Sr. Financial Analyst

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet and Science Diet. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Travel Required?:
Travel - up to 10% of time

Posting

Start Date:

5/20/26

On-site

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number#173325 - Richmond, Indiana, United States

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

The Plant Senior Finance Analyst position exists to provide financial expertise and support for the Plant Strategic Leadership Team, Plant Controller and Corporate Supply Chain Finance while helping to ensure adequate governance and controls at the plant level. The Sr. Finance Analyst will play a critical role in activities including standardizing processes and SAP modules to support plant operations, finance activities and transactional workflows working collaboratively with plant-based partners, Global IT, Shared Service Center, Supply Chain and Division Finance teams.

• Financial Close and Reporting: Lead and execute all phases of monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting closes, including preparing journal entries, accruals, detailed P&L variance analysis, and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Forecasting and Budgeting: Drive the plant's financial planning by actively participating in Budget, LE (Latest Estimate), and MRE (Mid-Range Estimate) forecasts for P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Cost Management and Savings (FTG): Lead the plant's FTG (savings) program, providing financial evaluation for major cost reduction opportunities and analyzing production results to control material losses and drive continuous improvement.
• Asset and Inventory Accounting: Oversee all aspects of Inventory and Fixed Asset accounting, reporting and control, including managing cycle count processes, capitalization, and retirement activities.
• Governance and Controls: Implement and maintain robust SOX and internal control environments, ensure policy compliance, support plant audits, and manage related technical knowledge transfer.
• Process Improvement and Integration: Support the Plant Controller in standardizing and implementing Continuous Improvement (CI) projects and leading financial work streams for the integration of acquired sites.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain or related finance fields
• 5+ years experience in Accounting / Finance / Budgets and Planning
• Advanced SAP / Google Sheets / Excel / Google Workspace

• English proficiency. Additional languages preferred.
• Operational understanding of manufacturing / supply chain
• History of plant based roles or short term assignments
• Experience with change management initiatives - integrations of new businesses or acquisitions, system implementations and organizational structures

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