Trade Analyst

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.

About Global Business Services

Behind our iconic power brands that touch millions of lives daily – from Dettol and Lysol to Durex and Nurofen – lies a dynamic and vital engine: Reckitt's Global Business Services (GBS).Fuelled by a culture of positive energy and co-creativity - while learning together - OneReckitt GBS is at the forefront of our business, driving efficiency, standardisation, and innovation across our global operations. We're a fast-paced, purposeful team, constantly seeking to optimise our processes, leverage cutting-edge technology, and deliver exceptional value to every corner of Reckitt. We’re not a traditional back-office function; we’re a strategic powerhouse where diverse individuals with bright minds come together to solve complex challenges, shape future capabilities, and build a better global business that directly helps achieve Reckitt’s missionOur 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 Trade Finance Senior Analyst, you will manage the end-to-end lifecycle of trade promotion claims—validating submissions against approved contracts and price conditions, reconciling and truing-up promotion accruals, and ensuring timely, compliant settlement. Partnering with Sales, Customer Service, and Finance, you will safeguard working capital by reducing leakage from invalid or noncompliant claims, strengthening audit trails, and standardizing ways of working across markets. You will leverage SAP, Vistex and/or HighRadius trade modules to prioritize worklists, enable rule-based matching, and improve automation while maintaining accurate, audit ready records. 

Your responsibilities

• Manage complex trade promotion and rebate claims, ensuring accurate validation against contracts, pricing terms, and promotional agreements 
• Oversee the end-to-end trade spend process, including claim adjudication, settlement, and reconciliation activities 
• Lead investigation and resolution of discrepancies, aged claims, and exceptions, engaging cross-functional teams where required 
• Review and validate promotional data (e.g., EPOS, pricing, promotional plans) to ensure accuracy and compliance 
• Manage trade spend accruals, including creation, reconciliation, and month-end true-ups in line with accounting policies 
• Provide guidance and oversight to junior analysts, supporting knowledge sharing and capability development within the team 
• Strengthen controls, ensuring compliance with policies, audit requirements, and Delegation of Authority (DoA) frameworks 
• Monitor and analyse KPIs (e.g., claim cycle time, accrual accuracy, leakage, recovery rates), providing insights and recommendations 
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including automation, rule-based matching, and standardisation of processes and data governance 
• Partner with Sales, Finance, and Customer Service to improve upstream processes and reduce recurring issues and revenue leakage 

The experience we're looking for

• Experience in trade spend, rebates, deductions, or OTC processes within a shared services or global organisation 
• Strong understanding of trade promotion management, including claim validation, settlements, and accrual accounting 
• Advanced experience with ERP and trade tools (e.g., SAP, Vistex, HighRadius) 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights 
• Experience in month-end close activities related to trade spend, including accrual management and reconciliations 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across cross-functional teams 
• Continuous improvement mindset, with experience in process optimisation and automation initiatives 
• Proficiency in English and Turkish is required

The skills for success

Project management, Financial systems, Improve business processes, Accounting Principles, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Stakeholder engagement and influence.

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.