Sales Finance Manager

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.

About the role

This is a key finance business partner role within the finance organization. This position will work closely with executive leadership on strategic initiatives and will work cross-functionally with different operational leaders in a fast-paced environment on strategic and financial issues to help drive positive change in the organization.

This individual will lead Trade spend reporting & Net Revenue Management for the Essential Home Canada business and work collaboratively with the leadership team & functional leads while providing the right analytical inputs & holding relevant functions responsible for the P&L delivery. This role will also play a part in Long-term/strategic modelling and various ad hoc analyses, as well as provide financial expertise and analysis grounded on a strong understanding of business & internal and external data.

This individual will not be afraid of getting his/her hands into the details to navigate seamlessly through a variety of tasks and effectively manage changing priorities in a fast-paced organization, while also strategically working on defining the key priorities in the 3-year Plans for Sales.

As such, we are seeking a commercially minded, pragmatic and enthusiastic Finance Leader who can seamlessly work with our Commercial & Finance colleagues spread across functions & also the factories to drive and deliver value to the organisation.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the Sales Finance Planning & Business partnering:
  • Work with Sales & Marketing teams to optimise spends, while driving strategic choices.
  • Drive meaningful analytics on portfolio mix, Pricing & Trade Investments, ROI - to reflect in underlying Margin performance.
  • Maintain a robust understanding & reporting of End-to-End Margin and drive Margins through regular operational actions & decisions.
• Lead the Planning & Forecasting for Trade & Marketing spends:
  • Review the plans and forecasts for alignment with business objectives, market opportunities, and the ability to execute.
  • Manage monthly spend and keep the Management Team updated with any variances and supporting analytics to drive actions.
  • Be a key contributor to the country Planning & Forecasting process.
  • Provide recommendations and direction to the management team.
  • Offer insights into P&L optimisation opportunities in discussions with the Canada Leadership Team.
• Spends booking & Analytics:
  • Work with a team of two to ensure accurate Trade and marketing spend bookings.
  • Conduct spends analytics to drive right ROI conversations, cost optimisation, ongoing tracking of key KPIs, and budget-variance analytics.
  • Partner closely with Sales & Marketing Directors to drive overall strategic functional priorities.
• Right Systems & Processes:
  • Take up projects to significantly simplify work for the team - leveraging advanced systems.
  • Ensure financial management reporting and processes are in place to support the ongoing needs of the business, including setting up the right systems & tools to simplify regular reporting.
  • Lead existing projects on Trade reporting transformation.
• Business partner Sales Director & Marketing lead as a strategic partner and expert on financial matters, providing guidance and assistance to other functions/finance teams as needed.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree in Economics/Finance - MBA and/or CPA is considered a plus.
• 5-7 years of post-qualification work experience, preferably in Commercial Finance/FP&A in the CPG industry.
• Strong Functional Expertise: Excellent understanding of P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flow & ability to triangulate understanding across.
• Experience with SAP ERP is considered a plus.

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

The skills for success

• Business acumen
• 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 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 feel 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.