SAP Material Ledger Accountant

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

Key responsibilities

1) Control
•  Ensure stock valuation and processes comply with statutory requirements and Kerry procedures.
•  Ensure strong internal controls are in place and maintained to mitigate business risk around stock valuation. 
•  Support Central Financial control with external and internal audits of stock valuation.

2) Data Integrity
•  Full responsibility for the data quality in Product Cost Estimates and the Material Ledger.
•  Responsible for liaising with Central IT support to ensure transactional issues in the SAP configuration are corrected. 
•     Completing reconciliations of the material ledger monthly to ensure that all data issues are investigated and resolved. In addition, completing root cause analysis of issues to reduce the number of ongoing issues.

3) Processes
•  Running and distributing weekly reports for monitoring the material ledger.
•  Delivering the central month end processes to ensure material ledger closes on time. 
•  Support Operations finance plant teams with material ledger issue resolution and training.
•  Completing month end material ledger reconciliations.
•  Supporting Commercial finance with stock and cost of sales valuation queries.

Qualifications and skills

Education
•  Qualified accountant or related careers.
•  Advanced level in accounting. 
•  Fluent English with other language capability (like French and Portuguese) as advantage

Technical Competencies
•  3+ years general SAP experience of which 2+ years should be experience of material ledger control or cost analysis.
•  Excel skills advanced 
•  Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite. IA skills as advantage.

Personal Competencies
•  Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
•  Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills on technical and business issues 
•  Well organized and skilled at prioritizing
•  Attention to details.
•  Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
•  Good communication skills within a team environment
•  Limited Americas wide travel may be required.