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.
About the role
You’ll be responsible for Tax, Statutory accounting, Treasury and in charge of shared service management. This is the ideal step from Audit into Business as the Financial Controller is at the heart of all financial processes within RB Nordics. The role offers a wide span of control with a high degree of exposure to the commercial business. You will be responsible for all the four Nordic countries where we have a presence.
You will have the unique opportunity to shape the internal control framework within the Nordics. As well as interacting and managing the various shared service centres, which provide the transactional accounting activities. RB offers a fast paced environment and is known for its rapid career development. The next steps for the person that takes the Financial Controller role, could well be in Commercial Finance in or outside of the Nordic Region.
In the near future there are a number of engaging projects in which the financial controller will be leading and/or closely involved.
The Financial Controller reports directly to the Regional Financial Controller CEU with a dotted line to the Finance Director Nordics and will be managing two direct reports.
Your responsibilities
• External Audit and Statutory Reporting
• Internal controls management
• Management of shared service centres (PtP, RtR, OtC)
• Management of outsourcing partners (Payroll and Expenses)
• Treasury
• Taxation
• External reporting
• Project management
• Team Management (two direct reports)
• Responsible for Net Working Capital management
• Ownership of the Reckitt Nordics balance sheets
The experience we're looking for
QUALIFICATIONS – University / Master Degree
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS – 4-5 years of experience in Audit / Accounting / Finance
• Highly driven
• Target driven
• Eager to develop
• Ability to think and act independently
• Highly accurate
• Team-worker
• Ambitious and determined to have a great (international) career within Reckitt
• Fluency in English and preferably fluent in one of the Nordic language
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting
• Preferably knowledge of and experience with VAT and Corporate tax regulations within Nordic region
The skills for success
Accounting principles, Financial systems, Improve business processes.
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.
