RTR (Freight) Centre of Excellence Assistant Manager

We’re Reckitt, home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene and health 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.

About Global Business Services

Behind our iconic power brands that touch millions of lives daily – from Dettol and Lysol to Durex and Nurofen – lies a dynamic and vital engine: Reckitt's Global Business Services (GBS).

Fuelled by a culture of positive energy and co-creativity - while learning together - OneReckitt GBS is at the forefront of our business, driving efficiency, standardisation, and innovation across our global operations. We're a fast-paced, purposeful team, constantly seeking to optimise our processes, leverage cutting-edge technology, and deliver exceptional value to every corner of Reckitt. We’re not a traditional back-office function; we’re a strategic powerhouse where diverse individuals with bright minds come together to solve complex challenges, shape future capabilities, and build a better global business that directly helps achieve Reckitt’s mission.

About the role

This role provides the opportunity for an ambitious finance professional to work at the Reckitt HUB in Hyderabad and joining the Centre of Excellence team.

Team member of Reckitt’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), which is responsible for accounting of complex and/or sensitive transactions and processes remediation (e.g. Balance Sheet reconciliations, lease accounting and statutory accounting).

Your responsibilities

• Performing accounting tasks related to specific CoE activities.
• Supporting the preparation of work instructions and standard operating procedure documents for complex accounting transactions.
• Supporting with the review of processes and controls to ensure these are aligned with IFRS reporting requirements and corporate policies.
• Handling of critical RTR activities in relation to balance sheet accounts and reconciliations.
• Building a deep understanding of the Reckitt Balance Sheet reconciliation process and the Blackline tool ensuring challenges can be identified and resolutions can be suggested.
• Providing analysis on deviations, allowing the CoE team to identify root causes and drive remediation.
• Supporting with the quality assurance review performed by the CoE team.
• Supporting remediation activities with markets & standardisation across the Reckitt Group.
• Assist with tracking and showcasing the progress of improvements.

The experience we're looking for

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of End-to-End RTR process.
• 4 - 5 years’ accounting experience, FMCG experience desirable but not essential.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field. Professional certification such as ACCA, CIMA, ACA is preferred.
• Process improvement experience desirable.

The skills for success

• Independent and critical thinking, always looking at the best possible outcome for Reckitt.
• Ability to work in a matrix management environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong team player.
• Ability to deliver in fast pace, dynamic and demanding environment.
• Positive and “can do” attitude.
• Well organised.

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.