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Analyst SC Controlling & Projects IN
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About this Position
The Analyst-SC controlling & projects India is responsible for supporting end-to-end Supply Chain Controlling activities across India, driving financial transparency, cost optimization, performance reporting, and decision support for Supply Chain and projects. The role partners closely with Supply Planning, Logistics, Regional Controlling, and Finance teams to ensure effective cost management and achievement of operational and financial targets. The candidate is supposed to provide actionable insights through analytics, forecasting, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with Henkel financial and governance standards.
What you´ll do
Financial Planning & Performance Management:
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles for Supply Chain costs.
- Analyse manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and inventory-related costs.
- Monitor actual performance against Budget, Forecast, and Strategic Plans.
- Identify risks and opportunities impacting financial performance and recommend
corrective actions. - Drive transparency on cost developments and SC KPIs, prepare and publish regular supply Chain Controlling reports and dashboards, perform variance analysis on logistics, inventory related costs.
Cost Control & Productivity:
- Validate cost-saving initiatives and productivity projects.
- Support business cases and investment evaluations.
- Track realization of savings against committed targets.
- Drive continuous improvement and cost optimization opportunities
Business Partnering:
- Act as a finance business partner to Logistics, Investment Projects, and Supply Chain teams.
- Challenge assumptions and provide data-driven recommendations.
- Support decision-making through scenario analysis and financial modeling.
- Collaborate with local and regional stakeholders on performance reviews and strategic initiatives.
Compliance & Governance:
- Ensure adherence to Henkel financial policies, internal controls, and reporting Standards.
- Support internal and external audits.
- Maintain high standards of data quality and reporting accuracy.
Digital & Process Excellence:
- Drive automation and standardization of reporting processes.
- Leverage digital analytics tools to improve business insights.
- Participate in transformation and continuous improvement projects.
- Support implementation of new systems, dashboards, and reporting solutions.
Technical skills:
- Cost accounting and management accounting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Variance analysis
- Inventory controlling
- Business case evaluation
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Power BI or similar visualization tools
- Data interpretation and business analytics
- Process standardization
Soft Skills
- Strong stakeholder management
- Ability to influence without authority
- Collaborative and team-oriented mindset
- Proactive and Strong problem-solving capability
- Critical and strategic thinking
- Data-driven decision making
- Ability to translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations
- Strong presentation and storytelling skills
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to communicate with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
What makes you a good fit
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) Minimum 3-5 years of experience in business controlling & FP&A
- Good experience of cross functional stakeholders
- Some experience is compliance will be an advantage
Some perks of joining Henkel
- 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
- Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
- Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
- Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
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 look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 26099824
Job Locations: India, Maharashtra, Navi Mumbai
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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