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Food Processing & Packaged Food
Service Delivery
.Lead a team in managing the preparation of the monthly management accounts including analysis of accounts, journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations and other month-end processing. .Support management and the team in key projects including new country integration, acquisitions and re-organization - significant level of project work involved.
.Lead a team in managing the preparation of the monthly management accounts including analysis of accounts, journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations and other month end processing.
.Drive the improvement of processes and practices across each company/ledger with the entities for which they are responsible.
.Design and drive new processes and practices across company.
.Work with AR/AP teams to obtain comfort around balance sheet items in their control.
.Approval of salary and payroll postings, working closely with Payroll and Treasury departments.
.Review of detailed monthly P&L and Balance sheet reconciliations and bring improvements to process where possible.
.Work closely with other sites across the business to aid clean month-end close on key balances.
.Liaise with the manufacturing Plant Controllers to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
.Assist with interim and year-end audit, including preparation of year-end audit file, liaising with audit team and preparation of year end group reporting.
.Assist all company stakeholders with any technical queries which may arise.
.Assist in the reporting of Projections / Budgets.
.Assist in ad-hoc and project requirements.
.Ensuring all the data is accurate for reporting purposes.
People Management
.Manage and develop a GL team (who in turn have GL Accountants reporting into them), ensuring that a proper team structure is implemented.
.Help to coordinating processes and workloads within AR Team.
.Develop employees to undertake new assignments and/or promotions.
.Maintain a stimulating work environment to motivate staff performance and facilitate employee retention.
.Ensure that the team members are cross trained to provide continuous customer service delivery during periods of leave or turnover.
.Recruitment and selection of new team members as required.
.Identify the training needs, develop the training, calendar for cross-training and skill development of employees after they have completed the initial new hire training process.
.Assess and coach individual employee development.
.Deliver performance appraisal discussions and annual assessments.
.Qualified Accountant ACA / ACCA / CIMA (ideally ACA) with a minimum of 10+ years related experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Should have experience operating at Manager position for more than 3-4 years. Previous Controller experience strongly preferred.
.Strong SAP Knowledge.
.Good English language and communication skills.
.Experience in preparing Accruals, Prepayments, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Overheads Close, Process Bank Transactions and Reconciliations, Intercompany Accounting and Reconciliation, Complete Assessment Cycles / BPC Close, Local Tax processing, Audit Support (Internal and External), Fixed Asset Transactions, Gross Margin Close, Budget/ Projection/ Financial Statements.
.Master data Management (MDM) knowledge.
.MS Office knowledge - advanced Excel skills.
.Providing guidance to team on Analysis Review of Income Statement, Balance Sheets, period-end closing and year-end closing.
.Strong People Management Skills and Senior Stakeholder Management.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a starter kit, investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
Recruiter: #LI-KW1
Posting Type: LI
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Date Posted: 22/10/2024
Job ID: 97497011
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.
