Assistant Manager Finance - Category & Marketing

Reckitt Benckiser

  • Kanata, ON
  • Permanent
  • Temps-plein
  • Il y a 1 mois
Marketing and Category ControllerWe are ReckittHome 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 roleAn 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 financial analyst role is key in two significant areas. First in providing reliable, timely and accurate financial information to assist management in the process of strategic decision making to deliver the business requirements. Second to lead the internal control assessment process across the Canadian organization. Both are key to grow the business and sustain our competitive advantage with moms and consumers.Your responsibilities
  • Business Controls
  • Lead the internal control assessment 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.
  • Where necessary create and update control documentation.
  • Reviews any deficiencies identified and develops/implements remedial plans.
  • Financial Planning/Reporting/Analysis
  • Responsible for all accounting, compliance, planning, control, and reporting activities related to Marketing, Shopper Marketing, hospital care sales, and National Coupon for Nutrition portfolio in Canada.
  • Responsible for providing tools to budget owners to input data and run report during planning at lowest level (by projects, brand, expense, month)
  • Responsible to roll up of budget/forecast/latest View/Flash of marketing spending/national coupon and upload to forecasting system
  • Ongoing validate the forecast through estimates/contracts (rolling forecast)
  • Publish Monthly status reports & budget/Forecast/LV/Flash summaries to the budget owners reflecting outstanding issues & follow through on requirements
  • Monthly meetings conducted with the budget owners providing budget & status report updates, giving the team visibility to efficiently manage the spend, reinvest savings earlier, to drive the top line.
  • Partner with Marketing Director and Senior Managers to maintain the Pot balance of marketing funding
  • Continually share learning's, best practices & consistently challenge the vendors & marketing team to optimize our investment
  • Responsible to review/analyze general ledger accounts related to National coupon and marketing cost perform account reconciliations and prepare adjusting journal entries.
  • Assisting with the month-end close process and the reporting of results to Corporate
  • Provide ongoing financial support to marketing & retail teams including PO creation, issuing coupon code and tracking master, applying for new WBS, day to day coaching with regards to spend, productivity projects and ROI
  • Business partnering with Marketing to align budgets, brand strategies and spends, track marketing KPIs (SOV, ROI) and control for compliance
  • Productivity Finance Assistant
  • Support managing productivity projects status/financials
  • Monthly meeting with initiative owners / shareholders to update the status and financials
  • Monthly report Productivity LV to Global and Norther American team to the system
  • Monthly report to local leadership team for the performance, LV, forecast, plan and highlight the risk
  • Other
  • Ad hoc Projects
The experience we're looking for
  • Bachelor's degree in Commerce or similar business certification.
  • Preference to individuals completed or enrolled in an accounting designation program (i.e. CPA) or MBA.
  • Bachelor's degree in Commerce or similar business certification - MBA and /or CPA is considered a plus
  • Minimum of 5-7 years' experience in relevant Finance/Accounting position, preferably in Commercial Finance/FP&A in CPG industry
  • Experience with SAP ERP is considered a plus
  • Experience working in a professional business environment and effectively developing and implementing new processes and assessing internal controls
  • This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.
  • 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 complex and high-volume data sets.
  • Knowledge interpreting, following and creating finance/accounting policies, procedures and working papers.
  • Working knowledge of business and internal controls standards and processes at a public company
  • Knowledge of key computer software packages (example: SAP) and is proficient in pulling data from these packages for use in relevant analysis.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. .
The skills for successBusiness accumen, 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 offerWith 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.EqualityWe 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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