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.

Unilever international

As the ninth global cluster, we work across the world to fill white spaces for Unilever.  

We treat the business as our own.  

As intrapreneurs, we introduce Unilever’s brands into white space geographies like Korea, Pacific Islands, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Fair & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Europe and SEAA.  

As Unilever’s growth engine, we establish global white space businesses in key channels such as Health & Beauty, Discounters, E-Commerce and alternate channels such as travel retail, marketing to institutional partners like the United Nations, and seeding Unilever brands to overseas diaspora who crave for a taste of their familiar home brands.  

Singapore is our global hub leading strategy, marketing thinking, seeding plans, and alignment with the global categories and supply chain.   

Job Position: Unilever International - Assistant Finance Manager - Personal Care

Function: Finance

Reports to: DongSeok Hahn

Scope:   Local

Location: India. Mumbai Preferred

Roles & Responsibilities :

Finance Business Partnering – BG Finance

Finance Business partner and trusted finance advisor to assist the Finance Manager and UI Business Group Marketing, Supply Chain Team to drive performance management, decision support, strategy formulation and strategy into action.

Co-lead and drive UI Floor Pricing Benchmark and Pricing Framework for UI Portfolio in the geographical scope to ensure profitability and growth based on intended market strategy.

Co-lead and drive top-down review of trade and marketing spends in order to optimise returns on investment in strategic cells.

Co-lead and drive BU and Country discussions to ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders.

Prepare the various ad-hoc analysis for Business Review Meetings and Board meetings; prepare rolling forecasts and business plans for both BGs, brands, channel, geographies.

Direct Reports : Individual Contributor

Key Interfaces :

UI BG Marketing team

BGs (operating company) Business and Finance teams

UI Supply Chain and UI Supply Chain Finance

UI CD OPS

UI Central Finance teams (FP&A, FET, AR, AP, Treasury, R2R)

Controllers Teams

Key Skills :

Strong Analytical capabilities with bias to Drive Action

Working in cross functional teams

Business Partnering

Decision support including business case preparations

Advanced knowledge of Excel, Power Point.

SAP BW, ECC operational knowledge and preferably Hyperion

Relevant Experience & Qualifications :

Minimum 4-7 years of experience in Financial Analysis, Information Management roles.

Experience in one of the Business partnering roles: Supply Chain, Information Management or Category finance lead.

Preferably experience in Tax / Controlling

Fully Qualified Accountant preferably with CIMA/CA equivalent

Standards of Leadership Required :

Agility

Passion for High Performance

Business Acumen