City: Slough
About the role
The role forms part of the newly created Essential Home Finance Controllership, who, as a team, will be challenged with setting up the overall Corporate Finance and Finance Controlling function of the Essential Home business.
We are creating an agile, entrepreneurial and results-oriented team with an emphasis on action, accountability, local ownership and care for each other. The team will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing the end-to-end finance controllership function of the Essential Home group in businesses across Europe, North America and LATAM.
Your responsibilities
* Ensure monthly financial reporting compliance with IFRS and group policies.
* Prepare annual statutory accounts and meet local financial compliance requirements.
* Maintain accurate monthly accounts by managing service providers.
* Review significant balance sheet reconciliations and approve high-risk assumptions.
* Final review and sign-off of regional balance sheets/trial balances.
* Analyse balance sheet trends and deviations from forecasts.
* Manage bridges between statutory and management accounts.
* Coordinate internal and external audits and implement recommendations.
* Ensure accuracy of reconciliations between external and internal financial reports.
* Cash Flow, PTP, and OTC:
o Implement and manage cash flow forecasts, identifying actionable insights.
o Supervise PTP and OTC activities from the Shared Services center.
* Controls & IFRS:
o Develop and maintain robust internal financial controls.
o Stay updated on IFRS and group developments affecting financial reporting.
* Tax Submission and Adjacent Processes:
o Review and approve VAT submissions and manage tax compliance.
o Oversee adjacent processes like payroll, insurance, and foreign exchange management.
* Stakeholder & Team Management:
o Build strong relationships with stakeholders for effective accountability.
o Resolve service quality issues with internal and external providers.
o Lead and mentor finance teams, providing direction and development opportunities.
* Transformation: Contribute to the transformation by implementing new processes and tools.
The experience we're looking for
* Accountancy qualification - Higher education in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related areas
* Minimum of 8-12 years of experience in financial controllership, with at least 5 years in a leadership position
* In-depth knowledge of international accounting standards (IFRS) and local accounting standards
* Experience in managing and achieving results through working with outsourced service providers related to financial controlling (such as central shared service centers, tax and internal audit advisors)
* Experience in operating within group reporting requirements and timetables, as well as matrix-based reporting lines
* Experience in external audit processes
* Experience in SAP, other financial reporting software (such as Hyperion, S4H consolidation platform) and Microsoft Office applications
* Analytical abilities with a firm grasp of financial analysis and reporting.
The skills for success
Business Acumen, Improve business processes, Project management, Financial systems, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Stakeholder engagement and influence.
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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