With a fleet of 258 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 1.9 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. The Company has around 14,000 employees and 400 offices in 135 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 2,9 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 115 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. Hapag-Lloyd is one of the leading operators in the Transatlantic, Middle East, Latin America and Intra-America trades.

As part of Hapag-Lloyds IT Team, you work in a team of 10 colleagues located in Hamburg and Gdansk. The focus of the team is SAP Finance and Accounting. Together with the other SAP teams, you will be maintaining and developing the Hapag-Lloyd SAP system. You will work together with colleagues in the business and IT in Hamburg, Gdansk and around the globe. The SAP Teams in Hamburg and Gdansk are currently considerably ramping up based on our mission to migrate from SAP ECC 6.8 system to SAP S/4HANA soon.

Hapag-Lloyd uses SAP for Finance, Treasury, Controlling and Materials Management.

Responsibilities and Tasks

  • With your process and technical SAP expertise, you will support or manage developments in our SAP ECC system with the colleagues in Hamburg and Gdansk
  •  In close cooperation with departments of finance, accounting, risk, sustainability, and corporate communications in Hamburg and around the globe you will be responsible for the creation and implementation of new functions, for process consulting as well as for the maintenance and support of the finance and accounting processes in SAP together with the team
  •  In addition, you will work on following topics, depending on your experiences: 
    • Support in tax related topics around the globe
    • The reporting needs for national and European sustainability regulations as EU Taxonomy, CSRD and LkSG
    • Support of our Internal Control System, that is implemented in an SAP GRC system
  • With your creative ideas, you will act as an innovator within the team and drive new processes forward operationally, as well as use and implement recent technologies
  • Working together with colleagues from other teams and thinking out of the box is part of your daily business and something that comes naturally to you

Requirements and Qualifications

What you'll need to succeed

  •  Good experience in customizing and working in SAP FI
  • You have a sound understanding of business processes, especially in the areas of Finance, Accounting and Risk and adjacent areas like Payments, Treasury, Controlling and Procurement
  • You have relevant experience in the development, customization, and implementation of complex SAP landscapes and in the optimization of business and IT processes.
  • Knowledge in tax topics, following is beneficial:
    • Withholding Tax
    • VAT
    • tax-reporting (like SAF-T standard audit tax file for countries like Portugal, Angola, Spain, Poland, etc)
    • closing activities and reporting 
  • You are willing to learn about the topic of sustainability and the reporting needs.
  • A collaborative and empathic mindset to enable our business colleagues through our solutions
  • Experience in agile working methods, as in Scrum or experience as a Product Manager is an advantage
  • Effective communication skills in an international environment paired with good command of written and spoken English
  • Willingness to work at our office in Hamburg 3 days/week and 2 days remote according to our policy

German language expectations: We expect all international candidates to be willing to learn at least the basics of the German language in case they are accepted for the position. This will enable you to participate in social and community life in Germany and at our company premises in the best possible way.

Nice if you have:

  • Understanding of HL IT Products
  • Relevant previous experience in the areas of logistics or transportation
  • Understanding of container shipping business is an advantage

What we offer

  • You will be a part of an IT team which is tackling one of the largest migrations for Hapag-Lloyd’s system landscape
  • We have ambitious diversity targets especially for IT and therefore strongly encourage women to apply for this position – even if you do not meet all requirements
  • Dynamic and modern working atmosphere in a newly renovated, modern office in the heart of Hamburg’s city center
  • At least 28 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, hybrid work model
  • Subsidy for public transportation
  • Bike leasing for all positions
  • Restaurant and coffee bar
  • Health and company sports programs (e. g., yoga, sailing, fitness courses, and much more)
  • Corporate volunteering cooperation with purpozed.org

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Contact person

Kristin Peters Managerin Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding