PepsiCo Hiring for Financial Accountant (Cupar/Skelmersdale) – 1 Year Fixed Term Contract Job at Cupar, Scotland Full Time

Job Description

• Own the reconciliation and control of inventory at site supporting with process improvement and compliance.
• Support execution of the GCS / Fixed Asset audits.
• Hold the production teams accountable to ensure compliance to processes and problem solve key issues causing lack of visibility of system data.
• Support the Site Finance Manager on ad hoc projects relating to the systems.
• Ensure compliance to GCS & SOX is adhered to at all times.

POSITION IN ORGANISATION

Reports to the Site Finance Manager and requires stakeholder engagement to a wide cross-section of site teams, with particular focus on relationships with the on shift leadership teams.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support the local controls in partnership with financial control to ensure compliance to the processes and to hold the production teams accountable to the compliance.
• Drive the adoption of weekly cycle counting and ensure the process operates within the spirit of the SOX control.
• Partner the operations teams on inventory process management to ensure GCS / SOX compliance
• Execute the GCS / Fixed asset audit within the UK site
• Support the finance manager with ad-hoc projects relating to the system and integration / adoption across the site.
• Ensure GCS and SOX compliance

JOB DIMENSIONS
Financial

• Not accountable for the delivery of AOP / Forecasting / Variance analysis
• Will support and drive the system capability / adoption to allow the business to operate as usual and drive management information on financial aspects

Non – Financial

• Build relationships to be seen as an extended member of the on shift leadership team, provide challenge when appropriate

DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY

• Ensure GCS and SOX compliance
• Ensure that they have enough knowledge about their site at all times to enable them to be the site financial representative during QCDM meetings and to make the right decisions to support the shift teams

Qualifications/Requirements

• Professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA)
• Ideally Manufacturing accounting experience
• Ideally (Not essentially) the candidates should have SAP and / or financial accounting experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Drive for results/ability to work under pressure
• Ability to influence upwards to affect the results & progress of the action plan
• Communication skills to all levels

Relocation Eligible: Not Eligible for Relocation
Job Type: Temporary

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.