Senior Financial Analyst

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

Embark on an enriching journey as a Senior Finance Analyst at Reckitt - As an SFA, you will drive forecasting, budgeting, and analysis to support growth and operational excellence. In this role, you’ll provide financial insights that inform key business decisions, improve forecast accuracy, and strengthen organizational performance. You’ll work closely with business partners across departments to deliver impactful analysis, P&L reporting, and financial modelling, while continuously enhancing planning processes and reporting tools for greater efficiency.

As such we are seeking a commercially minded, pragmatic and enthusiastic person who can seamlessly work with our colleagues spread across functions to deliver financial insights that drive value to the organisation.

Your responsibilities

o    Review financial performance (GS to NR) on retail customers against FC/PL estimates to provide insights to Finance leadership during monthly internal MFR reviews.  In addition, analyses our external performance from a POS/Inventory view to help provide insights on any risk/opportunity to the business
o    Support the accounting, forecasting/budgeting and reporting of all trade investment lines, working closely with stakeholders across the business to improve accuracy and understanding, ensuring spend aligns with strategic priorities
o    Robust reporting on month end, latest view & MFR with bridges and commentaries.
o    Updating and maintaining Power BI dashboards to reflect current actuals and financial forecasts
o    Assist sales teams to ensure promotion agreements are in compliance with company policies and properly accounted for each month
o    Work with Sales and Accounting to ensure timely clearing of customer invoice deductions
o    Closely work with Sales teams on Customer performance, brand performance and POS trends
o    Construct and scrutinise our forecasted P&L, ensuring accuracy and insightful analysis for business planning.
o    Manage customer forecast submissions in planning tool, ensuring data completeness and accuracy.
o    Responsible for developing tools & preparing ad hoc reports to assist management in the decision-making process.
o    Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across business and IT functions

The experience we're looking for

o    Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
o    Strong understanding of financial statements, particularly P&L
o    4-6 years of commercial finance work experience
o    Advanced proficiency in MS Excel; as well as knowledge of SAP, Power BI, IBP and SAC.
o    Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret and present data to management team.
o    Comfortable working in fast paced environment while managing competing priorities

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

 

The skills for success

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 s