Man with a mission

So, where has he been recently, you’re probably asking yourself, this guy with
the backpack on the photo on the front page of the Reckitt Benckiser blog?

Well, I put my headlight on and some provisions in my backpack, joined a French rope team and descended into the deep vaults of Reckitt Benckiser information systems (IS)!
That’s where.

And I assure you, we met a lot of our international colleagues from finance down there with a common objective: a major upgrade of our management reporting tools!
Luckily we had also teamed up with our colleagues from IS, so we had sound technical support for this mission. However, I guess we would have hardly survived if we were not used to working in depth with our financial systems on a daily basis – I reckon that a certain affinity to financial systems is among the crucial prerequisites for a successful finance career in Reckitt Benckiser.

After getting used to the handling of the new reporting system, we had to thoroughly analyse the new application’s behaviour and evaluate the data from a business point of view.
Of course we had to always compare the figures to our current reporting systems to ensure full data integrity.
We had identified quite a few issues that had to be solved to get the project completed in time. As almost everything is fixed now, we are currently preparing training sessions to instruct the local end users.
By the end of the year, we will then be ready to do the final roll out!

After all, during this project, we not only implemented now a solution with significantly enhanced reporting and analysis capabilities, but also made some very interesting cross-functional contacts within the company.

As you can see, we work closely together with our colleagues from IS. So no surprise that I’d now like to hand you over to Vinicius, an IS graduate based in the UK.
He has been with the company since 2007 when he started in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is perfectly placed to tell you about his global career and the dynamic two years he has had with RB.

I’ve really enjoyed my time writing on this blog, sharing my plancake recipe, along with my experiences and stories of what life is like at Reckitt Benckiser.
And having read so far, you will probably agree that this blog is a very good opportunity to discover what life at RB is really like!
So looking forward to seeing you soon at RB …