When you touch the lives of millions of people around the world, nothing but the best will do. That’s why The Clorox Company and our subsidiaries look for people committed to work together toward common goals, while taking personal ownership for their decisions and actions. People who believe in maintaining the highest standards of business and professional conduct. People who share our values of strong competitiveness, measuring results and “doing the right thing.” If you want to make your mark in millions of homes and do it where you can feel proud about it, apply now for this opportunity at Clorox:
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing financial advice to a customer-facing organization, driving profitable growth for both Clorox and our retailer partners. This will include acting as the financial advisor on a Regional Business Center customer team, recommending new processes or policies and/or working to ensure that existing processes and policies can be effective in the ever-changing customer environment. The specific work is diverse in scope, with the analytical requirements often driven by the information available and sophistication of the customer. The position is field-based, and requires a strong level of autonomy and ability to manage business and functional requirements independently. Strong communication, leadership, and adaptation skills are a must.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop financial valuations of business initiatives to support business growth and/or drive process improvement for Clorox and our key customers. Detailed probing to ensure accuracy/integrity of assumptions, identifying gaps and solutions, and recommending changes to policy and procedure changes (as needed).
- Present business-building recommendations to management at both the customer and Clorox.
- Analyze Trade funds spending and the develop business plans to maximize returns on investment for both Clorox and our customers.
- Act as the financial representative of Clorox to the customer.
- Build the financial capabilities of the multifunctional team through coaching and conducting ongoing assessment of the team's needs.
- Develop a clear understanding of our customer’s strategic direction,
and lead Clorox to leverage this knowledge to improve results.
- This involves understanding the key metrics our customers use to assess their manufacturers and how Clorox has the ability to impact them.
** Position may also be located in Mason, OH - Sales Office.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- 4 – 6 years of professional work experience in finance and accounting.
- Solid SAP or other ERP systems experience desired; must have thorough knowledge of financial reporting and experience in interpreting accounting and finance-related processes.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate resources outside functional area to support work required by the team.
- Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP.
- Strong financial analysis and decision making abilities, combined with strong practical usage of knowledge in real world situations.
- Ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner, both in written form and in front of a group.
- Ability to work in an unstructured environment with limited management oversight, given not co-located with manager.
- Ability to travel 30%-40%.
Desired Qualifications:
Certified Public Accounting (CPA) and/or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation.
Forecasting, and/or Financial planning & analysis experience.
CPG industry experience with a basic understanding of the Order through Cash process.
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