Senior Assistant Finance Controller

Reckitt

$104K — $156K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of finance experience, preferably with 1-2 years in a plant environment.
  • Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated strong financial analysis skills in previous roles.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted finance partner to the Factory Team, providing decision support through financial modeling and cost optimization.
  • Lead factory planning and forecasting for budgets and identify risks versus the plan.
  • Monitor factory costs, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions for performance management.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives by validating financial benefits and promoting a cost-conscious culture.
  • Ensure compliance and strong governance through adherence to corporate policies and effective collaboration with GBS.
  • Manage CAPEX governance by supporting business cases and tracking project execution.

Benefits

  • Inclusion-focused work environment with global Employee Resource Groups.
  • Support for career growth and individual success.
  • Well-being investments including parental benefits and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Life insurance coverage for all global employees.
  • Opportunities to participate in global share plans and potential future successes.
  • Short-term incentives for eligible roles to reward outstanding performance.
Full Job Description
About the role

The Assistant Factory Controller acts as a financial advisor to the Factory Team, driving operational excellence, cost competitiveness, and value creation through strong business partnering, performance management, and financial governance.

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

Your responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted finance partner to the Factory team, translating operational performance into financial outcomes and providing decision support through financial modeling, scenario analysis, and cost optimization recommendations.
  • Lead factory planning and forecasting activities, including budgets, forecasts, standard costing, overheads, productivity targets, and identification of risks and opportunities versus plan.
  • Drive cost control and performance management by monitoring factory costs, analyzing variances, tracking key operational and financial KPIs, and recommending corrective actions.
  • Support productivity and continuous improvement initiatives by validating financial benefits, tracking results, and fostering a cost-conscious culture across the factory.
  • Ensure strong governance, compliance, and financial controls, including adherence to corporate policies, audit support, and effective collaboration with GBS for accurate reporting and forecasting.
  • Manage CAPEX governance by supporting business cases, tracking project execution, monitoring cash flow and capitalization, and ensuring delivery of expected ROI.


The experience we're looking for

  • 3+ years of finance experience, 1-2 years within plant environment preferred.
  • Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
  • Strong financial analysis demonstrated in previous positions.


The skills for success

Project Management, Financial Reporting, Accounting principles, Financial Analysis and reporting.

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.

US salary ranges

USD $104,000.00 - $156,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

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