Job Title: Associate Analyst I/II - Finance
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. We focus on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition, with products sold in over 200 countries under brands like Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline, Suavitel, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition. We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in sustainability and community wellbeing.
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Travel Required?: No Travel
Job Type: Hybrid
Relocation Assistance: Offered Within Country
Date: July 19, 2024
Job Summary
The Supply Chain Finance Analyst is primarily responsible for performing tasks related to Costing, Inventory, and Fixed Assets Accounting processes.
Key Responsibilities
Technical CO Closing and Product Costing:
- Perform and validate Technical CO Closing activities, new product costing, mass product costing, and annual CO budget and planning.
Fixed Assets Management:
- Handle capitalization, retirement, and master-data maintenance of fixed assets.
Compliance and Controls:
- Regularly review SOX/internal controls compliances with accurate documentation, report discrepancies/potential risks during peer reviews, and promptly remediate them.
Lease Accounting:
- Perform lease accounting activities in SAP and the lease governance tool.
Year-End Testing and Reporting:
- Support and perform year-end testing and validations to ensure smooth transitions.
- Prepare and review various C&I and FA reports (monthly/quarterly/yearly - management & statutory) to ensure accuracy, analyze variances, and track plant performance.
Support and Collaboration:
- Ensure support to ATL in backup planning and execution.
- Escalate and seek support from ATL/TL & other collaborators.
- Share regular updates on service delivery with ATL/TL and the business team.
- Take ownership and accountability of workflow completion (FCC/CPRS) on time.
- Perform root cause analysis to remediate issues (with GIT support if required) and incorporate improvements in SOBPs periodically.
- Review processes and reports with business regularly for standardization and simplification initiatives, understanding the business perspective, and sharing standard processes across subs/hubs/divisions for continuous process improvement.
Engagement and Knowledge Sharing:
- Engage regularly and as needed with various collaborators - Business Finance/TL/ATL/GIT/multi-functional teams.
- Prepare, contribute to, and validate content and quality of decks for Business Engagement/Town Halls.
- Analyze and report issues to ATLs/TL on time, ensuring timely root cause analysis and detailed reporting.
- Facilitate ongoing functional learning within the team based on business feedback or own assessment of needs/gaps.
- Share knowledge as SME and train resources as part of succession planning.
- Develop key learning models for training programs.
Innovation and Process Improvement:
- Develop analysis and insights from business data to support informed decision-making by business leaders.
- Propose and implement process improvement ideas for effectiveness and efficiency.
- Support global projects, CPIs implementation, and efficiency delivery measures.
Experience and Knowledge Requirements
- Experience: 3+ years in a related field.
- Knowledge:
- SOX, US GAAP, IFRS, Indian AS
- SAP FI/CO/PA/MM modules
- Advanced Excel & Google Sheets, BI Reporting platforms
- Costing, Inventory, and Fixed Assets processes (preferred)
- Technical Skills: Comfortable handling and analyzing large data sets, developing visualizations in Slides or advanced digital tools like DOMO/Sigma.
- Experience: Prior experience working with multiple teams and business engagement across virtual platforms.
Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are dedicated to acting on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people. We ensure our workforce represents the communities we serve and create an environment where our people feel they belong, are treated with respect, and have leadership support to impact the business meaningfully.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.