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Your role at Clorox:
The Financial Analyst ll will support the Monthly Financial Close, Forecast, accounting and Internal Control processes for Corp Supply Chain, Corp Marketing, Executive Office and CREWS Functions on Administrative spending.
Provide management with timely and accurate business analysis to support decision and spending prioritization. Actively supports ideas and projects that continuously improve work efficiency, quality and internal control.
In this role, you will:
Actively supports the Monthly Financial Close, Forecast, accounting and Internal Control processes for Corp Supply Chain, Corp Marketing, Executive Office and CREWS Functions:
- Monthly close processes include: soliciting, consolidating, creating and posting of approved accounting journal entries to support accurate admin spend recording and reporting.
- Perform detailed reviews and reconciliations of key GL accounts to ensure accuracy of balances and compliance with corporate accounting standards.
- Timely reporting of accurate Admin result, and analytics of key drivers of variances to budget owners.
- Maintain strong process adherence to internal controls and accounting policies to ensure no material deficiencies are identified.
- Monthly Forecast processes including soliciting and summarizing all budget owners’ inputs, answering all questions from budget owners, and eventually collaborating with manager to review forecast submission with Budget owners.
- Support preparation of management reports, trend analyses, and executive summaries to enable informed decision-making.
Actively supports initiatives and projects to continuously improve processes and tools in Admin forecasting and reporting
- Become an expert at Digital Transformation tools (S4 and Anaplan) to accomplish work responsibilities and help develop/maintain training materials.
- Proactively enable team and budget owners to be effective and self-sufficient with Digital Transformation tools.
- Leverage the Digital Transformation tools to deliver process improvement ideas that increase efficiency, and improve quality of reporting and internal control.
- Support automation initiatives, including report optimization, data validation, and template standardization to reduce manual effort and errors.
Supports team engagement and culture initiatives:
- Actively contribute to a positive and inclusive work environment that fosters collaboration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and allyship.
- Demonstrate accountability, adaptability, and proactive communication, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
#LI-Hybrid
What we look for:
- 2+ years of full time Finance and Accounting experience
- Prior Finance and Accounting work experience with publicly listed companies
- Certified Public Accounting (CPA) certification (Mexico equivalent) desirable
- Ability to effectively read, write, and communicate in English language.
Skills and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of accounting theory, including journal entries and financial statements.
- Proficient with preparing journal entries while strongly adhering to internal control and accounting policies.
- Strong planning, organizing, communication, collaboration, presentation skills
- Ability to take personal ownership to ensure timely and effective response to customers’ needs.
- Ability to self-manage workload to meet monthly Financial Close/Forecast due dates and deliverables.
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively with remote/global team members, managers, and customers.
- Expertise in Microsoft Office suite.
- Strong desire for continuous process improvement and to develop expertise with digital transformation tools
- Actively supports and practices team engagement initiatives, and promotes culture of inclusion and diversity.
Desirable:
- Strong SAP S4 Hana knowledge.
- Strong Anaplan knowledge.
- Strong ability to effectively communicate key messages to senior leaders (Chief Officers, VPs and Director level).
- Passion in building a long term career in Clorox.
- Experience with process improvement
Workplace type:
Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home
Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.
Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:
Competitive compensation
Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
Flexible work environment, depending on your role
Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
Half-day Fridays, depending on your location
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