Assistant Controller

City:
Wanamingo

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.

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.

An analytical and resourceful individual with excellent organizational and communication skills. This individual must be agile in the way they think and be able to pivot and be comfortable rolling up their sleeves and dig in to find solutions. The Assistant Controller role is key in providing reliable, timely and accurate financial information to assist Supply, Operations, and Finance Controller in the process of strategic decision making to deliver the business requirements, grow the business, and sustain our competitive advantage with moms and consumers.

• Assist Plant Controller to manage financial reporting, monthly closing reviews, quarterly forecasting and annual budget;
  Ensure timely preparation, integrity, and accuracy of reporting along with thorough analysis of risk and opportunities.
• Manage financial results, forecasts, and budgets in SAP/SAC/Fusion to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Responsible for costing products including the annual setting of standard cost, analysis, and variance reporting.
• Responsible to review/analyze P&L for accuracy.
• Prepare month end adjusting journal entries and analysis on volume price and mix in addition to providing reports to corporate.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for SAP related to Record to Report function.
• Ad hoc projects related to gross margin improvement and partnering with commercial teams on new product launch launches.
• Enhance existing finance processes to increase efficiency for consistency and standardization.
• Effectively communicate financial results to plant and finance Leadership Teams.
• Develop trusted relationships with management and operations teams and partners to improve efficiency and results.
• Collaborate with cost center owners to develop forecasts and budgets and review monthly variances.
• Assists in the management of internal control processes and procedures across the organization.
• Ensure that internal control issues are anticipated and audit infractions are avoided by performing internal control reviews throughout the year, including yearend assessments.
• Reviews any deficiencies identified and develops/implements remedial plans.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or similar business certification.
• Minimum of 2-5 years’ experience in relevant Finance/Accounting position
• Experience working in a professional business environment and effectively developing and implementing new processes to achieve desired results.
• Experience in supply chain finance is an asset but not required.
• Excellent computer and System skills (SAP experience preferred)
• Have previously demonstrated ability to be agile and taking on a variety of tasks and seeking solutions to new problems
• Independent, self-starter, team-focused professional who will embrace an entrepreneurial and strong ownership culture and quickly integrate as part of the team.
• Accounting knowledge (journal entries, account reconciliations, & analysis) with excellent attention to detail, solid analytical ability and comfortable manipulating and analyzing…