Finance Manager - New York, NY
About The Position
Colgate-Palmolive is hiring a Budget and Planning Manager within Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for the North American professional oral care business. The role provides financial leadership, budgeting, and planning support. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively, and interested in business partnering, financial closing, and budget and planning activities. The position partners with marketing, leadership, the Commercial Team, and Accounts Payable to provide strategic financial guidance, align advertising and promotions spending with financial plans, and support planning across U.S. and Canada professional channels. It also supports financial systems enhancements and implementations, financial closing, forecasting, cash flow analysis, compliance testing, and master data coordination. The posting states that the role is on-site unless otherwise specified.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field of study.
- At least 3 years of prior finance and/or accounting work experience.
- Demonstrated understanding and practical application of internal control structures, systems, and processes.
- Advanced-to-expert experience with Microsoft Excel and experience with Google Suite, particularly Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Collaborative approach and strong desire to work on a team.
- Proven ability to work independently and ensure task completion.
- Willingness to complete day-to-day tasks alongside strategic work.
Nice To Haves
- At least 5 years of experience working with SAP financial systems.
- Strong understanding of SAP O2I, C2C, and P2P work streams.
- SAP and Business Warehouse skills.
- CPA, MBA, or CMA.
Responsibilities
- Partner with marketing and leadership to manage financial planning and provide strategic financial guidance.
- Oversee Advertising & Promotions (A&P) spend management and align financial planning across key stakeholders.
- Provide financial leadership in validating system enhancements and new system implementations.
- Partner with the Accounts Payable team.
- Track actual spending and calculate accruals for Advertising & Promotions during financial closing.
- Perform NVO and cash flow analysis during financial closing.
- Perform quarterly revenue recognition, prepare monthly closing decks, and complete balance sheet reconciliations.
- Build Monthly Rolling Estimate (MRE), Latest Estimate (LE), and Budget models using proprietary planning tools.
- Partner with the Commercial Team to plan Advertising & Promotions across U.S. and Canada Professional Channels.
- Manage cash flow modeling and forecasting for Latest Estimate and Budget processes.
- Prepare exhibits for business reviews.
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) testing.
- Maintain and coordinate Cost Center hierarchies and master data.
Benefits
- Eligible salaried employees may receive discretionary bonuses and profit-sharing.
- Long-term incentives may be available for Executive-level roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
