Job Description:

Associate Finance Manager - Distribution

Job Description

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 Distribution Finance Manager will play a critical role in managing and optimizing the financial performance of the Distribution business unit. This role involves forecasting, planning, variance analysis, tool management, and advocating for LEAN practices to drive cost savings and efficiency.

In this role, you will:

• Forecasting and Planning: Own the monthly KCNA Distribution forecast, annual planning cycles, and long-range planning cycles. Gather and analyze inputs from various sources to develop an accurate, key driver-based forecast. Communicate results to all key stakeholders in a timely manner.


• Variance Analysis: Reconcile actual results on a monthly basis using key metric performance to explain variances to prior forecasts and plans. Develop plans to increase forecast accuracy.


• Anaplan Tool Management: Work closely with the Anaplan COE to maintain and continuously improve the Anaplan tool, effectively facilitating various FP&A cycles.


• LEAN Practices: Advocate for LEAN business practices, driving out waste in business processes using LEAN problem-solving tools and practices. Emphasize simplification, standardization, and automation across all systems and processes.


• Financial Analysis: Provide accurate analysis as a subject matter expert to various leaders and stakeholders across the organization. This includes analysis for capital projects, Project Evaluation and Review of Learning (PEARL) analyses, lease vs. buy scenarios, price pack architecture, new product launches, and other ad hoc analyses upon request.


• Financial and Operations Control Adherence: Collaborate with the Supply Chain Accounting Team to ensure the application of efficient and effective financial and operating controls, supporting the Corporation’s requirement for strong central financial control.


• Training: Provide training to Operations and Finance business partners to strengthen Distribution acumen across the business.


• Cost Saving Transformation: Be an influential partner within the KCNA cost transformation initiative, working to identify, vet, and deliver Distribution cost savings. This includes building business cases, highlighting financial trends, and communicating the financial impact of the transformation.


• Forecasting and Planning: Own the monthly KCNA Distribution forecast, annual planning cycles, and long-range planning cycles. Gather and analyze inputs from various sources to develop an accurate, key driver-based forecast. Communicate results to all key stakeholders in a timely manner.


• Variance Analysis: Reconcile actual results on a monthly basis using key metric performance to explain variances to prior forecasts and plans. Develop plans to increase forecast accuracy.


• Anaplan Tool Management: Work closely with the Anaplan COE to maintain and continuously improve the Anaplan tool, effectively facilitating various FP&A cycles.


• LEAN Practices: Advocate for LEAN business practices, driving out waste in business processes using LEAN problem-solving tools and practices. Emphasize simplification, standardization, and automation across all systems and processes.


• Financial Analysis: Provide accurate analysis as a subject matter expert to various leaders and stakeholders across the organization. This includes analysis for capital projects, Project Evaluation and Review of Learning (PEARL) analyses, lease vs. buy scenarios, price pack architecture, new product launches, and other ad hoc analyses upon request.


• Financial and Operations Control Adherence: Collaborate with the Supply Chain Accounting Team to ensure the application of efficient and effective financial and operating controls, supporting the Corporation’s requirement for strong central financial control.


• Training: Provide training to Operations and Finance business partners to strengthen Distribution acumen across the business.


• Cost Saving Transformation: Be an influential partner within the KCNA cost transformation initiative, working to identify, vet, and deliver Distribution cost savings. This includes building business cases, highlighting financial trends, and communicating the financial impact of the transformation.

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 in Finance or related field.


• 5+ years of progressive financial leadership experience in brand, manufacturing, logistics and/or operational Finance with a consistent record of influence and impact.


• Strong business judgment, problem-solving and analytical skills and high degree of financial competence.


• Experience applying LEAN principles and tools to enable effective problem solving preferred.


• Knowledge in the principles and practices of finance and accounting to ensure that procedures, instructions and practices within the unit provide adequate internal financial control and are in conformance with corporate accounting and financial control policies and instructions.


• Demonstrated organizational skills to manage functional workload, multiple priorities, and competing time demands.


• Strong oral, written and presentation skills to deliver effective, confident and results-oriented communications and presentations.


• Ability to influence without authority.

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.

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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. 

Primary Location

USA-WI-Neenah

Additional Locations

USA-GA-Atlanta-Roswell, USA-IL-Chicago

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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