Sales Finance Manager

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Managing the entire Trade Investments accrual and accounting for all business of RB with a full control on the rationale of variance vs approved budgets, evaluating ROI for the spends to recommend future actions, Partnership with business to optimize trade investments & maintaining a healthy balance sheet with proper justifications on accruals, etc.
• Quarterly / Monthly TMLV review & approvals with details of trade activities and explanation on variance vs latest Forecasts
• Month end : Oversee Closing the Shipments (Basis the Distributor week cover), Trade spends for the month and closing the Net revenue in the system. Monthly trade investments variance reviews of actuals vs. forecast and to understand business reasons for variances.
• Monthly / Quarterly closures with Account / channel heads of Trades spends accrual and accounting the same post approvals and sufficient documentation for the same.
• Administrator & Owner of TPM / (Vistex) System : Reconciling the Trade accruals in “Vistex Portal” and ensures the provision made in Vistex can be supported and explained with business activity level, able to show the over and under provision / spend by customers.
• Review of distributor / retailor stocks and engage with supply team to optimize the stock holdings. Also, work with the sales team to identify opportunities for clear SLOB / NEP. Strengthen control in trade returns charge to trade spend bucket and perform sufficient checks to minimize the activities.
• Monthly Reporting of IMS, Customer / Channel P&L and any other reports as necessary.
• Managing the Monthly Balance sheet of Trade Spends accruals with proper supporting, Ageing of accruals, etc. Also, assist in audits for the Trade spends related GLs for internal / external audits.
• Commercial Orientation and partnering sales and trade marketing on new initiatives, improvements and productivity projects
• Support forecast for sales / Trade Investments by working closely with channel / Account heads & assisting to accurately project the year / LV.
• Assist Business team in simulating P&Ls for promotions, cost benefit analysis for clearances, new listings and review them before it goes for next approval to Leadership team.

The experience we're looking for

Skills for success

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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