Sales Finance Controller

Reckitt; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consumer goods company seeks a Finance Leader to manage trade spend processes and provide strategic financial insights. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, proven leadership skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders. This role offers competitive benefits and is pivotal in driving sustainable growth.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program for mental health

Life insurance for all employees

Global share plans for employees

Short-term incentives for outstanding results

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in finance, preferably in FMCG.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accountancy required.
• Commercial awareness and leadership skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the trade spend process and support decision-making.
• Analyze trade investment performance and trends for business growth.
• Lead and develop the Sales Finance team.

Skills

Business Acumen

Investment Analysis

Budgeting & Forecasting

Project Management

Financial Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accountancy

Accredited member of CPA organization

Tools

ERP systems

Hyperion

Microsoft Office (advanced level)

Job description

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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 a key member of the country Finance Leadership Team with accountability for managing and coordinating the overall trade spend process i.e Trade Spend Review, ROI, Annual Budgets which are aligned within the global trade policy. You will manage a team of ensuring top quality financial support and advice is provided to support effective decision-making within the business.

Your responsibilities

• Monitors trade spend, fostering a mentality of “challenging the usual” when examining Trade Spend patterns and instil business manager behaviour / ROI culture and create P&L awareness across the organisation.
• Review net revenue and trade spend assessment for monthly closing
• Analyses and interprets information on trade investment performance and report trade investment trends that need business attention
• Management and optimization of trade spend targets, ensuring they are in line with objectives
• Assist to enforce current trade spend control process and look into opportunity to strengthen trade spend control
• Strengthen control in trade returns charge to trade spend bucket and perform sufficient checks to minimize the activities
• Responsible for analyzing and sharing insights on current financial and non- financial performance trends and recommending winning solutions to the Leadership Team.
• Responsible for managing client relationships and working with relevant stakeholders to identify areas of business growth.
• Verify against trading term, to advise sales team for any missing term not created
• Advise and monitor sales finance team to resolve any customer financial related issues
• Leads, develops, and manages Sales Finance team

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accountancy from a recognized university
• Accredited member of an internationally recognized CPA organization
• At least 7 years working experience preferably with a blue-chip consumer goods company
• Exposure/working knowledge of ERP systems, Hyperion and Microsoft office (advanced level).
• In depth understanding of respective Finance function processes.
• Credible commercial and business awareness with strong understanding of business processes and operations, particularly FMCG.
• Flexibility in thinking and pragmatic problem-solving skills
• Energetic with excellent interpersonal & leadership skills, able to influence people of all levels
• Ability to review and identify issues and opportunities in business processes
• Able to cope under continues pressure and to deliver upon tight reporting deadlines

The skills for success

Business Acumen, Investment Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Project Management, Improve business processes, Accounting principles, Financial Reporting, Internal controls, Financial analysis and reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Strategic thinking, Risk management, Relationship management.

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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