Finance Manager - Controlling
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
Lead financial control, compliance and governance activities, manage external audits and statutory reporting obligations.
Partner with regional Shared Service Centre and business stakeholders.
Drive process improvements and strengthen internal controls.
Support business growth initiatives and strategic projects.
Key responsibilities
- Ensures maintenance of accurate and complete financial records, in compliance with PRC& IFRS standards. (Link with Shared Service Centre in Malaysia)
- Ensure that all statutory filing requirements are met, not limiting to monthly financial statements, local tax filling, statistic reports and annual SAIC reports, etc
- Management of the annual financial audit process
- Leads the effort of establishing, monitoring, and enforcing an effective internal controls environment. Liaises with internal and external auditors
- Identify best practices and continuous improvement opportunities and facilitates embedment of the practices into the organization.
- Develops and improves accounting and control policies, procedures, work processes and reporting systems to support growth and efficiency, while reducing complexity and increasing speed.
- Support treasury initiatives and reporting requirement
- Lead and project manage all financial relevant areas on Company specific growth initiatives and strategies
- Meets Corporate financial reporting requirements in a timely and accurate manner.
- Coordinate local operation and functioning of SSC (AP,AR and GL) through review to ensure achievement and compliance of policies, standards and regulations.
- Support audit readiness and assist in planning and preparation for future compliance audits
- Ensure the safekeeping of company seals to ensure all chopped document is compliant.
Qualifications and skills
Competencies Required
- Relationship builder (internally and with customers) with excellent communications skills
- Likes autonomy and is pro-active
- Results driven
- Team player (Listen and recognizes successes)
- Decisive (takes tough decisions on priorities)
- Challenges status quo
- Ability to communicate financial information to non-financial mangers
- Solution orientated management style
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and able to establish trust and credibility
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in Accounting or Finance.
- Qualified accountant with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Holder of CPA, ACCA, or local equivalent professional certification.
- Strong project management skills and experience.
- Solid knowledge of SAP/ERP systems.
- Proven ability to improve and standardize processes.
- Experience in Audit and Risk Management is a plus.
- Fluency in both English and the local language is mandatory.