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Category Finance Sr Manager - Germ/Self Care

City: Mississauga

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

Seize the opportunity to become a Finance or Commercial Controller at Reckitt, where your expertise will be vital in managing the financial complexities of a dynamic international market. In this critical role, you'll navigate the fascinating world of international logistics, ensuring the seamless flow of goods while adeptly controlling costs and collaborating closely with the tax department. Your financial acumen will help steer a path to efficiency and sustained growth for our globally recognised business. Are you ready for the challenge?

Your responsibilities

P&L Ownership: Manage the end-to-end profitability of a specific category, including monthly forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
Commercial Finance Support: Partner with Brand, Marketing, and Sales to evaluate product innovations, renovation activities, and new product proposals.
Trade & Pricing Strategy: Analyze and optimize promotional investments (trade spend) and set pricing strategies to improve margin.
Cost Management: Monitor cost of sales, manufacturing costs, and cost-to-serve metrics, partnering with Supply Teams in factories and supply services.
Performance Reporting: Deliver actionable financial insights and executive-ready presentations on volume, mix, and customer/channel performance.
Leading Plan-Forecast: Leads the Plan & Forecast process for their category, including presenting all Category Plans to leadership in liaison with Category team.

The experience we're looking for

Experience: 8–14 years in financial planning, commercial finance, or sales finance, with specific CPG experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance required; MBA or certifications (e.g., CPA, CMA) preferred.
Technical Expertise: Proficiency in MS Excel and ERP systems (e.g., SAP Analytics).
Competencies: Strong communication skills to influence sales partners, analytical mindset, and ability to manage complex trade spend structures. Strong ability to analyze data, build financial models, and create reports in tools like Power BI or Tableau. Proven experience leading or mentoring junior analysts, and comfortable presenting to senior leadership.

The skills for success

Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Project Management, Programme Management, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Change Management, Adoption, Technology Adoption Lifecycle, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Vendor Management, Outstanding Communication, stakeholder engagement.

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.

Salary Ranges

CAD $150,000.00 - $224,000.00

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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