Senior Sales Finance Controller

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.

Your responsibilities

In summary, you'll:
Ownership and full understanding of all dimensions of the P&L
Developing deep understanding of business with focus on company strategy, customer/brand investment strategies
Business Partnering for commercial teams requiring exceptional business acumen and financial knowledge
Acting as a point of contact for Key Account Managers regarding their trade budgets
Sales promotions approval, evaluation and review; challenging KAMs to attach evidence and verification of documentation,
Regular Trade Spend accruals reviews; ensure trade conditions reflect sales contracts,
Archiving Sales contracts
Support during audit process (external & internal)
Managing month end close activities,
Internal reporting in local dimension,
Preparation of reports, presentations and analysis designed to communicate selected financial data to the stakeholders.
Support and challenge commercial teams in analysis, recommendations and implementations of business decisions related to sales, with focus on Trade Investment
Play key role in driving actions for enhancing margins, lead projects and be responsible for full delivery of the results
Lead Financial dimensions of Planning / Forecasting process for Sales
Build and maintain proactive and positive interaction with business leaders to ensure effective working relationships with focus on delivery of financial results

The experience we're looking for

  Educational background in Finance / Economics
  3 to 5 years of experience in Commercial Controlling with focus on business partnering to sales (FMCG preferred)
  Very good knowledge of English required
  Advanced knowledge of Excel
  Experience / Knowledge of SAP ERP system, Siebel, SAP Analytical Cloud will be additional advantage
  Excellent business acumen and commercial understanding, customer and market knowledge
  Ability to support and challenge commercial teams in achieving financial commitments and influence business decisions
  Dynamic problem solver with a high result orientation
  Excellent communicator able to build strong  working relationships
  Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills
  Strong attention to details and ability to work with large amount of data

The skills for success

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.