Avery Dennison

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity, and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals, and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Job Description

ABOUT YOUR ROLE:

Overall responsibility for formulating and driving financial strategy for the organization. Responsible for accounting compliance, trade compliance, and legal aspects related to finance & partner business to execute the strategy. 

DIMENSIONS 

Direct and lead the finance department covering GL, AP, AR, Credit Collection, Treasury, FP&A, and Controllership. 

Strategic business partner to stakeholeders closely collaborates with other functional heads over the EMEA region. 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Collaborate with all functions to achieve top-line and bottom-line targets of the company 
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to formulate long-term strategic plan and direction of the organization 
• Drive transformational changes in the organization in line with strategic direction of the company.
• Prepare the annual budget of the company and formulate strategies to achieve both the set top and bottom lines and routinely monitor company performance against the same.
• Provide overall direction in terms of capital investment projects 
• Managing working capital. 
• Responsible for submitting monthly management accounts and quarterly financial forecasts in line with corporate timelines 
• Overlook post-costing functions and profitability of retailer accounts.

Qualifications

• A member of ICASL, CIMA or ACCA with at least 10 years’ experience in financial management out of which 5 years should be at Finance Head equivalent ( manufacturing company experiences highly desired)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related education. A master's degree in Business Administration would be a great value
• Management of Oracle ERP transition experience is compulsory 
• Excellent analytical skills, financial resources management skills, communication skills, people management skills, and interpersonal skills are essential
• Excellent knowledge of the use of MS Office package

Additional Information

Who we are! - Our Story:

Each of us, Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work at Avery Dennison. With us, teams are balanced and diverse. Because each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents. 

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. You are interested in knowing more about our Diversity & Inclusion approach? Please go to averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

At Avery Dennison we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get us to know even better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)

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