Intern/Trainee Finance Controlling (Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, BE, 1000)

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

We are looking for a motivated and analytical Brand Controlling Intern to support the Finance team in monitoring brand performance, evaluating marketing investments, and delivering financial insights to support decision-making. This internship offers exposure to both Finance and Marketing functions and provides hands-on experience in business partnering, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.

To be eligible for the role, you must be enrolled in a University based in the EU and be able to obtain an internship/university agreement.

Internship dates

Start date: 11th January 2027

End date: 10th July 2027

Your responsibilities

• Support monthly closing activities and financial reporting for assigned brands.
• Assist in analyzing brand profitability, sales performance, and gross margin evolution.

• Prepare variance analyses versus budget, forecast, and prior year results.

• Consolidate financial information and maintain reporting dashboards.

• Monitor advertising, promotion, and marketing expenditures.

• Track actual spending against approved budgets.

• Support the validation and control of marketing-related accruals and invoices.

• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies and procedures.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.

• Gather and analyze business assumptions from Marketing and Sales teams.

• Support scenario analyses and evaluate business opportunities.

• Collaborate closely with Brand Managers, Marketing teams, and Commercial Finance.

• Help provide financial insights to support brand strategy and investment decisions.

• Participate in cross-functional meetings and projects.

• Extract and analyze data from financial and business systems.

• Identify risks, opportunities, and key performance drivers.

• Contribute to process improvements and reporting automation initiatives.

The experience we're looking for

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Familiarity with Power BI, SAP, or other reporting tools is an advantage.

• Strong analytical and numerical skills.

• Experience performing tasks requiring high level of accuracy orientation to detail.

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Proactive mindset and willingness to learn.

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.