Head of Finance, NZ

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Finance​

At Reckitt, Finance is much more than a support function. We are strategic partners who help shape the future of our business through insight-led decision making, commercial challenge and financial stewardship.

Working closely with senior leaders across ANZ, our Finance team plays a critical role in driving profitable growth, improving business performance and enabling smarter decisions. We foster a collaborative, high-performing environment where diverse perspectives are valued, innovation is encouraged, and individuals are empowered to make a meaningful impact.

As we continue to evolve and strengthen our ANZ business, we are seeking a commercially minded and influential finance leader to join our team as Head of Finance NZ.

About the role

Reporting to the Finance Director ANZ, the Head of Finance NZ is a critical leadership role responsible for partnering with the New Zealand business to drive financial performance, strategic decision-making and sustainable growth.

As the senior Finance leader for New Zealand, you will provide commercial leadership and financial stewardship across the market, supporting business performance through robust planning, forecasting, analysis and governance. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing key decisions and ensuring a strong balance between performance delivery and long-term value creation.

This role is a fixed term contract for approx. 7 months and offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial direction of the New Zealand market while working closely with Commercial, Sales, Supply Chain and ANZ leadership teams in a highly dynamic FMCG environment.

Your responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and business partnering support to the New Zealand Leadership Team.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and performance management activities across the NZ business.
• Deliver meaningful commercial insights to support growth, profitability and strategic decision-making.
• Identify and manage financial risks, opportunities and performance improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Commercial and Sales teams to optimise customer profitability, pricing and trade investment decisions.
• Support and challenge business decisions through robust financial analysis and commercial recommendations.
• Ensure strong governance, financial controls and compliance across the NZ market.
• Partner closely with ANZ and Regional Finance teams to align financial priorities and business objectives.
• Lead and support transformation and change initiatives across the business.
• Drive a culture of accountability, financial discipline and continuous improvement.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics or a related discipline.
• CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Significant senior Finance leadership experience within FMCG, Consumer Health or Consumer Goods environments.
• Proven experience partnering with senior commercial stakeholders to influence business outcomes.
• Strong commercial finance, business partnering and P&L management capability.
• Demonstrated experience leading planning, forecasting and performance management processes.
• Strong understanding of trade spend, customer profitability and commercial investment decision-making.
• Experience operating within complex matrix organisations and cross-functional environments.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and deliver impact within a fast-paced, dynamic business environment.

The skills for success

Commercial Finance Leadership | Business Partnering | Strategic Planning | Financial Forecasting & Budgeting | Trade Spend & Customer Profitability | P&L Management | Stakeholder Influence | Financial Governance & Controls | Decision Support & Commercial Insight | Change & Transformation Leadership | FMCG Commercial Acumen | Continuous Improvement

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.