Senior Finance Manager

About Us:

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
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Finance Manager to join our Global Business Services (GBS) India Hub. This is a pivotal role responsible for driving financial planning, governance, and performance across the hub while supporting transformation and productivity initiatives.

You will act as both a local finance lead for the India Hub and a key business partner to the global GBS Finance team, ensuring transparency, cost efficiency, and value delivery through effective financial management and collaboration.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the financial governance for the India Hub, including cost centre management, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Manage month-end closing activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal policies and accounting standards.
• Oversee budgetary control of internal and third-party costs, including PO support and GRIR management.
• Collaborate closely with the GBS Finance Director (UK) on hub financial planning, reporting, and performance tracking.
• Partner with local and global stakeholders to ensure alignment on cost transparency, forecasts, and productivity initiatives.
• Support the setup and ongoing governance of the local hub (cost centres, processes, and controls).
• Drive captive productivity—identify and implement cost-saving opportunities, track efficiencies, and report outcomes.
• Monitor and report on (BPO Provider) productivity, performance reviews, and transformation impact.
• Develop and track business cases for functional projects and transformation initiatives.
• Act as a trusted finance advisor to hub leadership, supporting decision-making through financial insight and analysis.

The experience we're looking for

• Qualified Accountant (CA, CPA, or equivalent) with strong finance and controllership background.
• 10–15 years of experience in finance roles within GBS/Shared Services, FMCG, Pharma, or Manufacturing industries.
• Proven experience in financial planning & analysis, cost control, and stakeholder management at a regional and global level.
• Hands-on experience managing GBS or transformation finance, including service delivery cost models and productivity tracking.
• Experience working in matrix organizations with global finance teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

The skills for success

• GBS expertise – strong understanding of service delivery models, SLAs, and cost allocations.
• Dealing with ambiguity – able to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Agility and prioritization – ability to balance multiple competing priorities effectively.
• Financial acumen – strong ability to interpret SLAs, measure financial impact, and link operational performance to P&L outcomes.
• Transformation mindset – capability to understand, quantify, and track transformation and productivity impacts.
• Stakeholder partnership – ability to influence and communicate with senior stakeholders locally and globally.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills – capable of turning complex data into actionable insights.

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.