Senior Financial Accountant - Henderson, United States - Huhtamaki Group

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locations

Henderson

time type

Full time

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Posted 30+ Days Ago

job requisition id

R025681

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy.

We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

This is a senior role in the Finance team and is responsible overseeing and supervising the accounts receivable and accounts payable departments and ensuring the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of the company's financial accounting records, including the general ledgers, accounts receivables ledgers and accounts payable ledgers for all legal entities in New Zealand.

This role is responsible for treasury and banking functions and ensure all taxation processes are managed.

As a senior member of the finance team this position plays a key role in providing analysis to the wider business for better decision making.

This position will lead the Shared Service team in New Zealand.
Main responsibilities
Statutory reporting, account payable and account receivable
Managing financial processes such as accounts payable and receivable
Maintain General Ledger of all the country legal entities
Manage reconciliations for all sub ledgers and general ledger
Ensures transactional aspects of business units' results are accurate, through identifying key issues arising from data accuracy and pro-actively proposes changes

Ensure that local reporting is completed according to IFRS standards and to Local GAAP regulations and Group reporting according to Group reporting standards.

Managing preparation of month end and year end accounting services by ensuring the transactional processes and activities (which include accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial reporting) are completed accurately within monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines
Manage the ERP uploads and reconciliations in time and accurately
Ensure timely and accurate controls in ERP's and validating income statement and balance sheet correctness at month-ends
Manage the preparation and filing of statutory reports in a timely manner

This role will lead the annual external audit process ensuring legal compliance, Huhtamaki Group compliance and excellent accounting practices are in place and constantly improved upon.

Main contact person for local auditors
Manage accounting of company assets
Treasury and taxation
Managing treasury and banking related functions
Prepare all treasury required reporting and draft estimates
Manage taxation processes for corporate income tax, fringe benefit tax, GST etc. according to taxation deadlines
Ensures the integrity & accuracy of the compliance work in respect of the company's taxation obligations
Manages the foreign exchange cover to ensure the business is protected from adverse exchange rate movements
Ensures that short term liquidity positions are identified and managed appropriately
Managing the cash flow and working capital reporting
Establishes and reviews financial systems ensuring accurate results are produced, which can be relied upon to make business decisions
Monitoring capital management plans, including management of the fixed asset system
Continuous improvement and analysis
Manage the delivery of finance policies, processes and practices
Managing finance projects aimed to improve existing finance processes such as the creation of new value-added tasks to optimise current finance service levels
Review of local practices and, implementing and monitoring the standard finance processes and procedures
Be responsible for the accurate deployment of new finance processes and procedures because of business improvement initiatives
Promoting continuous improvement culture in finance processes focused in effectiveness, efficiency and quality. Identify areas for improved financial recording, reporting, analysis and action
Support business with special projects and workflow process improvements.
Any ad-hoc analysis as reporting as required
Other duties
Working collaboratively across the business to support and provide guidance and enhance financial decision making, through providing relevant and detailed information and analysis as required
Manage insurances for all units and ensure that company assets are adequately protected
Key-user for Accounting applications in ERP (Ledgers, GL, Cash Management)
Acting as the key contact point to business relating to financial accounting related topics in country legal entities
Any other duties as required by the manager

People leadership
Lead, motivate, and guide the members of our Shared Services teams to the highest level of performance
Establishment and monitoring of staff objective plans and KPI's and overseeing and directing the activities of the team members to achieve the set objectives
Building and promoting a positive and high-performing team culture, through demonstrating our values and offering exceptional people-leadership through activities including; coaching and guidance, promoting a feedback culture and constructively identifying development opportunities for team members
Health & Safety
Providing and maintaining an accident free worksite through actively engaging in and promoting Health & Safety and Environmental principles and ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and Huhtamaki local and Group standards
This job specification is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.

It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in light of the changing needs of the organisation.

Qualifications Required
A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, ideally finance or accounting
Knowledge, Skills and Experience required
Deep expertise in local GAAP and IFRS, differences between them
Deep expertise in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payment processes
A tertiary qualification in accounting with professional association membership – ideally ICANZ
A minimum of 8 years' experience at senior level within a corporate accounting environment
Strong knowledge of finance processes/internal controls
Deep understanding of FX Contracts and FX valuations
Excellent project management skills
Demonstrated experience in leading and external audit processes
Deep experience with NZ taxation requirements
Experience in ERP implementation
Previous experience in people leadership
Ability to think long term and strategically, yet plan and implement project
Confidence and the ability to develop and implement strategies to influence and impact people at all levels in an organisation
Ability to assess processes and identify efficiencies to be gained
High level of knowledge and experience in excel
Knowledge of SQL/Power BI
Experience in implementing new initiatives and rolling out new ways of working
Attributes
Strong focus on development and continuous improvement
Detail-oriented, with Strong analytical skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple requirements from different stakeholders
Critical thinking as it applies to logic and reasoning to investigate strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions, conclusion or approaches to problems
Highly effective planning and organizing skills, including time management and prioritising within a complex work environment with competing priorities
Highly driven and results orientated
Initiative and pro-active
Naturally collaborative and works well with business leaders and the wider business as a key provider of information
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About Us

We are global specialists in packaging for food and drink, dedicated to making every consumer experience enjoyable, consistent, and safe.

We understand that packaging is about so much more than just what goes round a product. It's about building brands, protecting reputation, and opening up new opportunities in new markets. We have 78 manufacturing units in 34 countries with approximately 18,000 employees dedicated to supporting our customers' growth.

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