Finance Manager - Separation (fixed-term employment)

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.

About 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 Finance Manager - Separation will act as a strategic liaison between finance and regional business units during the transitional period. This role is pivotal in ensuring financial clarity, operational continuity, and strategic alignment across all separation workstreams.

It is a fixed-term role until the end of 2027.

Your responsibilities

• Partner with market and functional leaders to assess the financial impact of separation activities.
• Provide financial guidance and challenge to support effective decision-making.
• Support markets in developing standalone budgets, forecasts, and financial plans.
• Support the transition of financial processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• Identify and mitigate financial risks associated with the separation programme.
• Analyze and report separation costs, synergies, stranded costs, and transition impacts.
• Lead performance management of TDSA markets, including forecast and actual P&L reviews.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to align financial and operational objectives.
• Own the market exit playbook and support exit planning and execution.
• Prepare financial updates and insights for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data throughout the transition and exit process.

The experience we're looking for

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).  3-6yrs PQE.
• Experience in finance business partnering within transformation, separation, or M&A environments.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and Excel modelling skills.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience in FMCG, Pharma, or other complex, regulated industries.
• Exposure to carve-outs, divestitures, or post-merger integration.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

The skills for success

Qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, finance business partnering, transformation, separation, M&A environments, commercial acumen, FMCG

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.