Sr Sales Finance Manager SEE

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​

Our Finance team is not just another department; we're strategic partners and catalysts for change, who use our expertise to drive sustainable growth and create and protect value for Reckitt.

With a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and partnership, our inclusive, diverse and energised team breaks down traditional barriers, enabling you to thrive in a dynamic environment where you and your ideas matter.

From leveraging insights and analysis to make data-driven decisions - to spearheading sustainable business practices that contribute to consistent and reliable business growth - we are unwaveringly passionate about making a meaningful impact, and always doing the right thing.

About the role

Embark on an influential journey as a Senior Sales Finance Manager SEE with Reckitt, where your strategic vision drives our financial planning and analysis to new heights. In this crucial role, you'll be the beacon for our forecast and planning cycle, producing insights that shape pivotal decisions. You'll work closely with our leaders, providing the clarity and precision necessary for steering our company's prosperity.

Your responsibilities

• Scope: Enterprise-wide strategic leadership and transformation
• The Sales Finance team focuses on driving profitable customer growth through pricing discipline, promotion effectiveness, robust forecasting and commercial decision support.
• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and commercial analysis for sales operations while acting as strategic finance partner to Sales leadership. Drive trade investment effectiveness, customer profitability, and sustainable revenue growth. Lead and develop a high-performing team and support strategic decision-making across the business.
• Act as trusted advisor to Sales leadership team providing strategic guidance and fact-based recommendations. Shape commercial strategy including pricing, portfolio, and channel mix. Provide forward-looking insights and scenario analysis. Drive value-based decision-making and assure compliance of LSM. Lead monthly financial reviews with clear corrective actions.
• Lead annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly outlook processes for sales and trade spend. Lead demand review processes and assure one aligned forecast across Sales, Finance, and Supply. Perform SI/SO reconciliation and assure Gross to Net discipline. Drive continuous improvement of IBP governance and forecast accuracy.
• Set annual trade and promotional budgets and challenge investment decisions to maximize returns. Monitor budgets and assure strong trade investment discipline. Set ROI frameworks and drive optimization decisions. Lead trade productivity initiatives.
• Support and challenge Sales teams with financial justification for new business opportunities and contract renewals. Drive customer, channel, and SKU profitability. Own resource allocation decisions and improve NRVA/GMVA by customer. Develop team capabilities and succession pipeline.
• Ensure full compliance with internal controls framework. Act as control owner for commercial finance processes. Validate outputs from centralized teams and oversee audit readiness. Promote strong compliance culture.

The experience we're looking for

• 10+ years progressive finance experience with strong commercial finance background. Proven track record partnering with senior commercial leadership. Deep expertise in IBP, pricing, trade spend and controls.
• Proven track record and hands on experience in leading the development and setting of annual trade investment and promotional budgets, including allocation decisions across customers, channels, and investment types.
• Proven track record in influencing trade spend effectiveness by actively challenging and reviewing investment choices to drive highest ROI
• Demonstrated accountability for trade-spend effectiveness, investment optimization, and delivery of financial commitments.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills. Strategic thinking and strong business acumen. Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional collaboration.
• Expert-level Excel and ERP knowledge. Strong understanding of Southern European markets and retail dynamics. Fluent English required.
• People management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required. MBA or professional finance certification preferred.
• This role requires demonstrated end-to-end ownership of commercial finance decisions. Candidates must have personally led the setting of trade investment budgets, challenged investment decisions, and been accountable for commercial finance outcomes with direct decision-making responsibility.

The skills for success

Business Acumen, Budgeting & Forecasting, Productivity Management, Project Management, Improve Business Processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Finance Analysis and Reporting, Stakeholder Engagement and Influence, Strategic Thinking.

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.