Finance Manager

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Working within the Pharma Technologies Division, the role of the Pharma Finance Manager Excipients is to provide information and analysis to key stakeholders of the business, with a focus on performance measurement and analytical responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

• Co-ordinating key reporting processes in Excipients, working on standardising and streamlining monthly reporting across all areas of the business
• Support executive leaderships teams in preparation for exec & board meetings preparing any required financial slides & supporting commentary & insights as required
• Analysis and review of commercial sales reports for key stakeholders in the business to facilitate decision-making ensuring accuracy and integrity of data
• Understand & explain business performance vs budget, LYR & strategic plans for region analysing key customers, end use markets, channels, destination, trends etc
• Challenge information and supporting commentary provided by the business ensuring that it is accurate, relevant, meaningful and articulate
• Liaise with financial reporting and central commercial finance teams to ensure that consolidated management accounts, supporting commentary and other information are delivered in a timely manner
• Support strategic planning initiatives including review of performance vs plan challenging the delivery on our priorities for growth and coordinating updates/refreshes to plan as required
• Perform scenario analysis / financial modelling to support exec team in making decisions re long term strategies
• Lead co-ordination of budgeting and forecasting processes Globally, working to support continuous improvement in these processes with the global PM&A team
• Review monthly packs for Exec Business Performance Reviews in advance of monthly meetings ensuring that all content is accurate and providing supporting commentary and detail as needed
• Support other executive and leadership meeting agendas (e.g. Board presentations) including presentation material, analyses and support
• Support regular measurement and review of KPIs/MIPs to maintain relevance of KPI targets
• Challenge performance of key KPIs benchmarking both internally & externally (e.g. vs other regions, businesses etc.)
• Support continuous improvement of KPI reporting processes, working on standardising and streamlining reporting across all areas of the business
• Continuous improvement of the integrity of the data in our reporting systems

Qualifications and skills

• Part Qualified / Qualified ACA /ACCA/ CIMA / CPA with 5+ years’ experience
• Experience in management accounts review and analysis essential
• Business Analysis experience including reporting on key variances and highlighting issues and trends
• Advanced Excel skills essential

Personal Competencies:

• Highly commercial with strong analytical skills
• Analytical and numerate with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical skills, business partnering skills and commercial acumen
• Results driven – is focused and driven to deliver agreed deadlines
• Is proactive in nature and strives for constant improvement
• Relationship builder with excellent communications skills – with relevant stakeholders
• Highly ambitious, energetic and career focused
• Strong record of achievement in career to date

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