Job description

Join Amcor and you can be part of the team that makes the packaging of the future better for people and our planet.
Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care.
We are sustainability leaders in our industry. We are the first global packaging company to commit to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025.
Our products are vital to support the lives of millions of people across the globe every day.
We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.
At Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP), our teams are focused on developing and making plastic bottles and jars that create a unique experience and are better for the environment. Our bottles and jars are primarily made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate), which has rapidly become the world’s preferred packaging material. PET is lightweight, shatterproof, recloseable, resealable, reusable and infinitely recyclable*.
With approximately 6,000 people across about 50 manufacturing operations in 11 countries and an annual revenue of US$2.9 Billion, ARP provides rigid packaging solutions to the beverage, pharmaceutical, food, and home and personal care segments.
Learn more about the many benefits of PET bottles here.

Amcor Rigid Packaging

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Manchester, MI/ HYBRID

Position Overview:

This position is responsible for leading the FP&A team for the Beverage Business Unit and is a key member of the Beverage team. Position highlights are as follows:

• Partner with Beverage Business Unit management to drive profitable growth and value preservation
• Provide financial leadership, expertise and guidance in areas of forecasting, budgeting, reporting, analysis and strategic planning
• Deliver thought leadership and innovative solutions across the business; identify and implement opportunities for use of new financial systems and processes
• Provide leadership in talent management and personnel development; provide functional leadership by fostering teamwork, providing coaching and developing team members
• Lead FP&A team in supporting major initiatives (including footprint and acquisition opportunities)
• Direct activities associated with maintaining a strong internal control environment and proper governance

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Key Business Unit Initiatives

• Lead and support analysis of various business unit strategic projects
• Direct financial efforts associated with potential acquisitions, footprint actions, major investments, etc.
• Manage, analyze, and report on outperformance plans

Monthly Financial Reporting, Analysis and Forecasting

• Lead efforts to effectively analyze and communicate monthly financial results to key stakeholders
• Manage overall closing and reporting process for interpreting actual financial results and accurately projecting future financial statements
• Manage preparation of business review presentations to ARP senior leadership
• Proactively identify and communicate risks and opportunities to management

Annual Operating and Strategic Plans

• Manage preparation of annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan financials
• Coordinate timeline of all required inputs
• Provide financial leadership and targets to Beverage team
• Develop reporting / presentation materials
• Drive continuous improvement of underlying models and processes

Financial Analysis

• Oversee efforts to analyze current results and trends; partner with Beverage management to drive maximum operating performance; develop observations and recommendations for improvement opportunities; install proper rigor at all levels
• Lead efforts to analyze cost performance; enhance and interpret key benchmarking data and develop/maintain analytical tools to drive improvements
• Oversee development of segment / cost comparisons for existing locations and products (for plant “deep dives”, monthly reporting, etc.)
• Provide leadership on segmentation methodology and processes
• Drive improvements in data quality, accuracy and systems by collaborating with various functions in core systems
• Manage financial continuous improvement, P+ and Outperformance programs

Internal Control Environment

• North America internal control champion responsible for establishing, maintaining and monitoring internal controls for Beverage and Specialty Containers sites – closely coordinate with ARP Internal Controls team
• Ensure ongoing compliance with Regional, BG and Corporate reporting timelines, policies, procedures and internal controls
• Identify and ensure successful implementation of best practices to address weaknesses in accounting practices, internal controls, policies and procedures

Skills Required / Key Success Factors:

• Extensive financial management with broad background in financial reporting, operations finance and strategic financial planning
• 8+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in a financial management role
• BA in Business or Finance required; MBA and/or CPA preferred
• Strong leadership skills and integrity
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and influence outcomes, at all levels of the organization
• Ability to be a partner with the business and across functional lines
• Strong systems skills / aptitude (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, ERP systems software, SAP, Business Objects, BW)

Key Interfaces / Relationships:

• Reports to: Sr Director / VP FP&A, Beverage
• FP&A Manager, Beverage (2) (Direct Reports)
• Business Unit and Business Group Finance teams
• Shared Services and support teams
• Other functional leads throughout ARP

Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites. At Amcor we believe in talent through diversity and promote equal opportunity in the workplace and recognise that discrimination and harassment of co-workers based on race, creed, disability, gender, marital or maternity status, religious or political beliefs, age or sexual orientation is unlawful.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester, MI

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