GBS Record To Report Financial Accouting Specialist - Portuguese

City: Ciudad de Mexico

GBS Record to Report Financial Accouting Specialist - Portuguese

About Us

We’re Reckitt, home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene and health 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.

About Global Business Services

Behind our iconic power brands that touch millions of lives daily – from Dettol and Lysol to Durex and Nurofen – lies a dynamic and vital engine: Reckitt's Global Business Services (GBS).

Fuelled by a culture of positive energy and co-creativity - while learning together - OneReckitt GBS is at the forefront of our business, driving efficiency, standardisation, and innovation across our global operations. We're a fast-paced, purposeful team, constantly seeking to optimise our processes, leverage cutting-edge technology, and deliver exceptional value to every corner of Reckitt. We’re not a traditional back-office function; we’re a strategic powerhouse where diverse individuals with bright minds come together to solve complex challenges, shape future capabilities, and build a better global business that directly helps achieve Reckitt’s mission

About the role

As GBS RTR Financial Accounting Specialist, you will support accurate, timely, and policy‑compliant execution of core financial accounting within the Record‑to‑Report (RTR) process. You will prepare and post journals, perform accruals and cut‑offs, complete balance sheet reconciliations, and help substantiate general ledger balances with audit‑ready documentation.

Your day‑to‑day includes tracking close calendar tasks, investigating variances and preparing flux support, maintaining standardised workpapers, and ensuring all entries and reconciliations adhere to accounting policies and control requirements. You will use ERP and reconciliation tools to improve data integrity, reduce manual effort, and contribute to standardisation and automation initiatives that enhance efficiency and control.

Summary of responsibilities:

Support financial accounting and general ledger integrity across the RTR process

Prepare and post journals (recurring and onetime) in line with policy, cut-offs, and approval thresholds

Deliver accurate balance sheet reconciliations; clear open items and document resolutions to close timelines

Perform variance/flux analyses and provide audit ready explanations and supporting evidence

Coordinate PBCs and provide documentation for internal/external reviews as directed by the manager

Contribute to data quality improvements (chart of accounts mappings, coding standards, master data)

Improve standardisation and automation of journals, reconciliation templates, and close checklists

Maintain strong governance and control evidence to mitigate compliance risks and support audit readiness

Your experience & Skills:

Portuguese advanced or business conversational

1–4 years of experience in financial accounting, RTR/controllership, or related finance operations (shared services/global process exposure preferred)

Working knowledge of period end close: journal processing, accruals/cutoffs, reconciliations, and flux support

Awareness of accounting policy fundamentals (e.g., IFRS/US GAAP concepts) and documentation standards

Proficiency with ERP and reconciliation tools (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, BlackLine or similar) and strong Excel skills (lookups, pivots)

Understanding of internal controls, audit readiness, and disciplined workpaper preparation

Analytical problem-solver with high attention to detail and dependable time management across recurring deadlines

Clear written and verbal communication for workpaper narratives and exception reporting; continuous improvement mindset

Skills:

Manufacturing & Cost Accounting

Inventory Reconciliations & Variance Analysis

Journal Processing & Compliance

ERP Tools (SAP or similar)

Internal Controls & Audit Readiness

Data Accuracy & Governance

Process Standardisation & Automation Awareness

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