Financial Analyst

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving 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 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.
Please let us know if we can support you with reasonable accommodations throughout the application process by contacting our team via [email protected]

Job Description

As a Financial Analyst in a manufacturing environment, you will report to the Financial Controller. As part of the finance team, your main responsibilities will be maintaining & optimizing the standard costing system for our Performance Tapes operations. This will include inventory accounting, analyzing product data, assuring it is recorded accurately and updated on a timely basis. The financial analyst will play a key role during month and quarter end close processes, working closely together with supply chain & operations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all activities related to product costing

  • Collaborate with Marketing and Operations to assess accurate costing information

  • Partner with the R&D, Marketing and Operations functions in new product development

  • Challenge information received when needed and provide recommendations on costing optimizations

• Support Financial closing requirements and ongoing accounting processes related to the manufacturing and inventory management activities, including but not limited to:

  • Inventory control: ensuring all materials are accurately recorded 

  • Standard cost calculation and maintenance

  • Responsible for Bill of Material timely update and accuracy

• Analyze the organization and parts of the organization’s processes with regards to financial performance, report out on the financial performance and identify solutions and opportunities for improvement.

• Lead financial reporting and analysis, as well as ensuring compliance related controls, for:

  • Products with quality defects in collaboration with the Quality department

  • Inventory count and valuation and inventory adjustments

  • Operational scrap 

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
• Drive digitization and process improvement and documentation 
• Support compliance activities and audits: Assist internal and external audits when necessary and support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance controls.
• Coordinate Cycle count process.
• Monthly review of cost center statements and follow-up with the business owners.
• Monitoring the capital spending for the manufacturing plant.
• Business Unit support: ad hoc issues, projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Finance & Accounting. Masters degree is a plus. 
• Any relevant working experience is considered as a plus
• Excellent computer literacy including advanced excel knowledge and ERP system experience. Digital acumen (AI, digitization projects) - is considered as a plus
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Challenge inputs to get accurate results.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and investigative skills with the ability to articulate and present complex concepts in a straightforward manner.
• Proactive and independent self-starter, ability to work under pressure and flexibility to adjust to changing priorities.
• Languages: Dutch and English on business professional level.

Additional Information

Who we are! - Our Story:

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

Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer. In the EMEA region, we have these Employee Resource Groups: 

• EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
• Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
• Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community in the EMEA region

To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website: https://www.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 to know us better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)