Associate Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis/Cost Accounting – Supply Chain Finance

SC Johnson • Racine, WI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

SC Johnson is looking for a seasoned finance professional with a blend of expertise in financial management and knowledge of cost accounting to join our North America Supply Chain Finance team. As an Associate Manager, you’ll take ownership of the Lifestyle Brands (LSB) portfolio, managing the North America LSB supply chain manufacturing P&L. This includes developing product-level cost of sales (COS) standards, ensuring accuracy in inventory and COS accounting, and maintaining strong financial controls. You’ll play a key role in supporting strategic initiatives and projects through ad-hoc analysis, while also consolidating P&L results for month-end closing, forecasting, and budgeting. Success in this role requires building strong cross-functional partnerships with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Finance, and Logistics Finance teams to deliver insights and reporting on critical initiatives. You will also lead and guide two cost analysts, ensuring accurate product costing and timely P&L deliverables for the North America LSB portfolio while also developing experience for future people leadership opportunities. This position reports directly to the Manager, Global Supply Chain Finance (Lifestyle Brands).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, and/or other relevant business degree with 5+ years of directly related experience, OR advanced degree and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship for full-time employment.

Nice To Haves

• Corporate finance, cost accounting or auditing experience from supply chain, commercial finance, manufacturing or consumer goods industries.
• Ability to analyze large data sets and turn results into actionable insights and recommendations.
• SAP/S4Hana, Business Warehouse (BW), Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).
• Ability to communicate analysis in a clear, succinct and persuasive manner.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and contend with a wide range and complexity of business problems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that product costs are developed accurately and in accordance with the global costing methodology, including leadership of COS budgeting (SAP costing).
• Oversee month end close processes and COS variance analysis, with ability to identify and communicate key issues.
• Coordinate monthly LSB Supply Chain Current Operating Forecast (COF) projections, including various inputs from Manufacturing/Logistics and an estimation of monthly paced variances.
• Reconcile inventory, investigating variances to identify root causes, and identify process improvements to reduce variances over time.
• Analyze monthly COS results versus forecast, breaking down variances into business drivers, and recommending actions to improve results. This includes resolving issues with 3-way matching, reviewing/validating PPVs and disputing invalid charges with our accounts payable team.
• Support the Delivered Profit (DP) reconciliation and margin improvement strategies, including cost savings (ensuring alignment with Global Cost Savings Policy, translation to the P&L, and achievement of cost savings targets).

Benefits

• SC Johnson’s total compensation packages are at or above industry levels. In addition to salary, total packages may include bonuses, long-term incentives, matching 401(k) contributions and profit sharing based on company profitability, job level and years of service.
• As a family company, we’re committed to providing benefits such as subsidized health care plans, maternity/paternity/adoption leave, flexible work arrangements, vacation purchase options, recreation and fitness centers, childcare, counseling services and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees