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Internal Audit Director Enabling Functions & Risk Management

City: Uxbridge

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

As Internal Audit Director - Enabling Functions & Risk Management, you will lead audit activities across enabling functions (Finance, HR & Payroll, Legal & Compliance, GBS, IT&D etc.) and provide independent oversight of enterprise risk management processes. This includes challenging risk frameworks, monitoring emerging risks, and ensuring robust governance and control processes across the Group. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, deliver high-impact audits, and support the development of a strong risk-aware culture. This role combines strategic audit leadership with risk management oversight, ensuring alignment with IIA standards and best practices

Your responsibilities

Audit leadership and oversight

Lead and sign off audit activities across enabling functions and risk management domains independently.
Own a portfolio of valued activities, including thematic audits and cross-cutting risk analysis.
Ensure robust governance and control processes, maintaining strong relationships at senior executive levels.
Provide strategic oversight and challenge over audit activity, acting as a trusted advisor to relevant GEC members

Risk Management Oversight

Provide oversight and challenge on the design and maintenance of the enterprise risk management framework, ensuring alignment with governance principles and regulatory expectations.
Oversee and challenge enterprise-wide risk identification, assessment, and prioritization processes, including maintenance of a centralized risk register.
Provide independent challenge on risk response strategies and ensure alignment between controls and identified risks.
Monitor key and emerging risks, ensuring timely escalation and reporting to executive management and the board.
Promote a strong risk-aware culture across the organization, embedding risk considerations into strategic planning and decision-making.
Collaborate with compliance, internal controls, and other oversight functions to maintain a cohesive second-line risk management system.

Stakeholder engagement

Represent Global Audit in the business, engaging with senior stakeholders including GEC and GEC-1 members.
Influence and facilitate discussions to deliver impactful insights and recommendations.
Actively contribute to strategic improvements within Global Audit and risk management practices.

Leadership & Development

Lead by example and foster a high-performance culture within the team.
Mentor and develop Global Audit staff, ensuring succession planning and capability building.
Champion innovation in audit and risk methodologies, including digital enablement.

The experience we're looking for

Qualified auditor/accountant with a proven track record of successfully leading internal audit and/or risk management teams in a major international organization or large accounting practice.
10+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management or related roles.
FMCG/Consumer Health experience preferred, with strong understanding of corporate functions and enterprise risk frameworks.
Expertise in developing and innovating leading internal audit and risk management processes, systems, and practices.
Strategic mindset with ability to interpret and evaluate control and process issues.
Strong influencing and communication skills across global boundaries.
Ability to manage multiple stakeholder communities with varying levels of experience.
Comfortable working with ERP systems and modern analytics tools (JDE/SAP/Power BI desirable).

The skills for success

Market Liquidity, Cash flow management, Foreign exchange risk management, Business accumen, Investment Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Project Management, Improve business processes, Accounting principles, Financial Reporting, Internal controls, Financial analysis and reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Strategic thinking, Risk management, Relationship management.

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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