Assistant Finance Manager City: Kuala Lumpur **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** The role supports the Finance Manager in executing administrative and financial tasks, primarily focused on the Singapore market. Key responsibilities include monthly sales closing, trade investment management, system uploads, and balance sheet reconciliation. The position also involves supporting ad-hoc projects such as system implementation for trade spend and audit activities. This role offers opportunities for cross-functional collaboration, particularly with the Commercial team based in Singapore. **Your responsibilities** + Perform month end sales closing activities in the financial system, including passing journal entry onto Blackline + Manage trade investment accrual in Vistex system, from consolidation to system upload; by coordinating with commercial team to ensure the accuracy of provision + Prepare balance sheet reconciliations at month end for trade investment GL, ensuring proper supporting /documentation as per RB policy + Generate monthly reports such as IMS, customer P&L, and other necessary financial analyses. + Coordinate with the Supply Chain team to perform month-end distributor stock reconciliation. + Provide guidance to the Sales team and monitor resolution of trade investment accrual issues. + Monthly/Quarterly closures with account/channel heads regarding Trade Investment accrual and accounting, ensuring sufficiency of accrual and documentation + Maintain accurate and compliant financial documentation and uphold internal control standards + Assist in ad-hoc admin and finance assignment when required **The experience we're looking for** + Recognized Diploma/Degree in Finance or Accounting, CA/ACCA or equivalent + Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience + Candidates with accounting background in MNCs or audit firms are preferred + Microsoft Office literacy essential (strong excel skills in data compilation and aggregation, e.g., sumifs, indirect function, pivot table, v/h lookup, etc.) + Knowledge of SAP, HFM, Fusion knowledge will be an added advantage + Knowledge in internal controls and statutory regulations + General system fluency: willingness to partner with IT team on upgrades, change requests + Right attitude, positive minded & passionate in driving and succeeding in your career. + Involved, Driven, Passionate to grow and "hands-on" + This person is energetic and action oriented. Easily takes up challenges and opportunities and initiates change for better results. Can act with minimum planning/supervision and independently. Has strong achievement orientation, consistently exceeds objectives. + Strong communication and documentation skills including coordination skills, very good personal presentation, oral and written communication skills. **The skills for success** Business accumen, Investment Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, Project Management, Improve business processes, Accounting principles, Financial Reporting, Internal controls, Financial analysis and reporting, Stakeholder engagement and influence, Strategic thinking, Risk management, Relationship management, Mergers & Acquisitions. **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. **Job Segment:** Nutrition, Counseling, Healthcare