Finance Controls Analyst - UK & Italy

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About the role

Reckitt is currently undertaking a multi year controls transformation programme to improve the maturity of or global financial controls environment and support compliance with UK legislation around internal control over financial reporting.

Reckitt is a complex and geographically dispersed business hence a regional approach is being taken to management and execution of assurance and transformation activities with regional control assurance squads. This role is focused on executing the assurance and transformation activities, reporting to the Assurance Finance Manager.

Your responsibilities

Working with the Squad Lead and Squad Manager to deliver the controls transformation and assurance activities in the region including engaging market teams, planning and scoping, control design assessment, operational effectiveness testing, remediation and reporting

· Contribute to the development of the control framework and automation testing opportunities. Supports the delivery of market training programmes.

· Coordination with 3rd party providers supporting the delivery of the transformation and assurance plan

· Working business stakeholder to complete operational effectiveness testing and support the control owners / control operators

· Provide advice to market stakeholders and supports remediation. Works closely with the control champions and market teams.

· Prepares status reporting on progress and supports Assurance Finance Manager and the wider Controls Team with preparation of materials

· Ensure all documentation is maintained appropriately and updated timely

· Support the squad manager with Facilitate of meetings where appropriate, manages market walkthroughs

The experience we're looking for

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

· Accountancy qualification would be advantageous

· Demonstrable knowledge of internal controls

· Knowledge of other core finance end to end business processes (P2P, O2C, R2R, Inventory)

· Experience of having worked in finance positions an advantage

· Big 4 background an advantage

· Collaborative and transparent ways of working

· Fluent spoken & written English

· Effective and impactful communication skills with an ability to articulate complex concepts in concise language

· Good organizational skills, ability to move from one task to another efficiently

· Good networking and problem-solving skills

· Ability to work effectively with virtual teams via video calls, and good use and ability to drive adoption of collaboration tools such as Teams

The skills for success

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.