Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet
We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.
You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.
We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.
This role will gain experience analyzing and providing insights into the financial performance of the North America segment of Huhtamaki. Our Accounting and Finance Career Program is an accelerated leadership development program designed to provide top college graduates with a path toward key business leadership roles. This program offers a unique opportunity to rotate through various financial functions, receive mentorship from experienced finance professionals, and develop the skills needed to excel in a career at Huhtamaki. This role will add considerable value to the business and allow for regular interactions with our SVP of Finance and IT, Controllers and our Global financial reporting team in Finland.
Program Structure:
- Duration: 12-18 months training
- Rotations: 2-3 rotations across different commercial functions
- Training: Comprehensive onboarding and continuous professional development
- Mentorship: Pairing with senior sales/product mgmt.. leaders and mentors
- Evaluation: Regular performance reviews and feedback sessions
Essential Functions
- Acclimate to Huhtamaki, products, and processes.
- Partner with cross-functional business leaders to assist on strategic projects
- Identify areas to improve and streamline processes
- Analyze current and past trends including insights into all areas of revenue, cost of sales, working capital and capital expenditures
- Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
- Prepare reports based on financial data, including participation in preparation of monthly financial analysis of North America results
- Create variance analysis reports and financial models
- Support Finance leadership team with in depth analysis and preparation of presentations
- Produce ad-hoc analysis and reporting as requested
- All other duties assigned by management
Job Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance
- Strong aptitude in analytics, problem solving, interpersonal skills, motivation to succeed
- Comfortable working with numbers & large amounts of data via databases and spreadsheets
- Good communication and consensus building skills
- Competence with Microsoft Office applications and quick-witted with data management software
- Ability to communicate effectively with management
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Relocation and an eagerness to develop leadership competencies at other U.S. locations is required (geographic relocation is required)Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to learn
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Environment
- 4 Days a week onsite and 1 day remote (optional). Hybrid work environment that mixes in-office and remote work to offer flexibility and support to employees.
- Work hours are usually 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. but could require after hours and weekend work to complete projects on time
- Travel as needed; up to 10%
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong aptitude for analytics, problem solving, interpersonal skills, and motivation to succeed
- Comfort working with numbers and large amounts of data using databases and spreadsheets
- Good communication and consensus-building skills
- Competence with Microsoft Office applications and data management software
- Ability to communicate effectively with management
- Demonstrated leadership ability
- Willingness to relocate and develop leadership competencies at other U.S. locations
- Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to learn
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
Huhtamaki Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huhtamaki and has not been reviewed or approved by Huhtamaki.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive with dental and vision options, and employer contributions toward premiums are portrayed as generous. Feedback suggests this breadth makes the overall package feel competitive for many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with pre‑tax and Roth options, with certain groups also having access to a pension and even deferred compensation. Feedback suggests these features stand out positively in a manufacturing context.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, and generous parental leave are emphasized alongside meaningful PTO accruals. Feedback suggests this leave structure strengthens perceived total rewards even where base pay is viewed as only fair.
Huhtamaki Insights
What We Do
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 embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030. We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
