COE - Sr Finance Specialist Trade

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.

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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

Reckitt is seeking a proactive and strategic Shared Service Centre Junior Analyst to join our dynamic finance team. If you are passionate about financial reporting, enjoy the intricacies of budgeting, and have a knack for forecasting, this role could be your next career milestone. You will have the chance to work with global stakeholders, providing actionable insights revolving around financial data. Immerse yourself in an environment where your analytical skills contribute directly to the company's success!

Your responsibilities

· Responsible for all elements of the monthly close as it relates to overall US trade investment, including processing and analysis of the conditional and unconditional spend, reconciliation and aging of all trade related balance sheet accounts.

· Support Inorganic Trade Process, as well as perform manual trade accruals, ensuring compliance with IFRS 15 and Reckitt’s Global Trade Policy.

· Perform violation accruals and analysis, including reviewing deductions to determine accrual period and assessment of remaining accruals

· Perform Balance sheet reconciliations and flux commentary vs prior month, Year End, and Prior year. This includes analysis of Customer net accruals and identifying risks and opportunities.

· Perform trade investment analysis by customer and promotion, ensuring accrual substantiation, understanding of month and YTD impacts, as well as identify potential risks and opportunities.

· Improve promotion accrual accuracy by performing audits and prior year lookback analyses to identify root cause potential learnings.

· Manage end to end SAP rebate process

· Accountable and ensure compliance with Reckitt’s control framework, executing RFCF requirements.

· Maintain productive and proactive partnership the Commercial teams (Sales and Sales Finance) to ensure ongoing exchange of quality financial information. Provide guidance on financial policies.

· Special projects or analyses as required.

The experience we're looking for

· BS in Accounting or Finance; CPA or MBA a plus

· 3 - 5 years accounting or financial analysis at a Consumer Products or Foodservice Company. Alternatively audit or consulting experience in Big 4 or other top firms

· Understanding of Revenue Recognition Accounting

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (excellent Excel Skills, a plus); as well as Siebel and/or SAP experience a plus

· Excellent Analytical Skills

· Excellent organization skills and ability to understand and analyze large data sets logically

· Ability to work well under pressure, and to complete multiple projects and meet tight deadlines

· Ability to work with detail

· Excellent oral/written communication skills

· Must be a self-starter and a team player

The skills for success

Project management, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence.

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.