Senior Executive

Senior Executive - SC Finance Analyst

Job Title: Senior Executive - SC Finance Analyst

Location: Bangalore

About Unilever

Be part of the world's most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas, and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you'll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you'll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we'll work to help you become a better you.

About UniOps

Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.

About the Function

In this role you will work as part of the Global Supply Chain Finance Services (SCFS) team at Unilever. At SCFS we aim to "create value through continuous global impact on the financial results of Unilever" and we live a strong purpose "inspired to make an impact". Our operational scope includes costing, accounting, reporting and controlling activities within the domain of Supply Chain Finance. We work in a dynamic environment with significant change in ways of working resulting from continuous improvement projects, automated/robotised solutions, data driven insights. With our ambitious continuous improvement and new scope agenda, we are focusing on different aspects. Redesigning the global process models, process optimizations by utilizing third party service provider and technology solutions, lead and own the design of global/regional projects. Ensure compliance in financial controls and develop solutions to drive analytics and insights. SCFS activities are delivered from locations across 3 continents – Europe (Poland), Americas (Mexico) and Asia (India).

Role Purpose

In SCFS we recently established a Global SCFS operations team managing end to end processes for all countries globally through implementation of a Global Process Model.

Key Responsibilities

• ​​​ Global process deployment for Forecasting, Product Costing, Innovation Costing, Month-End Close analytics

• Subject matter expertise in the relevant area(s)

• Business Partner and first point of contact within Unilever for relevant processes

• Guide and deliver through the 3PSPs (CG, IBM etc.) and monitor performance

• Manage effective service delivery, creating exceptional user experience in stakeholder community

• In depth understanding of business systems and tools

• GFCF (mainly in the area of Make to Deliver and Fixed Assets/CAPEX) controls understanding, documentation and attend / support SOX and other Audit

• Data mining and KPI monitoring and improvements

• Excellent service delivery and continuous improvements

• Issue management and resolution

• Support preparation of Governance meetings with global stakeholders such as Capgemini and Global Procurement Finance, SCF and OCs

• Support internal discussions by sharing a global picture with the right facts. Benchmark cross-cluster to spot and drive opportunities to harmonize or implement more efficient ways of working

• Support various projects touching the processes Forecasting, Product Costing, Month-End Close.​​​

Experiences and Qualifications

• ​​​Masters or Bachelor's degree in finance or equivalent experience

• Background in Finance

• Prior experience in Finance and Accounting will be an edge

​​ Preferred:

• ​​Project Management, knowledge transfer or production controlling experience would be an advantage

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Skills

• ​​​Financial Accounting and Reporting knowledge

• ​Analytical thinking and problem-solving mind-set.

• ​Effective Communication: Fluent in English, oral and written

• ​Prioritization and Planning of own agenda

• Forward looking approach and ability to provide "what if" analysis

• ​A strong customer and service centric mindset

• ​Stakeholders Management

• ​IT Skills – MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT)

• ​Team working – demonstrate commitment to the team in helping to achieve goals; proactively share best practice, ideas and insights with colleagues

• ​Agility and ability to adjust quickly to changes

• ​Strong in holding self and others accountable​​

Leadership Skills

Unilever Leadership Behaviors

• Care Deeply: Care deeply about how consumer/customer experience every day, everywhere, about our people's growth and development.

• Focus on what counts: Ruthlessly prioritizing what really, really matters and so do fewer things brilliantly. Set clear and stretching goals and recognise maximum performance impact

• Stay Three Steps Ahead: Think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. Always curious and confident – anticipating and staying ahead of consumer/customer needs and external trends to be the competition

• Deliver wit Excellence: Deliver everything with excellence and pace. Take personal ownership.

Please Note:

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