Plant Finance Manager

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognised brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programmes that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Travel Required?:
Travel - up to 10% of time

Posting

Start Date:

08/01/2026

On-site

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number#171106 - Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet.

Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

The Plant Finance Head will lead all financial activities at the plant level, ensuring financial control, budgeting, costing, capital expenditure, cost efficiency, inventory controls. This role requires strong analytical skills, leadership abilities, and a deep understanding of manufacturing finance.

• Oversee all financial operations within the plant, including budgeting, forecasting, monthly, quarterly & annual reporting including detailed variance analysis.
• Own the SKU level standard costing annually, New product costing, periodic review of existing FG SKU costing with understanding of BoM.
• Ensure delivery of plant conversion costs, track expenses, and lead the savings initiative at Plant, through funding the growth program.
• Support strategic decision-making through financial modelling, NPV & payback workings with inputs to director of manufacturing on project viability.
• Focus on working capital – plant inventory controls, payables management, open GRIR, vendor advances & deposits, CWIP ageing & idle assets.
• Effective stewardship through timely reporting for PPRs, Sox controls, plant compliance including department of industries, GST authorities & others.
• Act as a key member of Plant leadership team (PLT) and sounding board to Director of manufacturing.
• Fixed assets management:
  Capex spends against budget, CWIP ageing, timely capitalisations, asset tagging, assets retirement & scrapping and post-implementation CEB evaluations.
• Work closely with SCF head, Plant finance peers & supply chain teams in HO.

• Chartered Accountant with strong costing background
• Minimum 6 years of experience in finance, with a focus on manufacturing or plant finance
• Proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Hands on experience in Standard costing, FI & CO Module in SAP
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate financial information effectively to non-financial stakeholders.
• S4 Hana implementation will be added advantage.

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