Sales Strategy Senior Financial Analyst at Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Sales Strategy Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description

Kimberly-Clark is leading the world in essentials for a better life. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with nearly 57,000 employees worldwide and operations in 35 countries, Kimberly-Clark posted sales of $18.2 billion in 2016. Kimberly-Clark’s global brands are sold in more than 175 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people trust Kimberly-Clark products and the solutions they provide to make their lives better. With well-known family care and personal care brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Andrex, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Poise and Depend, we hold the No. 1 or No. 2 share position globally in more than 80 countries.

Our success stems from leveraging insights from our customers, shoppers and users in the innovations we bring to market. This has led us to the development of entirely new products and categories, and improved performance in existing brands.

As a global company, we are committed to cultivating a fair, respectful and engaging work environment that inspires our diverse global team to thrive professionally and contribute to the communities where we operate. We also have a responsibility to attain a deeper understanding of our impact on the world. Addressing Sustainability issues and incorporating solutions through all levels of Kimberly-Clark is a critical component of our business.

Throughout our 143-year history, Kimberly-Clark has adhered to a set of simple yet insightful values established by our founders – quality, service and fair dealing. These are the standards of performance by which our leadership and employees are measured. These values have helped establish Kimberly-Clark as a leading-edge global company that produces superior essential products used by families and professionals from all walks of life and cultures around the world.

We are currently recruiting for a Sales Strategy Senior Financial Analyst in our Chicago, IL office. 

Position Summary

The position serves as an integral business partner to the Business Unit Sales and the Customer Development organizations. The position is focused on delivering key financial metrics including net sales, profit, and share objectives across all retail customers by providing timely and robust financial analysis, control and compliance support, and effective business planning.  Overall, the position informs and influences business decisions, particularly focused on trade investment opportunities.

Organization: People Responsibilities/Reporting Line/Partnerships:

The Sales Strategy Senior Financial Analyst reports directly to the Sales Strategy Finance Manager and generally supports the trade investment and deployment for a business unit.  Incumbent will also work with Brand and Customer Team Finance Managers, BU Sales, and Marketing to develop and deploy trade investment strategies.

This position provides broad financial support and strategic insightful analysis to achieve business results.  A principal activity of this position is to develop and communicate earned and spent trade forecasts by leveraging insights, analysis and cross functional interactions.  This role will also assist with gap management activities by providing financial analysis, support, and guidance.

Key Responsibilities

Development of comprehensive earned and spent trade forecast for the assigned business unit incorporating marketing assumptions, trade initiatives, customer plans, and gap closure activities. Assist in the development of future year trade deployment strategies by providing financial analysis and leadership for BU Sales in the Annual Operating Process. Deliver value to the organization by providing analysis and insights for current year earned and trade spending, ensuring deployment and investment decisions are efficient and effective. Foster a highly productive energetic environment in which smart risk taking and bias towards action is encouraged and rewarded.  Participate fully in project teamwork, training initiatives, and onboarding of new team members. Demonstrate a commitment to delivering breakthrough value by proactively presenting ideas to generate incremental and profitable sales. Drive action and inspire change across functions through strong collaboration and communication, particularly with Brand Finance, BU Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance. Ensure application of efficient and effective financial and operating controls within the Corporation.  Promote sound internal control programs and support the Corporation's requirement for strong central financial control by reporting, to the Director of Finance – Customer Development, whenever Corporate Financial Policies or instructions are not being followed or appear inappropriate, inadequate or out-of-date.

Basic Qualifications

• BS Finance or related field


• Minimum of 2 years proven and progressive experience in corporate finance and/or business analysis 


• Strong business judgment, problem-solving and analytical skills


• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills


• Demonstrated leadership skills to drive change cross-functionally


• Exceptional ability to influence without authority


• A proven track record of high performance


• Knowledge of the financial and business implications of general business practices is essential


• Knowledge of Customer Development tools is a plus


• Passion to be an integral partner to the business. 

Relocation assistance will be provided for the ideal candidate.

Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. K-C will provide relocation support for this role.

Primary Location

USA-IL-Chicago

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Salary:

$85,000.00

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