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Food Processing & Packaged Food
Global Business Services (GBS) ensures that the business financial processes are efficient and consistent through handling incoming and outgoing invoices for the sites. The teams work with site colleagues and vendors and consists of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, HR Operations and Payroll.
The GBS teams manages General Ledger, Period and Year-end Closing activities. It is an expanding and evolving team which encourages continuous improvement and people development. The team is responsible for completing an efficient and compliant end to end RTR cycle for all stakeholders.
.Manage the preparation of the monthly management accounts (SAP & BPC system), including analysis of accounts, journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations and other month end processing
.Partially working alongside with SAP Kerryconnect roll-out if there's any significant level of project work to support integration of new sites onto the central supply chain company, and GL reporting centre
.Support in the improvement of processes and practices across company
.Work with GBS AR/AP to obtain comfort around balance sheet items in their control
.Post cross regional statutory accounting journals, working closely with tax and treasury team
.Responsible for preparation and analysis of Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliation & Income Statement or P/L
.Responsible for preparation and analysis of Management Reports
.Responsible for Period-end and Year-end Ledger Closing Submission
.Responsible for Drafting of Statutory Financial Statements for certain entity
.Work closely with other Europe sites to aid clean month end close on key balances
.Acting as gatekeeper for both interim and year end audit procedure, including preparation of year end audit file, liaising with external audit team and preparation of year end group reporting
.Assist all company stakeholders, local finance team and business partners with any technical queries which may arise
.May partially need to assist in the date upload of Projections/Budgets into SAP
.Analysis of Income Statement and Balance Sheets, period-end closing, preparation and quality review of journals
.A degree in finance with a minimum of 3 years related experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
.SAP Knowledge
.Able to read, write and speak fluently in English. Able to interpret accurately and respond appropriately.
.Experience in preparing accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations, Overheads Close, Process Bank Transactions and Reconciliations, Intercompany Accounting and Reconciliation, Fixed Asset Transactions, Budget/ Projection/ Financial Statements, MDM Knowledge
.MS Excel / Office Knowledge
.Functional Competencies:
.Customer Focus: Building Strong Customer Relationships and Delivering Customer Centric Solutions
.Ensures Accountability: Holding Self and Others Accountable to meet Commitments
.Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
.Collaborates: Building Partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
.Builds Effective Teams: Building Strong - identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
.Instills Trust: Gaining the Confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity
Other Personal Qualities:
.Strong team player and willingness to learn
.Honest, open-minded, candid, high personal integrity
.Drive: getting things done, deliver what is promised, strong sense of ownership and accountability
.Respect for various cultures and diversity
.Able to work effectively in a complex (matrix) environment
.The ability to understand, listen and build Site / function relationships.
.Demonstrate flexibility in adopting to fast pace environment and continuous challenges
.Communicate using clear, concise and effective written and verbal formats
Date Posted: 28/10/2024
Job ID: 98365693
At Kerry, we are proud to provide our customers – some of the world’s best-known food, beverage and pharma brands – with the expertise, insights and know-how they need to deliver products that people enjoy and feel better about consuming.Kerry is a company rich in heritage and resources. Over the past five decades, our focus on changing lifestyles, the globalisation of food tastes and ever-evolving consumer needs has brought us to a market-leading global position. we are firmly established as a world leader in the food, beverage and pharma industries, with 22,000+ staff and 150+ innovation and manufacturing centres across 30+ countries.