Vacancy title:
Financial Controls Manager- EA

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Goods, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Reckitt Benckiser

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, July 15 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Your responsibilities

• Addressing strategic and structural challenges
• Supervising all GFS activities for R2R (Record To Report) and P2P (Process to Pay) to ensure smooth GFS operations.
• Leading the Tax projects relating to KRA, iTax ledger reconciliations, Tax Compliance Certificate, Tax assessments, VAT Auto Assessments, Transfer Pricing documentation
•  Internal Controls
• Internal Audit - Ensure compliance with required Global Policies (existing and new policies), actions implemented on time from internal audit perspective.
• Ensure full Compliance with GFCF for respective sections.
• Ensure payments to all Vendors are made within agreed credit period and there should not be any overdue payments. Supervise GFS P2P team.
• Ensure month end check list and monthly tasks are fully adhered to.
• Carry out the fixed asset verification exercise and issue report to Leadership Team (LT).
• Develop full year reconciliation plan for Vendors & Customers and ensure 100% compliance.
• Efficient and accurate Management and Statutory Reporting
• Ensure timely and accurate submissions of month end results:
• Co-ordinate with respective functional teams to complete the month transactions for fixed cost, bank, customers and payables.
• Ensure HFM is completely locked with all memo schedules within Regional/Area Deadline.
• Ensure correct headcount reporting.
• Actively monitoring and controlling CFC (Company Fixed Costs) budgets.
• Sharing a monthly CFC report with Management Team for their visibility and actions.
• Ensure working files and all sub-systems like (RBSM, TSM and GL) are based on latest chart of accounts/PACT/MoCo.
• Timely Statutory Reporting
• Ensure Statutory Audit, Annual returns and Board Resolutions are signed off on timely basis.
• Ensure all monthly and quarterly corporate tax amounts are paid within deadline.
• Complete quarterly tax working and book required adjustments in JDE.
• Ensure accurate quarterly Tax pack submitted in HFM.
• Forecasting/Planning process
• Lead CFC FC/Plan process with relevant departments.
• Ensure effective NWC planning.
• Managing Third Parties
• Company Secretaries
• Auditors
• Tax Consultants
• Bankers – Various requests from market/challenges.
• Lawyers
• Insurers – Insurance renewals and updates on policies.

The experience we're looking for

• Strong Analytical skills
• Stakeholder management with special importance to manage key external stakeholders including Tax/Revenue authorities, consultants and lawyers
• Expert in Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, advanced formulas, Data Tables and Financial modelling)
• Effective communication skills with ability to present and participate in cross-functional meetings with senior management
• Highly motivated and results-driven
• Professional qualification (CPA/ACCA/CFA)
• Postgraduate Degree in Finance/Accounting with relevant experience in FMCG industry (more than 6 years)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Reckitt Benckiser on careers.reckitt.com to apply

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