Sales & Brand Controller (12-month FTC)

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

The Sales & Brand Controller is a key position in the Reckitt Nordics Finance organization supporting the Commercial leaders as a strategic business partner in delivering profitable financial growth while providing a full spectrum of financial control and financial support to the customers and brands within Reckitt.

 

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Your responsibilities

The Sales & Brand Controller will be working closely with the Sales and Marketing teams across the region. Key responsibilities are:

• Prepare timely and accurate plans, forecasts and latest views.
• Drive and understand all aspects of the Commercial P&L, performing customer and brand profitability analyses, providing context and insights into the business dynamics driving financial results.
• Maintain financial control to balance sheet positions relating to trade investment.
• Provide financial support in contract negotiations, pricing and trade investment strategies.
• Support and challenge (if necessary) assumptions in analyzing and implementing business growth opportunities, such as new product development and investment analysis.
• Maintain positive and proactive interaction with sales/marketing departments to ensure ongoing, effective two-way working relationships for exchange of quality financial information.
• Manage functionality, usage and continuous improvement of various financial tools, processes and procedures.
• Ad-hoc analyses and requests to support the decision making.

The experience we're looking for

• 3-5 years experience in Finance/Commercial Controlling
• Experience in extremely competitive, fast moving FMCG environment Industry/ Branded Consumer Goods companies is highly value

 

Education:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Controlling or Economics

 

Language:

• Fluency (oral and written) in English
• Scandinavian language is advantageous 

 

IT:  

• Strong system inclination (SAP, Microsoft Office, Power BI)
• Excellent MS Excel knowledge

 

Functional Skills: 

• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to think and act independently with drive and agility
• Good to advanced accounting skills
• Business acumen and commercial understanding

 

Personal Skills: 

• Driven to take on additional responsibility in an organization that provides a high level of autonomy with ambition to progress your career with commercial and finance functions
• Proven track record of building relationships across departments, well-developed communication skills and good team player
• Confident at challenging the status quo and both influencing and challenging decisions at a senior management level
• Multi-tasking – structured thinker with well-organized working approach, highly efficient and able to push multiple projects forward at the same time
• Entrepreneurial – help the commercial team develop new initiatives / spot and resolve problems with a high result orientation

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 p