.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 roleAccountable for the day-to-day service delivery and performance of Finance services in their Center. Lead the Finance Services team in the Center. Partner across Finance and the business to ensure integration with and alignment to the global Finance vision and strategy. Ensure the completeness and accuracy of all Financial transactions and data under the GBS remit. Drive the day-to-day execution of Finance Services for the Regions and Kerry. Foster a working environment that values critical thinking and problem solving, and encourages challenging the status quo through the role modelling & application of continuous excellence practices to drive the simplification, optimisation, standardisation of defined finance processes to create more transparency and global consistency in the Center. Maintain a sharp focus on control and accuracy with a Financial Control mind-set. Leverage technologies, to drive service optimisation keeping risk, controls and experience front of mind. Build a skilled team of specialists, by establishing positive and productive working relationships and inspiring trust through character and respect to deliver solutions and services at scale in accordance to risk and control standards.Key responsibilitiesManage headcount, budgets and long-term projections for the Finance Services team in the Center. Manage costs to achieve year-on-year efficiency savings, understand cost drivers, maximise incentives to reduce cost and give E2E cost visibility to Global and Regional Leadership.Represent GBS Finance Services at relevant regional/ functional governance forums and committees to review process performance metrics against agreed targets as well as discuss overall functional services performance, issues and ways to improve services and enhance value.Primarily accountable for day-to-day service delivery and performance. Partner with the Finance function, to deliver accurate and timely execution and management of Financial Control and Finance transactions.Own service delivery performance and service optimisation opportunities for all agreed Finance Services in the Center (covering O2C, P2P, RtoR Ops PM&A).Ensure service delivery and performance is as per SPA Service Partnership Agreements. Follow service and performance standards, measures and goals that have been set out by the Global Finance Services Lead. Monitor and manage SPA compliance
