**Your Job**
You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In your role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
You'll be leading the NA Intercompany team in the Costa Rica GBS, ensuring compliance with global guidelines and in compliance with Service Level Agreements between the countries and GBS.
Contributing to the achievement of Global profitability objectives by the controlling, tracking and analysis of intercompany activities and add value to the business by eliminating, simplifying, standardizing and automating processes.
Transform the Intercompany team into a best in class organization, being recognized as a strategic partner by delivering competitive and well controlled service.
**About Us**
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark; you just need to log on!
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
**About You**
You're driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
**Main responsibilities**:
This position will be the regional leader for Intercompany in the GBS that is responsible of the billing and accounting of all the transactions between KC affiliates, including sales of hard goods, spare parts, services, expatriates and royalties as well as the Intercompany Services Invoicing through GIST. The leader will provide leadership on CFI's and GAAP compliance matters within these processes and will oversee the month-end closing process for intercompany payables and receivables. The position will provide leadership and development to a team that will be interacting with other areas of the GBS, Finance and Taxes of their corresponding region.
- Influence, coordinate and provide project management expertise to relevant Global, Regional or sub-regional teams in developing and executing the Intercompany invoicing (trade, services, royalties, spare parts, expatriates and all the intercompany sales for Latin America countries) through the Global Intercompany Services Invoicing Tool (GIST).
- Drive implementation of continuous improvement projects that help increase the efficiencies of business processes and customer service levels.
- Establish and ensure a standard methodology and process for the management, central collection of Global, Regional and Sub-regional Costs and their invoicing between and among all KC entities.
- Develop and put in place a process for gathering and keep control of the Legal and Tax requirements of each country to assure Tax deductibility and correct payment of the monthly invoices.
- Lead the intercompany team professionals.
- Establish objectives and delivers results that have a significant impact within the context of the intercompany area as the Cash Conversion Cycle.
- Empower the team to be accountable of its processes, performance and the accomplish of the objectives of the area
- Implement departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching and counseling for the intercompany team.
- Act as the liaison between the GBS and the International Trade, Taxes, Finance and Supply Chain teams for intercompany charges.
- Coordinate along with the Global Process Owner and Tartan teams any upgrade or improvement of the Global Invoicing tool as well as the solution of any issue raised from the business.
- Ensure compliance and adherence to the CFIs, policies and procedures for all Intercompany transactions.
**Experience and requirements**: