Financial Analyst Sr - BU

We are global, we are impacting the lives of millions every day, we are making a difference!  

At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.   

Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.  

Job Description

This role supports strategic decision making by providing relevant, reliable, timely, insightful, and accurate financial information and analysis. In this senior level role, you will be expected to perform assignments, lead initiatives, and solve problems with high complexity and impact. Your scope of responsibilities will include giving direction to first and second level colleagues, as well as partnering with leaders across all functional areas to support business initiatives. This role reports into FP&A, with a dotted line to the Business Unit (BU) Controller.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

• Act as a safety leader and put safety first in all responsibilities, promoting an environment where each employee makes safety their first priority
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial reporting data related to business unit performance
• Review business unit level bridge of actual results to plan and prior year; identify inconsistencies in application at a site level, as well as partner with peers to identify inconsistencies across all business units and conduct training sessions to drive alignment
• Assist with completion and / or review of business unit monthly management reporting; review and recommend changes to commentary to ensure succinct, direct, and insightful
• Develop and provide BU Controller with meaningful financial and operational performance metrics and trend reports, including commentary for decision making
• Support the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes, including coordination, facilitation, and consolidation of site information within the business unit, as well as analysis of consolidated data
• Develop and provide training on financial modeling techniques that will assist with forecasting, planning, and ROI analysis, partnering with peers to drive efficiency and consistency among the business units and business group
• Support key financial initiatives such as PMDB review and approval, and monitoring and analysis of procurement benefits, cost savings tracking, and aged inventory
• Analyze financial and operational results to identify trends and activities driving those trends, and make recommendations on potential changes to improve performance
• Ensure process standardization and simplification across the BU Analyst Team
• Ensure accuracy of data and reporting across functions and business units
• Initiate and execute process improvement, including automation of reporting and presentation material; partner with APEX team to improve and / or develop new templates and conduct training
• Ensure adequate controls and procedures are in place

WHAT WE VALUE

• Results Orientation - Being focused on the improvement of business results
• Functional Competence - strong technical and analytical skills, and business functional experience
• Accuracy & Timeliness
• Team leadership & Initiative – proactively seeking out ways to support business initiatives
• Collaboration & Influencing - working well with others and working as a team to have a positive impact on business performance
• Communication skills – strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Change leadership – continuous improvement mind-set
• Strategic Orientation – ability to think long-term, integratively, and beyond one’s own area

WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU

• Education – Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience – 5+ years of relevant experience
• SAP and Hyperion experience preferred
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, with the ability to manage large amounts of data from multiple systems
• Full working knowledge of P&L and balance sheet

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the links "EEO is the and "EEO is the Law" Poster Supplement. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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