Vice President, CFO KCNA
Job DescriptionPosition SummaryReporting to the Global Chief Financial Officer and partnering with the President, K-C North America (KCNA), the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, KCNA (CFO, KCNA) is a senior finance leader accountable for financial performance, strategy execution, and value creation across the North American business. The CFO, KCNA has full accountability for all financial operations of KCNA, a $11.2B segment that is made up of Baby & Child Care, Adult & Feminine Care, Consumer Tissue, and Professional, supported by an end-to-end North American supply chain.
During a period of significant transformation, this leader will be responsible for shaping the operating and financial model, defining scalable finance capabilities, and ensuring KCNA is positioned to operate as a high-performing business with clear value-creation priorities, strong governance, and disciplined capital allocation. This leader will partner closely with enterprise leadership to translate complexity into a coherent strategy, durable operating model, and clear financial narratives that support sustainable growth, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
The CFO, KCNA owns financial performance, planning and forecasting, cash flow, controls, governance, and enterprise stewardship-while serving as a strategic business partner to the President and leadership team. Beyond financial stewardship, this leader is expected to shape strategy, drive transformation, optimize capital allocation and commercial investment, and deliver disciplined insights that enable high-quality decision-making. This role is highly visible, sits squarely in the Global CFO succession pipeline, and plays a critical role in shaping and delivering KCNA's near- and long-term business agenda.
Role & ResponsibilitiesThe CFO, KCNA is accountable for financial performance and value creation across the North American portfolio, serving as a critical strategic partner to the President, KCNA and the Global CFO. This leader operates as both financial steward and business architect, shaping strategy, driving transformation, and building a durable organization positioned for long-term success.
Enterprise Financial Leadership & Performance
- Own full accountability for KCNA financial operations, including planning, forecasting, cash flow, controls, governance, and performance management across a large, complex, multi-business portfolio.
- Establish disciplined financial and operational cadence, delivering clear, decision-ready insights through robust analytics, scenario modeling, and performance reporting.
- Ensure strong internal controls, risk management, and regulatory compliance while maintaining enterprise-level financial rigor.
Strategy, Value Creation & Business Partnership
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the President and leadership team, shaping KCNA strategy and translating business priorities into actionable financial plans.
- Drive value creation through capital allocation, commercial investment optimization, cost and margin management, and productivity initiatives across the portfolio.
- Challenge assumptions, pressure-test decisions, and help leadership "make the news"-not simply report the results.
Future-State Architecture & Transformation
- Define and build scalable finance capabilities, operating models, and systems that support sustainable growth, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
- Translate portfolio complexity into a coherent financial strategy, durable governance model, and clear financial narratives for senior leadership and the Board.
Operating Model, Supply Chain & Systems Leadership
- Provide financial leadership across end-to-end supply chain operations for KCNA, including cost structure, working capital, capital investment, and network optimization.
- Lead the evolution of finance operating models, shared service leverage, and digital enablement to improve speed, insight quality, and scalability.
- Partner closely with Technology to modernize systems, leverage digital/AI, analytics, and decision-support capabilities.
Talent, Culture & Succession Leadership
- Build, develop, and sustain a high-performing finance organization grounded in strong culture, clarity of purpose, inclusion, and shared accountability.
- Create cohesion across a large, diverse team, fostering trust, collaboration, and alignment-particularly during periods of transformation and change.
- Personally invest in the development of senior leaders and high-potential talent, providing coaching, exposure, and stretch opportunities to accelerate readiness for expanded scope.
- Establish and actively steward a robust succession pipeline for critical finance roles within KCNA, ensuring leadership continuity and depth.
- Position KCNA as a net exporter of finance talent to the broader K-C enterprise, reinforcing this role as a key proving ground for future enterprise and CFO-level leaders.
Professional Skills & QualificationsThe successful candidate will be a scaled, enterprise-minded finance leader with the capacity to operate as both financial steward and value creator in a complex, evolving business environment. This profile favors strategic operators and business partners, not functional specialists alone.
Financial & Operational Excellence
- Proven experience leading large, complex business segment or regional finance organizations within CPG, manufacturing, or similarly scaled environments
- Broad enterprise finance leadership across planning, controls, cash flow, supply chain finance, commercial finance, and value delivery
- Strong operating cadence, performance management discipline, and follow-through instincts
Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen
- Demonstrated ability to align finance strategy to business priorities and translate strategy into measurable outcomes
- Operates with a "COO/CFO mentality"-shaping the agenda, pressure-testing assumptions, and helping leaders "make the news," not just report it
- Deep experience supporting Presidents and senior operators through portfolio decisions, capital allocation, and transformation
Leadership & Communication
- Highly effective enterprise leader and communicator, able to engage credibly across executives, Boards, and front-line organizations
- Proven track record building and developing high-performing finance teams, including through periods of material change, integration, or operating model shift
- Sets a clear direction, inspires followership, and raises the performance bar
Collaborative Enterprise Partnership
- Exceptional ability to navigate and lead within a matrixed organization, building trust and alignment across functions, geographies, and business units
- Strong interpersonal presence; known as a thought partner and integrator, not just a functional expert
- Comfortable co-creating solutions with commercial, supply chain, digital, and enterprise teams
Leadership in Complexity & Transformation
- Demonstrated agility leading through complexity, including acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, systems modernization, and enterprise transformation
- Experience designing fit-for-purpose finance operating models while maintaining strong controls, talent stability, and value creation
- Maintains financial discipline and governance even amid ambiguity and change
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required
- MBA or equivalent highly desirable
LocationThe CFO, KCNA will be based in Chicago, IL.
Kimberly-Clark Ways of Working- Focus on Consumers. We keep the needs of customers and consumers at the center of our work. Building strong customer relationships and delivering consumer-centric solutions. Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies that delight our consumers.
- Play to Win. We aim high, measure our results, and live our values because winning with integrity matters. Setting aggressive goals and consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Pushing past status quo to create new and better ways to solve problems and win.
- Move Fast. We turn decisions into action, remove barriers and seek progress over perfection. Stepping up to champion ideas, address difficult issues and say what needs to be said. Tackling challenges with a sense of urgency, seizing new opportunities, and scaling winning solutions.
- Grow our People. We champion inclusion and encourage our people to ideate, innovate and contribute to their growth. Encouraging diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds that enable our winning culture. Placing a high priority on developing self and others to meet career goals and the organization's goals.
Salary Range: 317,580 - 410,540 USD
At Kimberly-Clark, pay is just one aspect of our total rewards package, which also includes a variety of benefits and opportunities to achieve, thrive and grow. Along with base pay, this position offers eligibility for a target bonus and a comprehensive benefits suite, including our 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan. The anticipated base pay range for this role is provided above for a fully qualified hire. Actual pay will depend on several factors, such as location, role, skills, performance, and experience. Please note that the stated pay range applies to US locations only.
Primary LocationChicago Commercial Center
Additional LocationsWorker TypeEmployee
Worker Sub-TypeRegular
Time TypeFull time
