Senior Finance Manager - Controls Excellence

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

We are on the hunt for a Senior Finance Manager - Controls Excellence to join our corporate headquarters with a passion for excellence and a talent for financial stewardship. Positioned at the heart of our operations in Slough, your expertise will be the compass guiding us through the complexities of accounting and financial strategy. You'll contribute to Reckitt's growth with your meticulous financial planning and dedicated cost management. Your role is integral to reinforcing our dedication to financial integrity and innovation. Join us, and play a decisive part in directing our financial future.

This role provides expert and technical advice across the whole group and is in a position to drive significant change whilst establishing a robust controls framework. The candidate needs to possess the rare combination of subject matter expertise, high integrity, with strong communication and influencing skills and clear commercial acumen. 

Your responsibilities

- Polish and publish financial statements while syncing with regulatory compliance.
- Execute financial analysis, leading to informed strategic planning and risk management.
- Supervise and refine accounting operations, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
- Spearhead and coordinate auditing processes, fulfilling our commitment to transparency.
- Embolden our finance team with your leadership, nurturing a culture of continual improvement.

- Drive consistency and standardisation of global finance policies & procedures by collaborating with Business Unit Controllers and regional and country-specific finance teams. 

- Develop process maps of significant financial processes, identifying control points within the process and reducing redundant or non-effective controls. 

The experience we're looking for

- Adept at analysing financial data and preparing comprehensive financial reports.
- Sound understanding of IFRS and its application within international organisations.
- Background in delivering technical accounting advice, ideally within large, listed corporations.
- Robust experience in finance management and familiarity with auditing practices.
- Strong communication skills, paired with exceptional leadership and interpersonal abilities.
- Savvy with financial software and proficient in streamlining accounting functions.

The skills for success

Budgeting & forecasting, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting principles, internal controls, Financial reporting, Financial analysis and reporting, Strategic thinking, Project management, Stakeholder engagement and influence.

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.