Commercial Accounting Manager STP

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
As the Commercial Accounting Manager, you will oversee accounting and financial reporting for commercial operations. You will ensure compliance with global policies, manage month-end close, and provide insights to support business decisions. This role involves collaboration with commercial teams and leadership to drive accuracy and efficiency.

Your responsibilities

• Lead commercial accounting activities, including revenue recognition and expense management
• Ensure compliance with global accounting standards and internal controls
• Manage month-end close and prepare financial statements for commercial operations
• Collaborate with commercial teams to provide financial insights and support decision-making
• Oversee trade spend accounting, including validation, reconciliation, and matching of accruals against actuals across multiple channels and promotional types
• Partner with commercial and sales finance teams to ensure accurate tracking and forecasting of trade spend commitments
• Analyze variances between planned and actual trade spend to identify root causes and support corrective actions
• Maintain robust accrual matching processes to ensure financial integrity and timely recognition of liabilities
• Drive process improvements and automation initiatives
• Support audits and maintain audit-ready documentation
• Monitor KPIs and ensure timely reporting

The experience we're looking for

• Experience in accounting or finance, preferably in commercial operations
• Strong knowledge of revenue recognition and expense accounting
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership and communication abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

The skills for success

Strategic thinking, Business accumen, Project management, productivity management, Financial systems.

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.