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Commercial Finance Manager

City: Nairobi

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

The Commercial Finance Manager monitors the Commercial KPIs, strengthens the commercial and financial controls; and reviews all the commercial spends of the region. The role holder updates commercial policies, credit limits and norms and ensures that it is adhered to in the East Africa region. The role holder interacts primarily with the market commercial (sales, marketing, and supply teams). In addition to this, the role holder will be in constant contact with Reckitt customers to ensure smooth reconciliations of statements, receipt and adherence to payment plans and processing of customer claims.

Your responsibilities

 In summary, you'll:

Ensure monitoring and effective operation of Commercial KPI
Suggest and implement ROI improvement in Trade and Marketing initiatives.
Conduct Pre and Post evaluation of Consumer and Trade Promos
Ensure timely completion and submission of Financial Plan and Forecast for the East Africa region.
Ensure coordination with internal and external Audit for Reckitt
Business Partnering with commercial and supply functions for Planning and Forecasting
Work in conjunction with Finance Sub-functions to manage controls and improve processes across the function.

The experience we're looking for

- Proven expertise in financial accounting, or corporate finance within dynamic business environments.
- Strong understanding of tax law and compliance, coupled with the ability to apply this knowledge in a business context.
- Skilled in building relationships and effectively communicating to influence across all levels of the organisation.
- A forward-thinking, global outlook with the ability to deliver results under pressure.
- A results-driven approach with a track record of using analytical skills to improve business processes.

The skills for success

Analytics, FP&A, Business acumen, 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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