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Industrial Finance & Investment Controller - Digital Manufacturing

City:  Slough

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.

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Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced finance professional to become the financial co-pilot of our Digital Manufacturing transformation. The role will provide end-to-end financial governance, cost control, value realization tracking, and factory budget impact management for two major global investment programs:

  • Digital Manufacturing Backbone (DMB) (~£60m)
  • Digital Factory (~£60m)

The successful candidate will ensure financial rigor, transparency, and value delivery across the entire investment lifecycle.

 

Ideal Candidate

A high-performing Factory Controller, Operations Finance Manager, CAPEX Controller, Program Finance Lead, or Industrial Finance Business Partner with a passion for manufacturing transformation and value creation.

Your responsibilities

  • Lead CAPEX planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost control for Digital Manufacturing investments exceeding £100m
  • Monitor actuals, commitments, accruals, and forecasts against approved business cases
  • Model and communicate factory-level financial impacts, including depreciation and OPEX implications
  • Build and maintain value-realization and benefit-tracking frameworks
  • Provide executive reporting and financial insights to senior leadership and steering committees
  • Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, IT&D, Procurement, and Manufacturing teams
  • Support investment approvals, business case development, and governance processes

The experience we're looking for

  • 5+ years in Manufacturing Finance, Project Controlling, Investment Management, or Industrial Finance
  • Proven track record managing large CAPEX programs and transformation investments
  • Strong understanding of factory economics, depreciation, OPEX, and value realization
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams
  • Experience with ERP and reporting tools (SAP, Power BI, SAC, Anaplan or similar)

The skills for success

  • Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills (financial modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis, complex datasets, dashboarding, Pivot Tables, Power Query)
  • Professional qualification preferred (CIMA, ACCA, CPA, MBA or equivalent)
  • Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities

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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