Accounting Partner

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 behaviors 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.

The role is responsible for overseeing several legal & reporting entities, acting as a business partner towards sites and providing technical accounting expertise.

Key stakeholders include:

• Country 'controller' (where applicable)
• Other SSC Teams & SSC Manager
• BG Controlling Team (reporting & consolidation)
• SOX, internal & external control Teams

• Acts as the key SSC entry point for Plant with close links/contacts to Plant Controllers (actively engaging on a monthly basis, driving the agenda and key problem solving)
• Responsible for spreading Country / Plant demands to subject experts within the SSC organization
• Responsible for reviewing and approving / refusing requests submitted by R2R, AP and AR SSC teams and for providing feedback when required
• Coordinate and control production of financial statements & reporting in parallel Gaap for 4 to 6 reporting units
• Ensure completeness and reliability of financial statements by performing consistency reviews before submitting to FCs
• Ensure Group & local rules respect and validate SOX controls, alert if needed
• Propose/review provisions for risk/cost, in collaboration with Plant Finance Controllers & BU Controllers
• Perform regular Balance Sheet (BS) reviews
• Monitor periods close and open requests
• Provide input for continuous process improvement
• Act as an 'occasional trainer', providing technical advise/expertise
• Know and comply with the site’s QOHSE-SA (Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, and Environment – Safety Assurance) rules.

• Generate financial reporting to upload in APEX (not considered a 'posting'), with the support of GL Accountant, and liaise w. Plant Controller
• Prepare trial balance for Local legal statutory reporting
• Perform fiscal calculations, pass on to GL Accountant for posting and perform the checks
• Organize, coordinate, and control the production of accounts and reporting, under both French accounting standards and US GAAP, for a group of sites or companies.
• Demonstrate proactivity to anticipate the accounting implications of business events.

• Define or validate accruals for invoices not received (non-PO invoices)
• Review financial statements for GL Accounting & Closing
• Validate cost centers and P&L rules in liaison with Plant Controller and run cost allocation cycles
• Perform calculations for tax subsidies for plants in scope

• Collect and consolidate data for cash forecasts (direct method)
• Review & support the processing of hedging requests
• Coordination/consolidation of the Balance Sheet and forecast hedging with preparation of balance sheet hedge and coordinate forecast from Plant Controllers

• For Tax Integration, provide relevant information and prepare the tax pack
• For monthly Tax reporting, provide required information and book taxes incl. Corporate tax estimate in monthly result (open point – TBC)

• Manage the audit process, acting as a key point of contact (internal, external, Tax audits) for plants in scope & for providing expertise
• Preparation of audit disclosures, answer…