Assistant Finance Manager – Category Finance IC

Unilever is currently hiring for Assistant Finance Manager – Category Finance IC

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead S&OP cycles, innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Our Assistant Finance Manager roles are aligned with Unilever’s key business processes and serve as strategic partners to bring an understanding of Finance, value creation and business drivers. Assistant Finance Manager partners with the business teams to ensure growth and to enable them to meet their financial goals, actively lead efforts to find opportunities and implement solutions to improve the financial performance of the business.

By providing an integrated financial perspective on the impact of business decisions, the incumbent makes recommendations and influences decisions that maximize value for the business.

What Else Do They Do in This Role?

• To prepare and co-ordinate all financial plans; Full P&L responsibility in driving financial performance including Overheads; Prepare the strategic planning process by delivering high quality insights using analytics
• Managing month end closing, forecasting, and reporting activities; following up actions for financial performance
• Support and partner with the business teams in business modelling, P&L forecasts, competitor benchmarking, savings.
• Provide support in the areas of Gross Margin (GM), Pricing, Return on Media Investment (ROMI), market development amongst others
• Development of business cases in collaboration with brand teams as well as the Research & Development (R&D) and Consumer & Market Insight (CMI) communities; Drive post-launch intervention.
• Monitor Ice cream season-end returns and reflect the financial impact of the returned products in actual P&L based on actual damaged/undamaged split
• Preparation of the cumulative TTS correction
• Conduct financial modeling (financial scenarios) and analysis to support business decisions
• Support analytical and business frameworks as well as a quantitative approach to decision-making that shape the overall strategic course of the organization.
• Formulation of pricing strategies, business assessment of new product initiatives, competitive analysis and benchmarking, and business process redesign.
• Involvement with special projects related to business development, strategic growth and ad hoc analysis.
• Ensure the accuracy of Financial Reports
• Identify operational efficiencies and improve processes.
• Value partner for business cases, including investments project, innovations, cost model reviews.
• Support on prioritization and activation of a ZBB (Zero Based Budgeting) mind-set within the Category and Brand.
• Driving accountability within the teams and the right service level support from the FET.
• Support in-year business performance for Turkey to deliver targets
• Accountable for the P&L Numbers, Movements and Gaps to Targets
• Prepare Financial presentations and submissions for Local & Global Business Teams
• Monthly Forecast & Weekly Turnover Submissions
• Monthly BG – BU performance deck

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Business Administrations, Engineering or related fields.
• At least 4 years of experience in Finance such as Management Reporting, Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, Budget Management, Financial Audit

​Skills

• Strong analytical capabilities with bias to drive action.
• Good understanding on finance process and operations.
• Advanced skills in Excel, and good knowledge of SAP and OLAP.
• Excellent engagement, presentation, and communication skills.
• Business Partnering.
• Budgeting & Forecasting.
• Understanding internal control
• An enterprising and inquisitive nature that can find solutions to complex problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with & lead cross functional team.
• Advanced English

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
• Growth mindset and a bias for action.
• Ability to challenge established norms constructively and drive change.
• Ability to manage a large and complex set of stakeholders & hold others accountable.
• Demonstrate strong Personal Mastery with a Passion for High Performance
• Strong engagement, presentation, and communication skills.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with both senior colleagues and across the broader Finance community.
• Ability to deal with complex project management.
• Build strong teams as a talent catalyst
• Multi cultural leadership, and ability to make relationship with people with diverse cultural background

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.
  • TALENT CATELYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.