A comparative financial analysis of health and hygiene products: study on Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh PLC

Abstract

This report is designed to accomplish my undergraduate degree mainly. Since I am doing major in finance also doing my internship at core finance team of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh PLC, it would be useful for me to provide financial impact in my report. Thus, this report reflects both my academic and professional life. This report mainly consists of three chapters. The first chapter is about me and my internship journey. Secondly, the organizational insights are listed in chapter two. Lastly it provides my project part which is a financial comparison of the organization. The first chapter mainly shows the internship information. Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh is my internship organization where I have done multiple tasks in past 4 months. In chapter 1 all my assigned tasks along with the recommendation and limitations are listed. In the next chapter the organizational data are provided. The activity of different department such as HR, marketing, financial and accounting practices, operations along with the industry analysis. In this chapter the core task and activities of every department are critically analyzed. Along with that in the financial part the financial data of past 5 years are analyzed to interpret the financial performance of Reckitt. Also, in this FMCG industry wat is Reckitt adopting to compete with the competitors are key focused here. Lastly the key strengths and weaknesses are provided in the conclusion part followed by a list of recommendation. Lastly, the project part includes the comparative discussion of the finance. Basically, in this chapter Reckitt’s segment wise performance is scrutinized. Reckitt works in two segments in Bangladesh one is the health, and another is the hygiene one. Segment wise income statement data is available in their annual statement but up to operating profit one. Using this data 4 different evaluation has been done. Later on, some of the data is estimated and then further evaluated to know its performance for its shareholders. Lastly after evaluation its performance some recommendation would be made based on the lacking and limitation it has. In accordance with the gap of the segments these initiatives may be followed. By writing this report I not only got a golden chance to implement my academic knowledge to a practical one but also got to know the pin and points of an organization. This report is like a roadmap towards my professional life which I am heading too.