Senior Specilaist,Supply Chain Finance

Colgate-Palmolive; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive in Mumbai is seeking a Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Finance to lead the SCF team. You will manage fixed assets, lease accounting and costing, ensuring accuracy and adherence to SOX controls, while engaging with cross-functional Colgate teams.

The role emphasizes process improvement, data-driven decision support, and strong collaboration across finance, procurement and production. Hybrid work arrangement available in Mumbai, with relocation within India as needed.

Qualifications

• CMA (Intermediate or Final) or finance degree.
• 5–7 years experience in costing and fixed assets.
• Proficient in SAP - FI/CO/PA/MM modules.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills.
• Experience with data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee SCF team in fixed assets, lease accounting and costing.
• Ensure service delivery per SLAs and governance.
• Review SOX/internal controls and remediate gaps.
• Respond to escalations quickly and analyze root causes.
• Plan capacity for month/year-end closings and reporting.
• Address ad hoc requests with guidance to the team.
• Keep SOBPs up-to-date and implement changes.
• Derive insights from data to support decisions.
• Engage stakeholders to resolve issues and train the team.
• Lead process improvements and global project support.
• Onboard new team members and enable ongoing learning.

Skills

CMA Certification

Costing

Fixed Assets

SAP FI/CO/PA/MM

Excel

Data Analysis

BI Tools

Education

CMA (Intermediate/Final) or Finance Degree

Finance Graduate

Tools

SAP FI/CO/PA/MM

Excel

Google Sheets

Domo

Tableau

Sigma

Snowflake

Job description

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognised brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses - Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programmes that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Job Title: Senior Specilaist,Supply Chain Finance

Travel Required?: No Travel

Posting Start Date: 05/11/2026

Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country Job Number#176920 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values - Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous, we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Brief introduction - Role Summary/Purpose:

In today’s multifaceted technology environment, it is an exciting time to be a part of the Finance team at Colgate!.

Our Finance and innovative team is dedicated to driving growth for Colgate Palmolive in this constantly evolving landscape.

The Supply Chain Finance Co-ordinator is responsible for performing and overseeing the SCF Team and tasks in Fixed Assets, Lease Accounting and Cost & Inventory processes.

Responsibilities:

• Service & Internal Controls Assurance
• Monitor on day-to-day basis to ensure accurate and on-time service delivery by team following SLAs and process governance tools
• Regularly review SOX/Internal controls compliances in team with proper documentation and promptly remediate any discrepancy observed
• Be the first line of contact for team and business in resolution of escalated queries / issues with a sense of urgency and ensure no repeats. Include assessing the issues needing IT help and raising appropriate Incident requests with preliminary root cause analysis.
• Proactively plan capacity & activity with team and relevant stakeholders for major milestone service deliveries like Month-end/Year-end closing, Reporting, Quarterly costing, etc
• Work with Team Lead to assess the ad hoc service requests from business and guide teams for action
• Working with a team to ensure SOBPs are up-to-date and incorporate any changes required in a timely manner. Keeping Team Lead informed of and consult for any major changes.
• Develop analysis and insights from business data to support business leaders make informed decisions
• Ensure regular engagement with stakeholders in a proactive manner and use these connects to issue resolve, build rapport, learning and development of team

Projects & Continuously Improvements

• Bring up any process improvement ideas from the team with assessment of impact on process effectiveness and efficiency and guide the team in implementation.
• Support global projects / CPIs implementation / efficiency delivery measures

People Enablement

• Onboarding new members in the team and assessing effectiveness of learning and scale up from early days for successful service delivery.
• Facilitate ongoing functional learning in team on regular basis based on feedback from business or own assessment of the needs/gaps
• Developing back-up among resources within team
• Use the recognition tools and forums for timely recognition of good work in team and peers
• Cross functional stakeholders: Non-Finance (CS&L, Production, Procurement) and Finance teams in Colgate entities and other centers
• External and Internal Auditors

Required Qualifications:

• CMA (Intermediate or Final), Any other finance graduate
• 5-7 years of experience in Costing & Fixed Assets
• Proficient in SAP - FI/CO/PA/MM modules,
• Advanced Excel & Google Sheets
• Prior experience in working with multiple teams including business engagement across virtual platforms
• Deep experience in Costing, Inventory, Fixed Assets and Lease Accounting processes
• Comfortable with managing and analyzing large data and Developing visualization in Slides (or other tools) and
• Well versed with Domo,Sigma,Tableau,Scripting, Google Suites, Snowflake and BI Reporting platforms(preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualified CMA (from ICMAI India)
• Working in an FMCG Manufacturing Plant in SAP Setup
• Soft skills are needed for this role: Leadership; collaboration; strong communication; data -driven, etc.
• Preferred Qualifications can be assessed based on interviews

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Our journey begins with our people - developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.