Controls Assurance Assistant Manager, EM

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## About the team

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 a Controls Assurance Assistant Manager within the Global Internal Controls (GIC) organisation, you will play a critical role in driving Reckitt’s global controls transformation and assurance agenda. Based in our Centre of Excellence (COE) in Hyderabad, you will provide senior oversight across assurance delivery, analytical insight, and high‑quality execution of our global controls programme.
You will collaborate closely with Regional Controls Teams, the Internal Testing Team, third‑party providers, and market stakeholders to deliver consistent control design, testing, remediation and reporting across Reckitt’s global operations. This role requires strong technical expertise and sound judgement.

Your responsibilities

Controls Transformation, Testing & Assurance
• Partner with Regional Controls Teams to deliver controls transformation and assurance activities, including control design assessment, operational effectiveness testing, and remediation support.
• Coordinate with the Internal Testing Team and third-party providers to ensure timely, accurate delivery of the global testing plan.
• Perform quality reviews of Optro documentation to ensure alignment to global methodologies and consistent, high quality assurance outputs.
• Support targeted reviews and deep dive assessments, bringing an analytical lens to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of delivery (and third parties) including review updates to control documentation to ensure updates to process flowcharts and controls are current and are aligned with internal control guidelines.
• Monitor local control environment to ensure where change is made appropriate controls are in place.
• Perform controls testing to support the Internal Testing Team.
Stakeholder Support & Issue Management
• Provide guidance and advice to market and functional stakeholders on internal controls, issue remediation, and control design improvements.
• Apply sound judgement to manage issues, oversee escalations, and remove blockers to delivery.
Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement
• Manage the annual market self-assessment and controls declaration process; consolidate outputs and report status to GIC leadership and regional controllers.
• Support reporting of control results and insights via Power BI dashboards, including investigation of exceptions and validation of findings.
• Contribute to the evolution of the global control framework, including supporting automation and data-driven testing initiatives.
• Promote standardisation, methodology adherence, and continuous improvement across the COE and wider GIC function.
• Partner with IT 2nd line of defence to ensure IT aspects of control are integrated into the overall view of the effectiveness of the control environment.
Team Leadership & Oversight
• Provide supervisory oversight and coaching to analysts and testing resources, ensuring quality and capability development.
• Support embedding of global ways of working and strengthening the internal controls capability across the team.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. Accountancy qualification would be advantageous.
• 5-8 years of experience in audit, internal controls, risk management, financial controls or a similar assurance environment.
• Strong understanding of internal controls frameworks (e.g., SOX/ICFR) and assurance methodologies.
• Experience with COSO framework and COBIT framework an advantage.
• SAP business process control experience is essential.
• Experience of supporting management teams in implementing controls; ideally experience with business transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable ability to engage and manage different level stakeholders and multicultural audience/s through communication and presentation skills.
• Collaborative and transparent ways of working.
• Fluent spoken & written English and be able to communicate effectively in local languages.
• Effective and impactful communication skills with an ability to articulate complex concepts in concise language.
• Experience working with global teams and/or shared services/COE environments.
• CA qualified (1st or 2nd attempt preferred).
• FMCG experience would be an added advantage.
• Good working knowledge of Power BI, audit tools and Optro.
• Experience/awareness of Agentic AI applications would be a nice-to-have.

The skills for success

Internal audit, internal controls, RACM, RCM, stakeholder management, controls framework, controls testing

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.