Finance Business Partner

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

We have an excellent opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to be a part of the GBS Finance team here at Kerry! The successful candidate will be a key part of the GBS Regional Leadership team and will be responsible for Performance Management and ownership of budgets, projections and actuals to monitor performance. This person will need to be a self-starter with a broad business mindset who can work on their own initiative and as part of a team, acts with drive, determination and resilience, and has an innate ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and to challenge the status quo.

Key responsibilities

1. Participate in, input into, and drive strategy execution alignment across area of assigned responsibility, partnering with relevant stakeholders in delivery of the GBS strategy.
2. Monitor and govern KPIs that are relevant to all functions in GBS to track performance and assess productivity.
3. Manage all financial reporting and the setting of budgets for GBS America's.
4. Support the interpretation of financial information and insights (forward-looking, strategic, knowledge-based insight across e.g. financial data, financial legislation, financial policies).
5. Support the GBS America's Centre in leading progress and performance against the GBS strategy.
6. Support the GBS America's Regional leadership team in informing, inputting into, and steering direction on priorities.
7. Actively influence day-to-day decisions, contributing to strategy and the direction of GBS.
8. Promote and foster a culture of Continuous Excellence practices to improve and optimize services across multifunctional processes.
9. Ensure all functions are adhering to compliance, risk & control requirements through the appropriate standards and regulatory requirements.
10. Lead and embed consistent and disciplined ways of working for the GBS Finance Team, working as One Finance Team.
11. Improve the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance.
12. Build partnerships and maintain strong relations with all stakeholders and their teams.
13. Lead control and compliance across all GBS functions and foster an ethos of minimizing risk through adherence to best practice and standard routines.
14. Develop and maintain a strong network with Controllers across Kerry Group, sharing and leveraging experiences.

Qualifications and skills

• Fully Qualified Accountant with experience in GBS environment.
• 4-5 years PQE experience in industry is an advantage.
• Strong technical accounting skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder expectations at one time.
• Capable of demonstrating leadership skills in previous roles.
• Ability to take ownership of one's work and prioritize workload.
• Strong analytical skills - ability to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Ability to work under pressure to ensure deadlines are met.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Knowledge of SAP and/or BW preferable.

Available for business travel when required.