Kenvue is currently recruiting for: Manufacturing Site Finance Lead This position reports into the Global Snr Finance Manager and will be based from our site in Alcala de Henares.
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What You Will Do In a context of maternity coverage, The Site Finance Lead will provide direct financial leadership to the Madrid Site within the EMEA network, reporting into the EMEA Make Self Care Senior Finance Manager.
This role will partner with the Site Director, Site Leadership Team members and the Regional and Global Consumer Supply Chain organizations to achieve short/long term financial performance commitments and assess opportunities across sites that are in scope.
The Site Finance Lead will be responsible for Site business planning as well as the monitoring of actual results.
He/she will partner with the Profitability Management & Reporting team to drive insights on budget vs actual drivers, operational metrics, and frame results.
Together with the Regional Finance Lead, this individual will propose/evaluate business cases (Capital, Investments, Site Master Plan, New Products) and support decision making with a focus on driving value.
He/she will lead total cost per unit analyses for the Site as well as review and approve the Business Plan standard costs.
This position will collaborate with Global Services, Centers of Excellence, and other centralized organizations on the financial review cycles to ensure the reliability of the financial information.
He/she will provide insightful commentary on the financial drivers and communicate potential risks and opportunities.
Together with the Site Leadership team this individual will be responsible for risk management and driving a compliance culture across the Site.
This role will identify and implement opportunities to enhance financial analytics and will also support process improvement and standardization initiatives led by Global Services and Centers of Excellence.
Key Responsibilities Business Partnering and Decision Support: Establish a collaborative relationship with the Site Director and well as the Site Leadership Team.
Provide support business cases for investment decisions and cost savings opportunities.
Actively contribute to the Site's strategy and master plan.
Performance Analytics and Reporting: Review and communicate performance on key financial drivers and metrics.
Discuss variances between plan and actual results, share insights and recommend gap closure plans to the Leadership team.
Identify potential risks and opportunities and lead discussions on associated action plans.
Planning and Forecasting: Work with business partners to challenge assumptions, build models, review financial outputs and influence decision making.
Present/Share the Site financial targets and budget to the Leadership team and Board to ensure strategic alignment.
Product cost (standard costing)/Cost Management: Oversee cost accounting activities, ensuring accurate allocation of costs, variance analysis, and cost-saving initiatives.
Collaborate with production teams to optimize cost structures.
Risk Management and Compliance: Support internal/external audits, present audit outcomes to the board.
Drive a culture of compliance across the Site.
Financial system: Support the implementation of SAP One S4 in the sit and work cross functionally to ensure successful rollout.
What Are We Looking For Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance as well as a professional accounting qualification.
Fluency in Spanish, English, any other European Language would be a plus.
3+ years of progressive finance experience preferably Supply Chain Finance experience.
Strong leadership skills to develop and implement a vision.
High conceptual and analytical competence.
Ability to zoom in and out – ability to focus on process-oriented tactical plans as well as big picture strategic thinking to challenge status quo.
Collaboration and Business Partnering.
Results and performance driven.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Autonomous working attitude with high motivation.
Desired Qualifications Masters in Accounting/CA/CPA/CIMA etc.
SAP ERP (one S4 ideally) and advance skills in MS Office.
Knowledge in Business Intelligence systems would be an advantage.
What's In It For You Competitive Benefit Package.
Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
Learning & Development Opportunities.
Employee Resource Groups.
Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Primary Location Europe/Middle East/Africa-Spain-Community of Madrid-Madrid Job Function Finance #J-18808-Ljbffr
