Unilever Vacancies

Unilever is a British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company
co-headquartered in Rotterdam,
Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom.
Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care
products. Unilever Nigeria is a manufacturer of leading brands in foods,
home care and personal care.

Job Title:  Assistant Finance Business Partner, Brand Development, Skin

Summary
The
Category Finance team business partners with the Marketing Teams to
help them drive the strategy, track financial performance and reporting
of the category apart from budgeting and ad-hoc analysis of data

Qualifications
• Professional finance qualification, e.g. CIMA

Experience and Level
2-4 Years of work experience in a management accounting role. Preferred experience to include:
a) Business Case compilation and evaluations,
b) Performance reporting and analytics,
c) Forecasting and cost management.
The
role requires a high level of interaction with various stakeholders
across the category as well as across geographies. The position requires
direct support of a senior leader within the organisation, therefore
the candidate should be confident in their interactions with
stakeholders demonstrating exceptional inter personal skills.
Additionally both verbal and written communication skills are critical
for the role.

Key Stake Holders
• Regional Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D and CMI teams
• Country Category Finance teams
• Project teams – local and regional

Key Responsibilities
• Analyse submitted results and forecasts across the region to provide timely information to management with regard to:
– Whether results are in line with plan
– Explanation of Key variances and mitigation plans
•
Budgeting, reporting and analysis of marketing spends to ensure amounts
spent are in line with plan, procedures are being followed and ROMI
guidelines are being met to get the maximum benefit for the amounts
spent.
• Compilation of 5 year Strategic plans in conjunction with marketing/CMI teams
• Ad-Hoc reporting and analysis including white space opportunities and competitor performance reviews as needed
• Business Partner Marketing Team influencing performance 
 – Implementation of key plans are reflected in the results category and brand profitability (ad hoc)
– Continuously driving Gross Margin improvement
• Finance member on the project team with key responsibilities to:
– Compile and evaluate project financials
– Challenge assumptions to ensure they reflect in-market realities
Technical Skills
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Powerpoint
• Knowledge of SAP (FI/CO modules) preferred
• Report Writing skills 

 
Key Competencies
• Team commitment and team player
• Exceptional communication skills
• Conscientious, organised and able to prioritize multiple demands
• High attention to detail
• Deadline driven
• Solution mindset 
 • Ability to respond and deliver under pressure
• High level of integrity
• Analytical thinking and problem solving ability
• Project management

Key Success Measures
• Excellent working relationships with key stakeholders
• On-time and accurate analysis of results and forecasts to enable quick decision making
• Ability to add value to the projects and the organisation 
 • Being able to deliver the highest quality output whilst demonstrating ability to challenge assumptions

How to Apply
 
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