Finance Analyst – Global PICC Inventory

Overview

Sr Finance Analyst in the Global PICC (Principal, Inventory, Costing and Currency) Finance team at Kenvue Supply Chain Finance, responsible for inventory management, complex financial transactions and flows, costing, currency and intercompany pricing.

What you'll do

• 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 partner with Tax, Compliance, Supply Chain, and Leadership Teams.
• Share business and financial best practices/procedures across the region.
• Focus on process improvement and standardization.
• Own COGS, manufacturing variances, freight, duty, warehousing, and distribution expense close, driving accurate accruals, reclasses, and cut-offs.
• Proactively pre-reconcile ledgers, validate standard costs, monitor PPV, and resolve data issues before deadlines.
• Maintain 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.
• 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.
• Deliver under tight timelines, escalate early, create backup plans during month end, and ensure right-first-time outputs.
• Anticipate issues (e.g., material price spikes, supply constraints), propose mitigation, and follow through to closure.
• Turn data into insights and explain variance bridges in business terms (price, mix, volume, productivity, one-offs).
• Influence cross functional stakeholders (Ops, Procurement, Supply Planning, Logistics) and align decisions with P&L and cash goals.
• Communicate concisely in structured, executive-ready presentations and challenge constructively.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Business or related quantitative field.
• 2-3 years of progressive finance roles, with 3+ years in Supply Chain/Manufacturing/Logistics finance in a multinational environment.
• Advanced English is mandatory.
• Excel (Advanced/Expert): complex formulas (INDEX/MATCH/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS), PivotTables, Power Query, array formulas, scenario/sensitivity analysis, and what-if modelling.
• Power BI / Tableau (DAX, data modelling, building refreshable dashboards), Power Query, and basic SQL for joins and data extraction.
• SAP (FI/CO/CO-PA) or Oracle; product costing, standard cost runs, variance analysis (PPV, yield, mix, utilization), inventory accounting, and intercompany flows.
• Strong understanding of SOX/ICOFR, P2P/O2C processes, approval matrices, and audit requirements.

Nice to have

• Master's degree (MBA, Finance) or postgraduate in Controller/Corporate Finance.
• CPA/ACCA/CMA; Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement credential.
• VBA/macros.
• Familiarity with RPA (Power Automate/UIPath) and workflow digitization.
• BPC/SAC, Anaplan, Hyperion/EPBCS.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• On-call availability during peak close windows.