What you´ll do
* lead the financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for supply chain and manufacturing, including volume analysis, manufacturing variances, opex, and structural cost monitoring.
* own the monthly standard costing process for latam, working with factory controllers, purchasing, foreign trade, and contract manufacturing teams to ensure accuracy.
* act as a key business partner for commercial and marketing innovations, ensuring new initiatives are financially viable and operationally sustainable.
* drive the month-end close process for multiple latam entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and transparency in results.
* provide in-depth variance analysis, scenario simulations, and actionable recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making.
* develop and enhance financial and operational reports to enable data-driven decisions, proactively identifying opportunities to automate and streamline reporting.
* partner with procurement finance, plant controllers, demand and material planning, and marketing to ensure cross-functional alignment on financial impacts.
* support intercompany p&l processes, pricing topics, and logistics cost monitoring to ensure competitive and compliant cost structures.
* participate actively in regional and global projects, such as process harmonization, loss analysis, and cost optimization programs.
what makes you a good fit
* bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field; advanced qualifications are a plus.
* proven financial experience in a manufacturing or supply chain environment.
* strong ability to align financial strategies with supply chain operations and long-term regional objectives.
* proactive mindset, anticipating market changes, cost challenges, and operational risks.
* excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels.
* high analytical capability, accuracy, and attention to detail.
* advanced excel skills (vlookup, pivot tables, data analysis, data cleansing); experience with sap/epm preferred.
* fluent in english and spanish (spoken and written).
some perks of joining henkel
* flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
* diverse national and international growth opportunities
* global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
* gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
* employee share plan with voluntary investment and henkel matching shares
* flexible benefits
* meal vouchers
* savings fund
* friday early finish
at henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
job id: 26093592
job locations: mexico, estado de méxico, huixquilucan
contact information for application-related questions: recruitment.latam@henkel.com
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