PCO & ML Accountant

About the role

The PCO & ML Accountant supports manufacturing costing activities within Kerry's Global Business Services Finance function. Working under moderate supervision, the role ensures accurate cost flows in SAP, validates process orders, and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable financial outcomes for production sites.

Key responsibilities

• Review process orders, validate confirmations, and resolve variances, rework, scrap and errors.
• Manage Daily Cockpit activities and Monthly DUV reviews to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Respond to plant finance queries and provide insights on cost variances.
• Follow up on open production orders (WIP and release status) for technical closure.
• Partner with Quality teams to close inspections required for order completion.
• Monitor price variances between BOM/recipe standards and actual production results.
• Ensure accurate costing for new product introductions, including recipe validation and cost estimate accuracy.
• Support Material Master data validation related to costing views, BOM and routing.
• Execute month‑end closing activities, settlement and variance analysis.
• Validate and troubleshoot cost flows in SAP based on manufacturing processes.
• Apply Operational Excellence practices such as JDI, SIA and KPI tracking.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Recipe Controllers and Finance Operations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in cost accounting, manufacturing finance or a shared services environment.
• Fluency in English.
• Basic understanding of manufacturing processes, cost structures, project and change management.
• Familiarity with Operational Excellence concepts and KPIs.

Required skills

• SAP – Process Orders, Material Master costing views and costing transactions.
• Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work for a global leader in taste and nutrition.
• Exposure to cross‑functional teams and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Professional development in a multinational environment.