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
Unleash your potential as our next AR Assistant SADC, where your expertise will propel our health division to new heights. You will be responsible for managing accounts receivable function for allocated customers, finding new ways to influence sales and customers relations to help drive company growth.Your entrepreneurial spirit will be the catalyst for progress in a company that values your growth as much as you do. Seize the opportunity to make an impact every day and grow your career with a global healthcare leader.
The role is a Fixed Term position
Your responsibilities

• Building a relationship of trust & partnership with customers.
• Management of company receivables & collections from customers.
• Ensuring timely settlement of customer payables (trade spends etc.)
• Periodic reconciliation of customer accounts.
• Ensure adherence to SLA's as agreed for the respective processes.
• Review process performance and report out performance dashboards.
• Drive, develop and implement tools to manage and improve service quality.
• Maintenance of customer master data
• Adherence to internal controls & compliance

Competence Required

• Natural leader potential - entrepreneurial decision-making skills and communication skills of a high order.
• Strong track record of delivery is critical
• People management - Able to effectively influence customers to drive change and improvement
• Strong ability to review & see beyond the detail of the numbers and identify issues and opportunities in the business. Displays a high sense of urgency to make sure the job gets done.
• Strong analytical skills - including commercial, financial acumen

The experience we're looking for

• Education: BCom Accounting or Finance
• Experience: Minimum 5 - 10 years' experience in Accounts Receivable / Sales Finance
• Language skills: Fluency in English
• IT: Intermediate Excel skills
• SAP Turbo Experience

The skills for success
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.

Skills Required