Head of Sales Finance Portugal

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

You will lead financial planning and analysis with a strong focus on sales controlling. You will be responsible for ensuring the financial health and strategic alignment of our business operations, partnering closely with sales teams to drive profitable growth.

Additionally, you will lead a team of four business controllers, fostering their development and ensuring high-quality financial insights and guidance.

Your responsibilities

• Work closely with the sales teams to optimize resource allocation, ensuring investment decisions align with business goals.
• Analyze promotional spending, market investments, and pricing strategies to assess ROI and profitability.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to provide actionable insights that drive revenue growth and margin improvement.
• Support sales teams with forecasts, budgets, and monthly performance analyses to maintain alignment with financial targets.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of two business controllers, ensuring high performance, engagement, and professional growth.
• Oversee workload distribution and provide mentorship, fostering a collaborative and results-driven team environment.
• Establish best practices in financial analysis and reporting, ensuring continuous improvement in processes and tools.
• Collaborate with senior management and cross-functional teams, including supply chain, operations, to align financial objectives with overall business strategy.
• Act as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, providing financial insights to support critical business decisions.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and efficiency improvements in financial reporting and analysis.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, local regulations, and internal controls to maintain financial integrity.

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance business controlling areas
• Educated to minimum bachelor degree level ideally in business/management or economic science with specific knowledge or specialization in finance
• English and portuguese proficiency
• Leadership, people management, financial acumen, analytical skills, proactivity to solve problems

The skills for success

Business Acumen, 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 potentia