Director, Controllership Integration & M&A Reporting
Kimberly-Clark · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
HybridBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
About the role
Serve as a senior finance integration lead for Controllership, supporting the Kenvue integration with robust reporting structures, financial data requirements, consolidation processes, and future-state accounting operations.
Responsibilities
- Act as the bridge between Controllership, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, DTS, GBS, and the Integration Management Office to translate strategic decisions into sustainable finance processes and reporting solutions.
- Develop and drive the multi-year roadmap for integration-related reporting, data, process, and operating model activities necessary to support the combined company through close, stabilization, and future transformation.
- Provide Director-level leadership, judgment, and prioritization across complex workstreams with significant interdependencies, including reporting architecture, data readiness, legal entity changes, principal structures, debt offering support, and GBS strategy.
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years of progressive finance, accounting, controllership, consolidation, reporting transformation, or finance integration experience; significant experience in a large, complex public company environment preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading finance integration, reporting transformation, consolidation redesign, large-scale systems enablement, GBS/record-to-report transformation, or post-acquisition operating model work.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, consolidation processes, close operations, data requirements, internal controls, and audit expectations; CPA/CA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
- Ability to translate complex business, tax, legal entity, operating model, and systems decisions into practical finance reporting structures and executable implementation plans.
- Strong enterprise mindset with the ability to balance immediate integration needs with longer-term scalability, automation, standardization, and control objectives.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop executive-ready messages, influence cross-functional leaders, and drive alignment across stakeholders with different priorities.
- Proven ability to operate independently, create structure in ambiguity, set priorities, escalate issues appropriately, and drive execution across multiple interdependent workstreams.
- Broad leadership potential to grow into larger roles across Controllership, FP&A, or finance transformation over time.
Qualifications
- Minimum 15 years of progressive finance, accounting, controllership, consolidation, reporting transformation, or finance integration experience; significant experience in a large, complex public company environment preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading finance integration, reporting transformation, consolidation redesign, large-scale systems enablement, GBS/record-to-report transformation, or post-acquisition operating model work.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, consolidation processes, close operations, data requirements, internal controls, and audit expectations; CPA/CA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
- Ability to translate complex business, tax, legal entity, operating model, and systems decisions into practical finance reporting structures and executable implementation plans.
- Strong enterprise mindset with the ability to balance immediate integration needs with longer-term scalability, automation, standardization, and control objectives.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop executive-ready messages, influence cross-functional leaders, and drive alignment across stakeholders with different priorities.
- Proven ability to operate independently, create structure in ambiguity, set priorities, escalate issues appropriately, and drive execution across multiple interdependent workstreams.
- Broad leadership potential to grow into larger roles across Controllership, FP&A, or finance transformation over time.