GBS – Financial Data Specialist (Europe)

Requisition ID 50843
Position Type FT Permanent
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About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Financial Data Specialist will be the administrator of the Global Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) Scorecard Process and will deliver routine financial reporting for Power BI dashboards, working with key stakeholders across the organization. This role will ensure the maintenance and governance of Scorecards process, and data integrity for Financial Services reporting.

Key Objectives

• Overall day to day responsibility, management and administration of Master Data for Kerry’s Global Annual STIP Scorecard Programme incorporating approx. 3,000 participants.
• Deliver information that promotes commonality of data management across the Group and a culture in which “one version of the truth” is used to support decision making.
• Participate in the standardization and simplification of all routine & non-routine financial services reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Report Management to the Finance Business Partner on Global Scorecard delivery against key milestones.
• Escalation and follow up with HR & Finance Teams on incorrect or incomplete system data.
• Work with Finance Business Partners to improve Scorecard database and front-end user interface system and ensure data accuracy & integrity.
• Work with Finance Business Partners to capture annual Business Value Driver KPI’s and develop the appropriate functional STIP KPI families.
• Work with Regional HR / Reward teams to gather STIP Participant master data and manage joiners, leavers and movers process to ensure master data accuracy.       
• Responsible for processing and issuing annual scorecards for all regions by agreed deadlines.
• Responsible for on time collection and processing of mid-year and year end Scorecard results data for all regions from the regional Finance teams by agreed deadlines.
• Responsible for preparing and delivering final scorecard outturn %’s for sign off by Regional CEO’s/CFO’s and accurate transmission of signed off %’s to the Global and Regional Reward teams for processing by agreed deadlines.
• Responsible for extracting information related to Financial Services (AP, AR, RTR) KPIs to feed Power BI dashboards.
• Ensure data integrity of downloads & final reporting outputs.
• Collaborate with the Data Analytics team & Global FS Process owners when required, e.g., new reporting needs, enhancements to existing extracts.

Qualifications and skills

• Finance or Business Administration qualification.
• 3-5 years’ experience in data administration, finance reporting.
• Knowledge of SAP, EPM, Power BI.
• Intermediate Excel & PowerPoint skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Project management skills.
• Strong data gathering skills.
• High adaptability, with a strong learning and growth mindset.
• Highly collaborative, helpful and a strong team player.
• Strong communicator and comfortable building relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Fluent in English

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.