Category Finance

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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**:

- Are you a finance professional looking to bring your analytical thinking to a vibrant and forward-thinking company? As our new Finance Analyst you'll have the unique chance to contribute directly to the financial well-being of our operations. Your expertise will guide the financial management of our Factory, Supply, and Procurement functions, ensuring we run at peak efficiency. Join us at Reckitt where your attention to detail and dedication to excellence can truly shine.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Being responsible for Commercial Fixed Costs elements of the monthly close process including variance analysis vs. budget, forecast and prior year.
- Support the Category Controller in the monthly brand P&L analysis, to understand and explain the main driver of the performances.
- Lead and optimize monthly reporting package and timings, addressing new local and area requirements.
- Guide corporate planning and quarterly forecast exercises for CFC.
- Collaborate with the Category Controller in collecting all the key information to proper plan and analyse financial scenarios.
- Business partner to all company functions with CFC budget (assist with budget management and insight, POs, recharges).
- Collaborate with other departments by collecting information and providing financial leadership to drive productivity initiatives and support operations management.
- Assist the Category Controller in the preparation of the monthly key decision meeting, providing financial analysis and insights.
- Ad-Hoc projects and analyses.

**The experience we're looking for**:

- Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 2+ years of experience in controlling area in a multinational company (FMCG preferred) or financial consulting.
- Fluency in English (an international experience during the studies or work is highly valued).
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office, in particular Excel and hands-on working experience of SAP is a plus.
- Decision-making and analytical abilities, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Positive Can-Do attitude and ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.

**The skills for success**:

- Project Management, Financial Reporting, Accounting principles, Financial Analysis and reporting.

**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.