Senior Sales Finance Analyst, Egypt & NA
Reckitt
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
Are you a finance professional looking to bring your analytical thinking to a vibrant and forward-thinking company? As our new Senior Sales Finance Analyst you'll have the unique chance to contribute directly to the financial well-being of our operations. Your expertise will guide the financial Managing Sales and Trade Spend portion of the P&L & Controlling the trade spend budget, ensuring we run at peak efficiency. Join us at Reckitt where your attention to detail and dedication to excellence can truly shine.
Your responsibilities
- Oversee financial aspects, including cost monitoring for Factory, Supply, and Procurement functions.
- Craft detailed budgets for plant and warehouse operations, as well as procurement activities.
- Generate comprehensive financial reports and promptly address ad-hoc requests from management.
- Lead the charge on projects that aim to reduce costs and enhance operational efficiency, from inception to execution.
The experience we're looking for
- Perform monthly closing of Trade and month-end closing
- Analyze and report Trade Spend by channel/ country against plan and/or forecast
- Prepare Trade-related Balance Sheet schedules and ensure all necessary accruals are in place as per policy with accurate aging and justification
- Engage with the Sales team in building the Sales and Trade Spend forecasting and planning
- Managing RGM Productivity and ensuring plan target is achieved
- Maintaining audit policies and ensuring compliance of all legal entities
- Performing Sub-distributor audits
- Thorough and full utilization of financial systems
- Full understanding and implementation of Global Trade Policy
- Competence Required
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build financials models.
The skills for success
- Financial Analyst for Egypt and North Africa
- 3-4 years of expirience within finance industry
- Managing commercial fixed costs including planning and forecasting.
- Handling accounts payable across all functions
- Managing monthly closing for accounts payable and ensuring reconciliation with the banks.
- Adept at financial modelling, with excelent Excel skills for data analysis and interpretation.
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.