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.
In this role, you will support the EMEA FC & Assistant Controller and help serve as one of the single points of contact for the Corporate Controller’s Office with respect to controls, technical accounting, and financial reporting. The Senior Financial Reporting & Control Analyst will serve as an advisor to the EMEA Business, Global Business Services (“GBS”), Operations, and Centers of Excellence (“COE”) to help support accounting and reporting integrity and drive an effective controls and compliance program. This induvial will also be a change agent and lead value-driving activities across the function.
The Senior Financial Reporting & Control Analyst will be providing very strong support to the EMEA FC & Assistant Controller in terms of reviewing the completeness and accuracy of statutory financial statements prepared according to local regulations, providing technical accounting support and guidance in terms of both US GAAP as well as local statutory reporting, and leading strategic value-driving projects. Additionally, the Analyst will partner with the business and functional teams to evaluate and recommend control improvements in their processes, and where applicable, he or she will also engage in discussion of proposed audit findings and provide advice on remediation and will facilitate management testing.
Key Controls Responsibilities:
1. Work closely with the EMEA FC & Assistant Controller to help provide counsel and advice to corporate staff, operating units and others on effects of accounting and reporting rules, regulations, and issued.
2. Be a change-agent and lead strategic projects on the Internal Control Team to help execute value-driving activities.
3. Serve as the face of the Controller’s Office to the business for all internal control questions, interpretations or issues.
4. Provide guidance and support to the business in terms of interpretation of CFI and answering of relevant queries.
5. Support in the effort to review and provide feedback on statutory financial statements prepared according to local requirements to ensure they reflect complete and accurate financial information.
6. Work with process owners on corporate initiatives and new or changed processes to ensure controls are addressed adequately and efficiently.
7. Work with process owners/testers to ensure that management testing is executed as expected, including updating of master data, evaluation of test results, and development of remediation plans.
8. Work with process owners to ensure their remediation plans for issues identified appropriately address the relevant risks, and follow-up to ensure remediation is completed timely.
9. Engage in and lead activities and initiatives to raise the awareness and knowledge level of internal controls and provide targeted and/or general training to employees related to their internal control responsibilities.
10. Perform analyses and special studies as needed.
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:
11. A strong and consistent understanding of finance and controls is required for this position, typically obtained through a minimum of 7-12 years of relevant business, accounting, external audit, and/or internal controls experience. Specifically, he or she must have a working knowledge of financial accounting and reporting, a strong accounting knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS, SOX requirements, internal controls and common practices, and external audit and internal control principles.
12. The ideal candidate will have broad and expert knowledge of internal controls theory, practices and procedures, typically experiences associated with a Big Four public accounting firm.
13. The Consultant must have strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities, and competing time demands, with an enthusiasm for projects and process development/improvement. He/she must also have strong oral, written, and presentation skills to deliver effective communications and presentations.
14. A university qualification of an undergraduate degree or better, preferably in Finance, Accounting or Economics. Additional professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) highly desired.
Total Benefits
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To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….
Primary Location
Walton Oaks
Additional Locations
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time