Senior Financial Accountant

Inspired to grow with your experience, learn and share with new colleagues?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 Please click on link to apply Join us to shape the future together #J-18808-Ljbffr