Associate Finance Manager, Health & Wellness
Kimberly-Clark

Job Info

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You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. It starts with YOU!

Position Summary:

The Associate Finance Manager, Health & Wellness will be responsible for the $30MM Skin Care and $50MM Dispensers businesses and will report to the Senior Finance Manager, Health & Wellness. Brands include Scott™ and Kleenex™. This individual contributor will be a key financial and thought partner to the Category Leaders, Senior Finance Manager Health & Wellness, and the Category Managers. In this role, you will conduct all business analysis efforts for the Skin Care and Dispensers businesses. You will be a conduit to link multiple, cross-functional teams to make the best financial decisions for the business. You will serve as a key strategic partner to the Category leaders to guide the development of the category vision and the delivery of business targets. Lastly, in this role, you will work closely with cross-functional partners including Brand Managers, Market Insights, R&E, Supply Chain, and Finance.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the achievement of Net Sales and Operating Profit through proactive analysis, idea generation, recommendation and implementation activities that results in clear and significant profit improvement.
• Actively participate in the formulation of business strategies and plans.
• Provide business and technical knowledge, prompt and insightful financial analytics and recommendations to ensure the Category strategic and financial objectives are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to accelerate organic growth, add value to the category and deliver sustainable profitability.
• Prepare and evaluate category business plans and analyze P&Ls and balance sheets to ensure profitable operations.
• Ensure application of efficient and effective financial and operating controls and report whenever Corporate Financial Policies or instructions are not being followed or appear inappropriate.
• Provide explanation and analysis on actual results and support or recommend. remediation plans on any emerging issues to ensure business results are still met/exceeded.
• Support all business processes to drive continuous improvement and improving category performance.
• Develop analytical processes and tools to support better delivery of Business objectives.
• Flow to work as needed across all categories to support business needs and/or Category Finance needs.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands-and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our professional roles, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; business degree or other discipline that requires quantitative knowledge.
• 5+ years of business experience.
• Broad business perspective view and the ability to build trust easily and speak other functions language to build consensus.
• Continuous improvement mind-set.
• Ability to work across the business data landscape particularly with SAP databases, Microsoft office, Tableau, and PowerPivot tools.
• Advanced analytical techniques and/or statistics with the ability to creatively identify appropriate data sources, develop hypotheses, commission, and directly undertake detailed analysis, and develop meaningful and robust recommendations.
• Strong analytic, statistics and data mining skills. Proficient with Tableau, PowerPivot, etc.
• Able to work within and distill insights from imperfect data sets.
• Capable of working in a dynamic environment.
• Strong track record of results delivery - financial, process/systems/tools, and capability development.
• Adept in structuring and solving unstructured business issues, situations, or questions.
• Ability to exercise independent problem solving and decision making with a high degree of initiative and self-coordination.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 - when prompted for employee ID, say "OTHER CALLER" - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark's applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark's sole discretion.

This is a Grade 10 position in the US. Grades may vary by location.

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