Cost Accountant

Company Description

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of 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 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.
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Job Description

As a fully qualified accountant with experience as a Cost Accountant in a manufacturing environment, you will report to the Financial Controller. As part of the finance team, your main responsibilities will be maintaining the standard costing system for our performance tapes, personal care and medical operations. This will include inventory accounting, analyzing product data, assuring it is recorded accurately and updated on a timely basis. The cost accountant will play a key role during month and quarter end close processes, working closely with the Avery Dennison Performance Tapes finance team and operations & supply chain. Another critical responsibility is to cost new products in conjunction with R&D, Marketing and Operations. Important in the role is to challenge the operational inputs in order to optimize costing and productivity. And to launch initiatives for process and efficiency improvements in costing.

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 and packaging are accurately recorded 

  • Standard cost calculation and maintenance

  • Responsible for Bill of Material timely update and accuracy

• 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 

• 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.

• Support ad-hoc activities

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

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We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work at Avery Dennison. With us, teams are balanced and diverse. Because each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. You are interested in knowing more about our Diversity & Inclusion approach? Please go to averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

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