Sr Finance Analyst Global PICC Inventory

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Sr Finance Analyst–Global PICC Inventory

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Role Reports To

ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR

Location:

Asia Pacific, India, Karnataka, Bangalore

Work Location:

Fully Onsite

What You Will Do

Sr. Finance Analyst – Global PICC Inventory

Kenvue Supply Chain Finance is recruiting for a Sr Finance Analyst, located in Bangalore, India.

The PICC (Principal, Inventory, Costing and Currency) Finance team is responsible for Inventory Management, complex financial transactions and flows, costing, currency and intercompany pricing. PICC team ensures that all supply chain/cost transactions, analysis and reporting are accurate and compliant in line with Kenvue guidelines.

The Analyst will play a key role in ensuring a high-quality service delivery model through strong collaboration across Business and Finance. In addition, understanding of the Supply Chain Finance processes, systems and ability to effectively frame and communicate with senior leaders, will be important to success and to the team as a whole.

Description

The Analyst may be responsible for the following:

• Lead financial analysis, and business partnering across manufacturing, logistics, and customer service to optimize cost-to-serve, inventory, and service levels. Own month‑end close results and controls for supply chain cost centers and COGS, enabling data‑driven decisions and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to analyze and optimize aspects of the supply chain value chain.
• Ensure compliance with all local government and company regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Business partnering (i.e. Tax, Compliance, Supply Chain, Leadership Teams)
• Share business and financial best practices/procedures across the region
• Focus on process improvement and standardization
  Core Responsibilities
• Month End Close & Reporting (high commitment & proactiveness):
• Own COGS, manufacturing variances, freight, duty, warehousing, and distribution expense close—drive accurate accruals, reclasses, and cut-offs.
• Proactively pre reconcile ledgers, validate standard costs, monitor PPV, and resolve data issues before deadlines.
• Maintain tight calendar discipline, on call availability during peak close windows, and contingency plans for systems/data delays.
• Ensure robust inventory valuation, cycle count results analysis, slow moving/obsolete provisioning, and write off governance.

Process, Automation & Controls

Design automation for recurring reports (Power Query/BI), improve data flows, and reduce manual touchpoints.

Strengthen policy adherence (SOX controls, segregation of duties), and support internal/external audits.

Competencies & Behaviours

• High Commitment & Ownership: Delivers under tight timelines, escalates early, creates backup plans during month end, and ensures right first time outputs.
• Proactiveness: Anticipates issues (e.g., material price spikes, supply constraints), proposes mitigation, and follows through to closure.
• Analytical Rigor: Turns data into insights; explains variance bridges in business terms—price, mix, volume, productivity, one offs.
• Business Partnering: Influences cross functional stakeholders (Ops, Procurement, Supply Planning, Logistics) and aligns decisions with P&L and cash goals.
• Communication: Concise, structured, and executive ready presentations; able to challenge constructively.

Educational Background

• Education: Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Business or related quantitative field.
• Preferred: Masters degree (MBA, Finance) or postgraduate in Controller/Corporate Finance.
• Experience: 6–10+ years of progressive finance roles, with 3+ years in Supply Chain/Manufacturing/Logistics finance in a multinational environment (CPG/FMCG strongly preferred).
• Certifications (nice to have): CPA/ACCA/CMA; Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement credential.

Advance English is mandatory.

Technical Skills

Excel (Advanced/Expert):

Complex formulas (INDEX/MATCH/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS), PivotTables, Power Query, array formulas, scenario/sensitivity analysis, what-if modelling, VBA/macros (nice to have).

Automation & Analytics

Power BI / Tableau (DAX, data modelling, building refreshable dashboards), Power Query, basic SQL for joins and data extraction.

Familiarity with RPA (Power Automate/UIPath) and workflow digitization a plus.

ERP & Finance Systems

SAP (FI/CO/CO-PA) or Oracle; product costing, standard cost runs, variance analysis (PPV, yield, mix, utilization), inventory accounting, and intercompany flows.

Consolidation/Planning tools: BPC/SAC, Anaplan, Hyperion/EPBCS (advantageous).

Controls & Compliance

Strong understanding of SOX/ICOFR, P2P/O2C processes, approval matrices, and audit requirements.

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