The Unilever invited applications for the post of Assistant Finance Manager, UI South Asia FBP.
Qualification
- Chartered Accountant or MBA from tier1/ 2 schools with 5+years of experience in various Finance or Business-related roles post CA/MBA
- In depth knowledge of Operational / Financial Processes: Master data management, Credit Management Policies; Debtors management; Brand & Marketing investments, Claims and reconciliations
- Ability to work closely with stakeholders from different functions and willingness to connect with global stakeholders who may be based in different time zones.
- Keen curiosity to learn and staying resilient
Responsibilities
- Project Management support for new business transfer from local Unilever business units to UI. This involves Project Management activities for all financial aspects including set up of reporting, set up of route to market, distributor management, ensuring ROI of distributors, measuring ROI of trade term spends, budgeting for marketing activities, etc. The aim is to hold end to end accountability of the P&L and ensure key deliverables, engagement with stakeholders, ensure all due diligence and governance is in place
- Finance Business Partner for India seeding business. Responsibilities includes:
- Performance Management lead & full P&L ownership on actuals, forecasts for both short and long term planning. Prepare all rolling forecasts and business plans.
- Reviewing actuals vs forecast and flagging key issues to promote accountability and picking early warning signals to drive opportunities.
- Be actively participating on driving growth and profitability, pricing decision, managing risk, challenging business teams, managing costs across all geographies and P&L drivers
- Drive Internal Operational Planning, Marketing Activity Planning and Pricing Decisions.
- Ensure efficient Working Capital via Debtors Management procedures: Claims, Invoicing review.
- Monitoring trade term spends and its effective utilisation
- Ensuring customer claims are settled on time in full
- Implementing DMS at distributors to manage stock levels and secondary sales
- Manage month end activities: Monthly forecasting, Month end review, Analysis, Drive Insights and Actions with focus on: Growth, Returns on investments, Portfolio Mix, Pricing and Costs.
- Controls: Ensure financial records are in compliance with accepted policies, procedures and external/SOX controls requirements. Ensure robustness of internal controls including clear segregation of duties, disciplined implementation of schedule of authority, robust payment approval/verification process, credit assessment, budgetary system.
- This person will work very closely with UI business stakeholders and partner cross-functionally across marketing, supply chain and business development teams.
JOB LOCATION: Mumbai
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