence what finance should look like in the future,”

Combine administrative support with business analysis

As a Business Support Specialist, your role involves analysing portfolio data and handling administrative tasks to ensure the smooth operation of finance-related projects and department functions. You can expect approximately a 50/50 division between business analysis and administrative responsibilities, with tasks ranging from managing documents to exposure to key stakeholders.

You will also participate in developing core processes within the PGO function, focusing on optimisation and best practice, and some travel will be required.

Among your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide administrative support by, e.g., managing agendas, SharePoint, document library, overseeing vacation and holiday schedules and ensuring adherence to PGO project standards
• Coordinate project status and reporting with the Group PMO and support the preparation of reports, spreadsheets, presentations and documents
• Support your team in preparing portfolio reporting, e.g., for the executive committee
• Monitor key operational metrics, analyse cross-line of business roadmaps and project portfolios against project intake requests, and analyse project and resource capacity data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform business decisions for Finance Transformation.
• Assist Resource Managers in refining and maintaining accurate workload allocations
• Support and coordinate the vetting of projects and financial data within the project portfolio

Attention to detail and finance experience

Your experience from a global matrix organisation or a consultancy allows you to thrive in a supporting role in a fast-paced environment with changing demands. You are a self-starter with initiative and a ‘can-do’ attitude. With your strong interpersonal skills, you can build and maintain strong working relationships within a culturally diverse team.

Additionally, you have:

• A background or degree in finance that has given you knowledge of accounting, internal controls and ERP systems
• Great analytical skills, attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Experience in implementation, transformation or integration projects, preferably in finance
• A strong grasp of project management principles and practices
• Strong capabilities in Visio, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Excellent communication skills in English

Want to know more and apply?

We will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the position and your options at DSV. You are welcome to call Manager, Finance Portfolio Governance Office, Cornèl Pretorius on +351 918 043 981, between 16:00 - 17:00 CET.

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible.

We will process the applications as we receive them.