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Unilever Hiring for Unilever International – Europe Finance Analyst Job at Leatherhead, England Full Time

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Job Title: Unilever International – Europe Finance Analyst
Location: Leatherhead and other UK locations considered
ABOUT UNILEVER
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace”
At Unilever, Finance is about so much more than numbers. It’s the lifeblood of our business – touching every area, informing multi-million-euro decisions and directly influencing the development, growth and health of our brands, and through them our vision to build a better business and a better world.
Your influence will directly determine the future of our brands and our whole business. Our Finance teams are tasked with the financial operation, auditing, accountancy and tax management of Unilever as a whole. At our root, we believe that sustainable business growth is only possible when you bring together the best purpose-led talent, and that is what you will find in our teams. From Finance Business Partners to Accountants to the broad range of specialists in Expertise Services, everyone works together to achieve our ambitions.
JOB PURPOSE
Unilever International (UI) is an alternative but complementary route to market, servicing white space opportunities not exploited by local operating countries. It is a global business unit with 6 hubs (Singapore, India, US, UK, France and Dubai) with a diverse range of products, with expertise in utilising 3rd party distributors and consolidators to reach consumers in over 75 countries. Unilever international is independent but fully integrated with clusters.
This role will sit in the UI Europe team providing financial support for the sale of both mass market and selective distribution products, with a development emphasis upon the latter to provide operational business partnering support to senior management. The business has seen rapid growth which will continue through organic and white space activities, and is managed by a cross functional business team, that has dedicated resources in Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Demand Planning and Finance. The UI Europe business invoices from multiple legal entities and the P&L contributes to UL international and also directly to several European MSO.
The purpose of this role is to provide finance/ commercial business partnering to the business team in the areas of performance management, CD finance, Supply chain finance and Risk and controls. This role will also be involved in evaluating new business opportunities and liaison with other hubs and Singapore HQ to share best practice.
The role offers a fantastic opportunity for the right person to demonstrate ownership of the full P&L and be involved in all areas of finance, and would allow an ambitious and successful candidate to progress further within the organisation and within their career. The roles also offers line management experience of a Finance Apprentice.
Game changing business:
SPEED is the mantra for our resounding success. To serve the underserved, we embrace a founder’s mentality, explore unchartered territories, redesign end-to-end business models to establish successful businesses. We make a difference by working fast and smart, nurturing our tribe, winning together and living by five tenets:
We will be the fastest route-to-market globally;
We go where no (man, woman or distributor) has ever explored;
Impossible is an opinion, not a fact;
Speed is our currency;
When brands are built right, they can last a lifetime.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting & Reporting:
  • Month end reporting, communicating insight and analysis to the UI teams and the wider business.
  • Review in month performance vs forecast, highlighting gaps and recommending corrective action
  • Responsible for the integrity of UI balance sheet.
  • Manage Multiple Business Unit Reporting across several countries.
Business Partnering
  • Ensuring that pricing is within the strategic framework.
  • Reporting and partnering GM across customers, geographies and ranges and recommending action.
  • Maximise Return on Investment
  • Ensuring that planned promotions are within guidelines to optimise return whilst delivering against brand strategies, and making recommendations for improvement.
  • Monitoring A&P spending, reporting variances against forecast and providing quick investigation into discrepancies. Monitoring Overheads spend to within budget
  • Develop business cases to evaluate new business opportunities required to maximise growth potential of the channel. Challenging assumptions and highlighting risks and opportunities.
  • Build relationships in the Unilever Supply Chain Company (USCC) to understand the cost base within the UI P&L. Including forecasting future cost movements and understanding implications on pricing
  • Support in S&OP to feed into the UI demand planning and Singapore central forecasting
  • Develop close working relationships with central Finance team in Singapore, and share best practice across the broader UI finance team.
  • Financial results delivery of the UI business vs. Prior year and submitted forecast.
  • Year on year sales growth and gross margin enhancement.
  • A rigorous and accurate 12-18 month rolling financial forecast.
  • Integrity of the balance sheet
  • Improvement in operational effectiveness measures (bill to cash, purchase to pay).
  • Overheads – Budget management.
  • A strategic plan with key financial levers and metrics
Consultation:
  • Monthly financial forecast.
  • Business performance reviews.
  • New business evaluation.
  • Acquisition or disposal of country markets.
  • Review of operational effectiveness.
Information:
  • Category and brand plans.
  • Weekly sales performance.
  • Stock planning and obsoletes management
  • Consumer and market information.
ALL ABOUT YOU
  • Complex data analysis and manipulation
  • Preparing business results analysis and commentaries
  • Commercial support and decision support (including preparing business cases)
  • Team working and interpersonal skills
  • Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Office skills
  • Team Alignment
  • Real accountability
  • Global mindset
  • Strategic influencing
  • Part Qualified Accountant
  • Industry experience in commercial roles
  • Working in cross functional teams
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Experience of using SAP
  • Power BI
WHAT WE OFFER
Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, an annual bonus, a free gym, a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.
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  • Job Title: Unilever Hiring for Unilever International – Europe Finance Analyst Job at Leatherhead, England