GFS Analyst

Job Description

We are Reckitt

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

Reckitt is seeking a proactive and strategic Shared Service Centre Junior Analyst to join our dynamic finance team. If you are passionate about financial reporting, enjoy the intricacies of budgeting, and have a knack for forecasting, this role could be your next career milestone. You will have the chance to work with global stakeholders, providing actionable insights revolving around financial data. Immerse yourself in an environment where your analytical skills contribute directly to the company's success

Your responsibilities

- Process, validate, and reconcile invoices, vendor accounts, and payment runs across multiple geographies.
- Ensure timely and accurate vendor settlements while complying with global policies and audit requirements.
- Act as an SME for AP in global transformation projects, system migrations, and process reengineering efforts.
- Act as the primary point of contact for global business stakeholders (including Finance controllers) procurement teams, vendor partners, and GPO teams.
- Work with GPO teams to ensure global policies, controls, and best practices are applied consistently.
- Manage escalations effectively, ensuring issues are resolved with speed and accuracy.
- Monitor and analyse AP KPIs and support metrics improvement
- Support global initiatives to standardize AP processes across countries
- Identify the process improvements and drive for improvement
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aligned with GPO guidance to achieve standardization and cost savings
- Collaborate with IT and Automation teams to deploy RPA, AI, and workflow tools for efficiency.
- Drive root cause analysis for recurring AP issues and establish permanent corrective actions.
- Ensure proactive issue resolution in collaboration with vendors and internal partners.
- Recommend and implement actions to improve AP efficiency, service levels, and compliance scores.
- Perform AP reconciliations, GR/IR clearing, and month-end closing activities in coordination with RTR teams.
- Support internal and external audits with timely, accurate documentation.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, SOX compliance, and governance frameworks.

The experience we're looking for

- Commerce Graduate with finance Background.
- Minimum 8 years years of hands-on experience in Accounts Payable / P2P operations within global or multinational environments.
- Experience in Excel and Outlook
- Experience in SAP vim

The skills for success

Project management, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence.

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.