Finance Manager - Costing & Projects

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods.

We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviours unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

This role serves as a business subject matter expert in the areas of finance, control mechanisms, and procedures associated with the SAP solution and other AFNA financial systems. It is responsible for Finance and Controlling accounting related to inventory valuation for all AFNA sites. The Finance Manager guides and contributes to post‑implementation discussions in the areas of site gap assessments, advanced training and troubleshooting.

The position enables change management of standard process adoption and mentors other employees on process adherence. The individual will perform assignments, lead initiatives and solve problems with high complexity and impact, and provide insight to the Finance Leadership Team on raw‑materials price movements and forecasting. The scope includes giving direction to first and second‑level colleagues and developing direct reports.

• Act as a safety leader and put safety first in all responsibilities, promoting an environment where each employee makes safety their first priority
• Review and support completion of month‑end standard cost update process and relative booking in the general ledger
• Manage the Machine Hour Rates update process and the update of COPA settlements for profitability of Business Group and Plants Accounting reporting
• Build and deliver raw‑material and machine‑hour rates management reporting, providing accurate, consistent and insightful reports and presentation materials to Finance Leadership Team
• Coordinate and review the Standard Drivers annual update process for all AFNA sites in the SAP system
• Ensure accuracy of monthly/quarterly/yearly close processes related to FIFO and inventory valuation, including preparation and/or review of journal entries, account reconciliations and trend analysis
• Present analysis and monthly reporting to the Finance Leadership Team, BU Controllers and Controllers as requested
• Act as subject‑matter expert (SME) and key contact for finance on procedures associated with the SAP solution and other AFNA financial systems, and provide post‑implementation advanced training and troubleshooting
• Actively engage in change‑management processes and drive process improvements, consistent processes, train direct reports and broader finance team on various tools and reports
• Define and drive implementation of and compliance processes that can be used as a standard for the business group and participate in end‑to‑end process alignment with all stakeholders
• Define and engage appropriate project team members (IT and Business); resources can be internal or external
• Build organisational capability by executing human capital processes including goal setting, performance reviews, human capital planning and career development for all direct reports
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies and SOX; assist internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits, pertaining to inventory process and other processes as a business‑process expert

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Finance or similar field…