GFS Finance Manager - Slough, United Kingdom - Reckitt
Description
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
The Global Finance Services (GFS) is the Global shared service provider for Reckitt for each of the GBUs namely Hygiene, Health, Nutrition & e-business and Greater China. In partnership with our offshore team and Partner IBM our aim is to provide best in class services across Reckitt, leveraging technology, data, strong controls, and efficient, standardised end to end processes to optimise the cost to serve. GFS act as custodians of consistent quality, control and best-practice and deploy a robust operational excellence framework.
Your responsibilities
In summary, you'll:
-Provide financial oversight within GFS across all aspects of the financial matters of Business Services. This will include; Budgetary planning,Cost Analysis and Optimisation of both internal and 3rd Party costs including both BAU and Transformation/Transition costs
- Perform monthly reporting including explanation of variances
-Liaise with relevant stakeholders and Pro-actively manage GFS Finances with an aim to deliver best value for money and ensure GFS Financials are within Plan/Forecast.
-Inform GFS Tower Directors on cost of their function by having monthly connect on the Financial Performance of their Towers/Area.
-Understand key drivers of IBM Productivity and keep a track of the actual delivery vs agreed financials per the contract.
The experience we're looking for
-Qualified ACA/CIMA with minimum 5 years PQE
-Demonstrable success leading and engaging a team of direct reports.
-Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders through superior communication and presentation skills.
-Experience of working in a complex, Matrix organisation with a global scope.
-FMCG experience desirable but not essential.
The skills for success
Project management, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Stakeholder engagement and influence.
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.