Administration Specialist

Jobs2Web; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferrero is seeking an Administration Specialist to support accounting quality, tax compliance, and internal controls under supervision of the Manager. You will assist with receivables, payables, and administrative processes across the Procure to Pay and Order to Cash cycles.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, 2+ years in a similar role, and fluency in English. This position offers growth within a global FMCG company with brand names familiar to consumers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance.
• 2+ years of experience in similar roles.
• Experience in FMCG industry preferred.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Support receivables and payables, billing and invoicing, and credit analysis.
• Assist general, supplier and client administration, posting fixed assets and inventory movements.
• Generate reports through financial systems and complete related tasks.
• Conduct monthly closures per deadlines and Group reporting standards.
• Support plant-related asset inventory per Group guidelines and audit activities.
• Assist in credit and treasury management activities.
• Prepare financial reports and monitor grants.
• Collect data for studies and reports.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance

Job description

Ferrero is family company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands like Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in 55 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? Nearly 35,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

If you have a great eye for details and are perfect organiser this role can be interesting for you. As an Administration Specialist your main focus will be to support the accounting quality, compliance with tax and accounting law as correctly applying internal controlling rules. As your Manager will supervise all the "Procure to Pay" and "Order to Cash" processes, you will support the proper management of administration issues as receivables, payables.

Main Responsibilities: (TBD)

• Supporting the area of receivables and payables accounts, billing and invoicing, as well as client’s credit analysis, aging preparation, payment analysis and reconciliation
• Supporting the general, suppliers and client’s administration activities, posting on fixed asset, on inventory movements and other related activities
• Generating reports through financial systems and completing related work as apparent or assigned
• Conducting monthly closures in the respective deadlines and in Group reporting standards
• Providing support in the execution of Plant related Group assets’ inventory activities accordingly to the Group guidelines
• Supporting the team in audit related activities, credit and treasury management areas
• Professional, technical and administrative work with producing financial reports and monitoring grants
• Collecting data for studies and reports

Who we are looking for:

• Min. Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
• At least 2 years’ experience in similar roles
• Experience gained in FMCG company with plants and factories
• Knowledge and strong interests in financial analysis preparation, accounting, planning, taxes, or administration preferred
• Fluency in English

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumers and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand, and ability to cooperate with employees at all levels and great organizational skills on the other, would be here key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organization dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a part of the team and built proper relations with stakeholders at all levels. Being flexible and dealing with dynamic working environment as well as ability to embed new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you here to become high performer.