Associate Director, Strategy Finance - Personal Care

Associate Director, Strategy Finance - Personal Care

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. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

The Associate Director of Strategic Finance for Personal Care is a senior financial advisor and business partner to the Personal Care CFO and leadership team. This position is an individual contributor but is a highly visible role expected to collaborate closely with multiple senior leaders to influence, drive impact and achieve business objectives. It combines long‑term strategic modeling with near‑term executional finance responsibilities to enable growth, margin expansion, and transformation goals.

The position influences key decisions through financial insights, scenario planning, and governance, while also leading planning processes and talent development within the Finance organization.

The Person al Care business includes the Adult & Feminine Care and Baby & Child Care business units.

This role is pivotal in shaping the two Personal Care ABUs financial strategy while ensuring flawless execution of planning cycles and governance. Success is measured by the ability to deliver strategic clarity, financial rigor, and team capability development, enabling KCNA’s growth and transformation objectives.

• Develop and deliver long‑term financial models integrating cross‑functional inputs to guide enterprise‑level decisions.
• Lead commercial financial work streams for major strategic initiatives, providing scalable NS, OP, share, NPV, and payback scenarios.
• Support each Personal Care ABU’s Strategic Business Plan (SBP) and innovation pipeline with robust financial strategy and modeling to enable topline and OP growth.
• Conduct valuation and scenario planning for network optimization projects integrating asset utilization and strategic trade‑offs.

• Financial lead of Strategic Business Planning (SBP) and Annual Business Planning (ABP) cycles for the two Personal Care ABUs, ensuring financial integrity and alignment with KCNA goals.
• Act as a senior financial advisor to the Personal Care CFO and leadership team, providing insights on current performance, projected plans, and strategic choices.
• Influence organizational decisions balancing market share, topline growth, profitability, and balance sheet efficiency to create long‑term shareholder value.
• Proactively bring forward insights and ideas that shape business direction and drive value creation.

• Facilitate Finance Leadership Team sessions to drive alignment and engagement.
• Coach and onboard new talent, providing ongoing feedback and training on financial cycles and tools.
• Elevate team capability through process simplification, automation, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Implement P&L governance and lead efforts to guide strategic investments across ACP and SG&A.
• Prepare and deliver materials for both AFC and BCC ABU Leadership Teams and ELT to enable informed decision‑making and ROI protection.
• Ensure application of corporate financial controls via effective communication, implementation, and audit of control procedures.

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.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in financial planning, strategy, or commercial finance.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and strategic planning.
• Strong business acumen with experience supporting branded growth initiatives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to influence senior leaders.