Senior Financial Controller

Senior Financial Controller

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.

In this role, you will:


* Supports Kimberly Clark India & Southeast Asia (ISEA) Segment Controller by providing overall Controllership support in business requirements, to meet statutory financial reporting requirements, meet compliance requirements, report financial statements accurately and safeguards company’s assets.  


* Partner with senior business leaders to drive agenda and activities of the Controls and Compliance Steering Committees


* Provide strong leadership to drive implementation and monitoring of an effective internal control framework.


* Support Treasury operation along with GBS in driving efficiency in cost.


* Drive global standardization and simplification in financial reporting and control and governance processes.

Principal Responsibilities:

FINANCIAL REPORTING, ANALYSIS AND ACCOUNTING


* Maintain strong oversight of monthly, quarterly and annual closing process with Global Business Services (GBS) and Kimberly Clark Operating teams to ensure reporting of Kimberly Clark financials in compliance with US GAAP, Kimberly Clark’s Corporate Financial Instructions (CFIs) and Local and Indian GAAP


* Advise the business on technical accounting matters, statutory reporting, controls requirements.


* Lead the quarterly Financial Representation Letter (FRL) certification process and discuss appropriate disclosures and their implications with India MD and FD.

Ensure documentation and follow up of appropriate remediation plans


* Lead pre-Quarter close and post-Quarter close discussions, with Segment Controller to determine any accounting issues, non-recurring transactions, judgmental reserves and contingencies.


* Evaluate capex proposals, for compliance with accounting and disclosure requirements of US GAAP, CFIs, Local and Indian GAAP


* Collaborate with ISEA FP&A team to ensure appropriate accounting treatment is considered for non-recurring transactions in ABPs and quarterly forecasts.


* Oversee preparation and reporting of Statutory Accounts & tax consistent with local accounting standards, regulatory requirements.

INTERNAL CONTROLS


* Help lead India’s internal control and internal audit function to build and maintain a strong control environment.


* Lead regular process risk assessments with functional leaders, process owners and control owners to ensure processes and Sox/Non-Sox controls are well designed, flow charts and SOPs are well document...