Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description

About Us

Founded in 1872, Kimberly-Clark (NASDAQ: KMB) is a global Fortune 200 consumer packaged goods (CPG) company with 38,000 employees and annual revenues of $16.4B. Kimberly-Clark (K-C) and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for over a billion people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people’s most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what’s important to them.

Our portfolio of iconic brands, including Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® hold the No. 1 or No. 2 share position in 70 countries. Sustainability is at the center of our company and we understand our responsibility to make a positive contribution to the people we serve around the globe. We focus on the areas where we can make the biggest difference – climate, forests, water, and plastics.

After celebrating our 150-year anniversary, K-C is in the midst of an exciting transformation from a category-based business to a consumer-led growth platform. Leveraging our purpose-led, performance driven culture, the company continues to drive growth, fueled by category-defining innovation as we live out our purpose of Better Care for a Better World.

At K-C, treating individuals with respect is the way we do business and the way we lead our industry and our world. We’re building an organization that looks and thinks like our customers around the world and searching for talented people with different perspectives and varied backgrounds. At K-C, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis (VP FP&A) leads a central team responsible for enterprise-wide financial planning processes and results. This includes establishing planning process, timelines, targets, and requirements across strategic planning, quarterly and annual planning processes. The FP&A team also serves as financial partner to the global supply chain team, overhead functions/SG&A, and as the financial leader for the K-C transformation.

The VP FP&A will play a key role leading the assessment of enterprise plans and business plan performance, including risks and opportunities, as well as recommending actions to identify value creation opportunities and improve business outcomes. Responsibilities also include leadership for routine and ad hoc enterprise analytical support to facilitate executive team decision making, and support for CFO communications to the Board of Directors on business plans and business performance. The VP FP&A will also be a key partner to the Investor Relations team, supporting analysis and insights to inform ongoing investor communications.

Role & Responsibilities

The VP FP&A plays a critical role in driving the financial health and success of the organization. This executive will lead and manage the enterprise FP&A framework, business planning processes (strategic planning, annual planning, capital planning and forecasting), and global analytics tools across Kimberly-Clark’s businesses and functions to deliver strong, risk-balanced, plans for sustained business growth.

The VP FP&A will partner with key leadership including the Chief Financial Officer and the finance leadership team; business segment leaders and their finance leaders; the executive leadership team comprised of the CEO and direct reports; and segment FP&A teams. The VP FP&A will drive and lead continuous process improvement, effective governance and clarity of planning requirements and guidance, and highly effective communication and coordination across a global matrix organization.  Further, this leader will provide forward leaning and insightful analytics that enable enterprise portfolio decisions and pressure testing of plans, while also highlighting value creating opportunities and decisions that fuel profitable business growth.

Additionally, the VP FP&A will:

• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process, working closely with segment leaders to develop accurate and achievable financial targets

• Analyze financial performance and key metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and risks

• Serve as the finance leader and primary partner to the global supply chain organization, overseeing financial planning, cost management, and performance optimization across a major spend area