Finance Manager - Regional Controls Assurance
City: Slough
We are Reckitt
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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
Reckitt is currently undertaking a multi year controls transformation programme to improve the maturity of or global financial controls environment and support compliance with UK legislation around internal control over financial reporting.
Reckitt is a complex and geographically dispersed business hence a regional approach is being taken to management and execution of assurance and transformation activities with regional control assurance squads. This role is focused on executing the assurance and transformation activities, reporting to the Assurance Senior Finance Manager.
Your responsibilities
1. Working with the Squad Lead deliver the controls transformation and assurance activities in the region including engaging market teams, planning and scoping, control design assessment, operational effectiveness testing, remediation and reporting
2. Support the development of the control framework, leading elements of IT tooling implementations, automation testing opportunities and development of various training materials and programmes. Delivers market trainings when required.
3. Coordination with 3rd party providers supporting the delivery of the transformation and assurance plan, responsible for reviewing the quality of the 3rd party deliverables and provides feedback
4. Partner with the business to complete design effectiveness and operational effectiveness testing
5. Provide Subject Matter expertise to support the market with remediation
6. Works closely with the entity finance controllers, control champions and market teams to drive improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of the control environment
7. Status reporting on progress with Squad lead and Regional Assurance Lead. Leads preparation of materials for key programme and leadership meetings.
8. Input into programme governance structures including preparation of local updates and feedback as appropriate
9. Support the squad lead by facilitate of market stakeholder updates, walkthroughs where appropriate
The experience we're looking for
10. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
11. Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in internal control
12. Accountancy qualification would be advantageous
13. Demonstrable knowledge of internal controls
14. Controls implementation and testing experience /management of controls testing
15. Knowledge of other core finance end to end business processes (P2P, O2C, R2R, Inventory)
16. Experience of having worked in finance positions an advantage
17. Big 4 background an advantage
18. Demonstrable ability to engage and manage different level stakeholders and multicultural audience/s through communication and presentation skills
19. Collaborative and transparent ways of working
20. Fluent spoken & written English
21. Effective and impactful communication skills with an ability to articulate complex concepts in concise language
22. Good organizational skills, ability to move from one task to another efficiently
23. Good networking and problem-solving skills
24. Ability to work effectively with virtual teams via video calls, and good use and ability to drive adoption of collaboration tools such as Teams
25. Business/finance experience, preferably in FMCG sector
The skills for success
Internal controls, Financial reporting, Accounting principles, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Improve business processes, Financial systems, Project 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 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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