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What we can offer you! - Your Role:
In this diverse role of high impact within our matrix organization, we are hiring an energized, inclusive, and forward-thinking Finance Controller to join our team in our Materials Group (graphics.averydennison.com / label.averydennison.com) in our European HQ (Oegstgeest, The Netherlands) with a direct reporting line to our Regional Finance Manager.
Your Mission:
- While business partnering with the Operations and Supply Chain teams, you will manage our European Operations Freight budget and our manufacturing plant's financial operations (financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis), providing strategic analysis, financial leadership, and guidance to our plant manager and the plant leadership team driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- You will develop and manage the annual strategic freight budget plan and our plant budget (AOP) and financial forecasts while monitoring, analyzing, and presenting monthly financial reports and key financial metrics, including revenue and expenses.
- In addition to business partnering with our plant and European freight management to identify and implement efficiency/profitability improvement opportunities, you will coordinate SOX (including maintaining the plant and freight internal controls) and stocktake activities, ensuring stock accuracy and a robust cycle count process.
- To improve decision-making and increase efficiency in the finance function, you will develop and maintain financial reporting / Business Intelligence tools to provide timely and accurate information to the plant management team and corporate finance for month, quarter, and year-end close.
- By collaborating with our cross-functional teams, including operations, engineering, and supply chain, you will support investment (Capex) planning and business case development (AFEs).
Qualifications
What we expect from you! - Your Expertise:
- Previous work experience of 5+ years in finance or accounting, with a strong understanding of plant and shared service center operations and financial reporting
- Experience with US-GAAP, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, and Microsoft Excel, including spreadsheet modeling and analysis
- Solid experience in ERP systems (QAD (MFG Pro), Cognos, Oracle), project management, as well as pension funds
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English (any other European language is an advantage)
- Creativity, excitement, and innovation, entrepreneurial spirit for growing a sustainable business to set your career at Avery Dennison
Additional Information
We offer:
- Attractive salary package / Workplace flexibility
- Structured learning and development / Mentoring program
- International environment
- Events such as International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
- A growing and welcoming team with good spirit!
Who we are! - Our Story:
Every voice. Every day! Eight Values. One Team!
Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.
Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer. In the EMEA region, we have these Employee Resource Groups:
- EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
- Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
- Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community in the EMEA region
To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website: https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html
At Avery Dennison, we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get to know us better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)
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