Senior Accounting Analyst - Freight Accounting Coordinator

Accounting Analyst IV Coordinator Accounting Analyst IV Coordinator Job Description Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 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. At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. From our new Hub in Pune, you will own important work that will enable our organization to succeed globally. About You Owns and leads end-to-end freight accounting across clearing, accrual, and reconciliation processes, ensuring accurate and timely recording in SAP in line with close timelines, GAAP, and SOX/internal controls. Drives governance, issue resolution, and continuous improvement, partnering closely with Transportation, Accounts Payable/Freight Payment Provider, RTR/Corporate Accounting, and IT/Master Data to reduce aged balances, prevent duplicate/miss posted activity, and improve upstream process quality. Provides day-to-day leadership to the freight accounting team, including work allocation, coaching, quality checks, and performance management against agreed SLAs. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications: Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent practical experience; MBA/CPA/CMA is a plus. 10+ years of progressive experience in GL accounting & Costing operations (RTR/AP/Supply Chain Accounting preferred) with strong ownership of period close, and balance sheet reconciliations. Strong SAP experience (FI/CO, MM) including investigation of posting flows, configuration impacts, and master data dependencies; freight payment system exposure preferred. Proven experience leading a team or workstream (planning, coaching, quality checks, and stakeholder management), ideally in a GBS/shared services environment. Demonstrated control mindset with SOX/internal controls, audit support, and process documentation. Preferred Qualifications Strong analytical and problem-solving capability; able to lead complex exception investigation and root-cause remediation across functions. People/workstream leadership: coaching, prioritization, quality management, and performance management in a deadline-driven close environment. Strong control mindset with ability to design/operate controls, maintain audit-ready documentation, and ensure segregation of duties. Stakeholder management and communication: able to influence Transportation, AP, RTR, and IT/Master Data and drive decisions/escalations. Strong SAP and reporting skills; advanced Excel; ability to build/interpret trend and variance analysis to drive improvements. Continuous improvement / change management mindset (standardization, automation, and simplification). Ready to work in US shift time. Key Responsibilities Leads end-to-end freight accounting operations— clearing, accrual, and reconciliation —by managing team execution and backlog to meet the close calendar; ensuring SOP compliance, quality reviews, and SAP posting discipline ; owning and reporting SLAs/KPIs ; and driving automation/continuous improvement with IT/Master Data. Ensures effective invoice-to-accrual/shipment matching , timely clearing of open items , accurate period freight accruals (including capitalization vs. expense), and complete monthly reconciliations with audit-ready support; partners with Transportation and AP to resolve exceptions, reduce aged balances, and remediate root causes, including SOX/audit coordination. Led by Purpose. Driven by You. To Be Considered Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role. In the meantime, please check out the careers website . And finally, the fine print…. For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position. Employment is subject to background check. #LI-Hybrid Primary Location Pune, India Additional Locations Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time