Job Title:  Senior Finance Manager

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 156330 - Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as 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 and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

We are looking for an independent and diligent Finance professional to join the Hill's Division, the fastest growing division at Colgate Palmolive. This high-impact role leads the annual SOX compliance program for the Division on a global scale. This person will serve as the architect of financial integrity, ensuring seamless adherence to global transfer pricing policies. You'll partner with local Finance Managers to orchestrate timely and accurate intercompany pricing changes and conduct  annual reviews of inter-company contracts with precision. Lastly, you'll provide financial oversight and leadership to a number of  global processes, including Monthly Rolling Estimate (MRE), Mar/Oct Estimates basted on the Daily Sales Flash Report, SAP user access, and the Credit Insurance program for international export markets. This is a managerial role with one direct report. 

What you will do: 

•  Oversee statutory reporting, working with Tax and Legal to maintain the calendar global statutory reporting requirements, ensuring reconciliations are prepared, reviewed, and routed efficiently 
• Work with Divisional Tax to ensure international transfer pricing compliance - including analyzing the profitability of foreign subsidiaries, coordinating intercompany pricing adjustments, issue price change communications, and intercompany contracts 
• Lead the annual SOX program through calendar and team management, security system maintenance, design assessments and controls testing
• Coordinate Quarterly Manual Payments, Invoices, and Purchase Order Exception review
• Provide support during internal and external audits
• Manage the SAP user access provisioning process and roles maintenance 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance, or in another field with 7+ years of finance experience 
• Advanced to expert-level experience with Microsoft Excel 

• Proven ability to complete tasks and responsibilities independently

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate Degree or CPA 
• International Finance experience
• Extensive working proficiency with SAP financial systems
• Experience with Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, and Docs)
• People Management experience

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $112,000.00 - $157,000.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
• Paid Holidays: Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid/floating holidays annually
• Paid Sick Leave: Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)

Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and 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 (United States positions), 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.

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