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FP&A Manager

City: Johannesburg

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

We're looking for a FP&A Manager – To provide robust financial support and challange the FP&A and category controller and Marketing Executive team in the specific areas of Brand P&L Perfomance , New Prodcuct Development Financials, Marketing spend control, financial Analysis and Profitability analysis.This is to provide the necessaty financial appraisal, analysis and insight into matters relating to Marketing activitu and associated return on investment across all existing and proposed product ranges. The rolw is a commercial partnering role focused on supporting the successful delivery of profitability targers.The ideal candidate will be commercialy astute qualified accountant with expirience in an FMCG enviriment,possesing strong in anylysis and excellent communication and influencing skills.Your expertise in FP&A and proactive approach will guide us through the complexities , turning challenges into strategic advantages.

Your responsibilities

Review and Close Monthly P&L ensuring full and accurate reporting of Balance Sheet and P&L by Brand; analysing Spend by Brand to communicate and challenge variance to Budget/ Last Year;
Closing & Reporting the month end P&L by Brand analysing Net Revenue/ Gross Margin by Brand to communicate and challenge variance to Budget/ Last Year.
Manage Marketing spend in line with Budget challenging the relevant budget holders to deliver Budget P&L and appropriate ROI on investments;
Track and control Bonus Pack/ Sample spend to be within Budget;
Ensure robust internal control processes are in place on Marketing Spend, enforcing NO PO/ NO PAY policy ensuring all activities authorised pre commencement.
Provide timely and accurate month end reporting packs with insightful analysis
Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
Partner directly with the local and area finance teams to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews.
Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert to provide additional insights.
Work on projects and initiatives that impact the entire organization
Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.
Work towards simplifying and standardising reporting decks in an effort to always improve accuracy, time spent on preparing decks and quality of information provided

The experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will be a commercially astute qualified accountant with experience in an FMCG environment

CA / CIMA or ACA qualified. Min 2 year qualified
General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles
Experience developing financial reports and metrics
Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture
Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication
Well rounded experience in both Supply and Commercial
Proven track record of inspiring change or implementation of new ideas
Clear understanding of various business processes

The skills for success

Tax law, Tax compliance, Business accumen, Improve business processes, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Accounting principles.

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.

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