Senior Finance Manager – FP&A, Global Overheads

Senior Finance Manager – FP&A, Global Overheads 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. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As Senior Financial Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Global Overheads, you'll have the responsibility to support our Kimberly‑Clark Global Overheads. This position will function as the Global Overhead FP&A process leader, leading financial planning and reporting for the globe, functions and segments and providing insights that shape overhead strategy and delivery. The position is responsible for short term business delivery (0‑15 months) and is expected to provide timely financial analysis and information to facilitate sound business decisions.

The Senior Finance Manager plays a critical role in driving the overall success of global overheads by turning information into analytics and insights. The applicant should be a thought leader and able to identify opportunities and solutions which deliver on business objectives.

• Lead the central FP&A overhead process to deliver accurate, efficient operational financial forecasts, integrated with other FP&A processes (~$3B in spending). Will require close collaboration with functional and segment overhead finance leads, GBS system and tool owners and Corporate FP&A team.
• Understand key risks and perform scenario analysis to guide the development of risk mitigation plans and ensure healthy delivery of overheads over the planning horizon.
• Provide timely, accurate, consistent, and complete financial information and insights to corporate, segment and functional leaders for making sound business decisions.
• Liaison with the Corporate FP&A team to ensure external reporting accurately represents the current state of and outlook for the Kimberly-Clark Overheads.
• Embrace and demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset to improve the quality and productivity of the Global Overhead Forecasting and Reporting process. Support the understanding of transfers, improve clarity and drive continuous improvements on allocations and transfers throughout overhead spending.
• Influence cross-functional and cross-divisional teams outside of direct span of control.
• Establish KPIs to track program progress and outcomes, monitoring and reporting out performance vs. target on an established cadence.

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.

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.

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