Financial Analyst

As a Financial Analyst with Reckitt, you’ll have the freedom to succeed.

Reckitt is more than a company. We’re a growing community of over 40,000 diverse, talented entrepreneurs - all driven to make the world a happier, healthier place. Drawing on each other’s skills and working together, we help make people feel better. Through research and development, we make better products that empower everyone to take their health into their own hands and homes.

**Reporting To**: Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

**Employment Type**: Permanant

**Location**: Kanata, Ontario

**The Role**:
An 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.

**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.

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- Ensure that internal control issues are anticipated, and audit infractions are avoided by performing continuous reviews throughout the year of related balance sheet account
- Where necessary create and update control documentation.
- Reviews any deficiencies identified and develops/implements remedial plans as required.
- Assist as required with all Audit Reviews (internal/external/yearend)

**Financial Planning / Reporting / Analysis**:

- Responsible for all accounting, compliance, planning, control, and reporting activities related to Marketing, Shopper Marketing, and National Coupon for Health portfolio in Canada.
- Responsible for being a finance admin and managing Allocadia, the tools to manage marketing spend, and providing coach, guidance and support 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

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- 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

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- 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 data, resolving invoicing / deduction/ cross charge issues, day to day coaching with regards to spend, productivity projects and ROI

**How do you know you're a fit?**:
**Education & Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or similar business certification
- Minimum of 3-5-years’ experience in relevant Finance/Accounting position
- Experience working in a professional business environment and effectively developing and implementing new processes and assessing internal controls
- 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 with SAP
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

**Equality**:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Reckitt Canada will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform the Talent Acquisition t