Specialist - Cost Accounting

at  KimberlyClark

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:

• Coordinate the end-to end product costing process for a business sector, including analyzing and explaining changes to mill management and business analysis team. Ensure data integrity within SAP through monitoring of such data on a consistent basis. Coordinate the development and review of sector management reports explaining month-end operating results, trends and variances and ensure clear, concise commentary to aid in their understanding of reported results and trends.
• Ensure all costs are properly reflected in the correct cost centers within SAP and that expense accruals are recorded.
• Participate in the development of cost accounting “Unifying Practices” to drive continual process improvements and increase efficiency. Collaborating with various teams as necessary to implement major initiatives that result from external influences and from internal sources, such as business and process improvement projects.
• Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of journal entries including those that may be complex in nature. Review account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and timeliness and coordinate identification, investigation and resolution of discrepancies.
• Demonstrate a commitment to quality performance and teamwork through personal example by adopting a customer-based philosophy in the level of service provided.
• Ensure application of established financial controls within his/her area of responsibility by the effective implementation and maintenance of financial policies and instructions; and by the establishment, maintenance and audit of effective and reliable control procedures. Report to Team Leader, or in case no action is taken in a reasonable time period, to his/her principal, whenever corporate financial policies or instructions are not being followed, or appear inappropriate, inadequate or out-of-date.
• Communicate fully with those who need to know, while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Communicate in a way that is timely, complete, concise, clear, accurate and responsive. Communicate in a business-like and professional manner.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
• Identify and lead process improvements, methods and activities to improve product costing processes.
• Plan and manage internal/external auditing activities of Kimberly-Clark.

ABOUT US

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, million of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate the end-to end product costing process for a business sector, including analyzing and explaining changes to mill management and business analysis team. Ensure data integrity within SAP through monitoring of such data on a consistent basis. Coordinate the development and review of sector management reports explaining month-end operating results, trends and variances and ensure clear, concise commentary to aid in their understanding of reported results and trends.
• Ensure all costs are properly reflected in the correct cost centers within SAP and that expense accruals are recorded.
• Participate in the development of cost accounting “Unifying Practices” to drive continual process improvements and increase efficiency. Collaborating with various teams as necessary to implement major initiatives that result from external influences and from internal sources, such as business and process improvement projects.
• Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of journal entries including those that may be complex in nature. Review account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and timeliness and coordinate identification, investigation and resolution of discrepancies.
• Demonstrate a commitment to quality performance and teamwork through personal example by adopting a customer-based philosophy in the level of service provided.
• Ensure application of established financial controls within his/her area of responsibility by the effective implementation and maintenance of financial policies and instructions; and by the establishment, maintenance and audit of effective and reliable control procedures. Report to Team Leader, or in case no action is taken in a reasonable time period, to his/her principal, whenever corporate financial policies or instructions are not being followed, or appear inappropriate, inadequate or out-of-date.
• Communicate fully with those who need to know, while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Communicate in a way that is timely, complete, concise, clear, accurate and responsive. Communicate in a business-like and professional manner.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
• Identify and lead process improvements, methods and activities to improve product costing processes.
• Plan and manage internal/external auditing activities of Kimberly-Clark

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• The SCA Specialist position requires a Bachelor’s degree Accounting, Finance or other business degree.
• 5+ years related business experience.
• The incumbent must have the ability to work effectively with ERP systems (such as SAP) and personal computer applications (such as Excel) and have a thorough understanding of Cost Accounting principles and concepts.
• The position is expected to be customer service oriented and self-motivated, yet able to effectively collaborate up and down the organization.
• Key skills include analysis, judgment, decisiveness, organization, communication, collaboration, innovation and a passion for achieving success.
• Must possess a highly analytical mindset and be able to deal effectively in ambiguous situations where the answer is not always defined