Commercial Finance Manager

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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**:
**Your responsibilities**:
**Responsibilities**:
A. **Trade Investments Management**:

- Managing the entire Trade Investments accrual and accounting for all 3 business of RB with a full control on the rationale of variance vs approved budgets, evaluating ROI for the spends to recommend future actions, Partnership with business to optimize trade investments & maintaining a healthy balance sheet with proper justifications on accruals, etc.
- Monthly TMLV preparation & approvals with details of trade activities and explanation on variance vs latest Forecasts
- Month end: Closing the Shipments (Basis the Distributor week cover), Trade spends for the month and closing the Net revenue in the systemMonthly trade investments variance reviews of actuals vs. forecast and to understand business reasons for variances
- Monthly/Quarterly closures with Account/channel heads of Trades spends accrual and accounting the same post approvals and sufficient documentation for the same.
- Administrator & Owner of TSM System: Managing the Trade accruals in “TSM Portal” and ensures the provision made in TSM can be supported and explained, able to show the over and under provision/spend by customers. Also, ensure sales team on the function and usage of the TSM
- Review of distributor stocks and engage with supply team to optimize the stock holdings. Also, work with the sales team to identify opportunities for clear SLOB/NEP. Strengthen control in trade returns charge to trade spend bucket and perform sufficient checks to minimize the activities.
- Monthly Reporting of IMS, Customer/ Channel P&L and other reports as necessary.
- Managing the Monthly Balance sheet of Trade Spends accruals with proper supporting, Ageing of accruals, etc. Also, assist in audits for the Trade spends related GLs for internal/external audits.

B. **Trade Claims & Receivable Management**
- Processing claims (through the team) & ensuring processing with proper approvals/ documentation as per RB policy.
- Ensuring collections are received from the customers as per the trading terms, any outstanding ageing items needs to be taken up with Channel/ Account head for a resolution.
- Monthly update on the status of the receivables with management along with ageing & reasons for the long outstanding.
- Advise and monitor sales team to resolve any customer outstanding claim disputes.

**C.** **Commercial Orientation and FP&A**
- Forecasting projections for sales/Trade Investments by working closely with channel/ Account heads & assisting Finance Director to accurately project the year.
- Assist Business team in simulating P&Ls for New product Launch, SKUs and review them before it goes for next approval to Leadership team.
- Loading the Yearly projections (for each Forecast / Plan cycles) in Fusion for all 3 GBUs
- Fusion GMVA for the month and Forecast/ Plan Scenarios for all Bus.

**The experience we're looking for**:

- Bachelor degree in Finance and/or Accountancy from a recognized university
- Preferably a member of CIMA/CPA/ACCA
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience
- Experience in managing a team of 4 to 5 people
- Knowledge of JD Edwards would be an added advantage

**The skills for success**:
Tax law, Tax compliance, Business acumen, Improve business processes, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Accounting principles.

**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 sav