Join us as Assistant Financial Accounting Manager
Location: Grha Unilever
Terms & Conditions: Full-time
ABOUT UNILEVER
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.
Unilever is celebrated for its relentless innovation, not only in product development but also in its strategic and operational frameworks. The Compass strategy was devised to empower the business with effective profit and loss management. Building on this foundation, the Finance Target Operating Model (TOM) delineates the roles and workflows for National Finance Teams with precision.
TOM has established principles for Controlling within the SEAI Controlling organization by being process experts, managing end-to-end financial reporting, and helping the business manage risks and protect value. A three-tier model identifies ownership, ensuring controls are in place. Market Controllers will maintain external relations, ensure local compliance, mitigate risk, and ensure controls and compliance when there are new business models and key changes to ways of working. A Regional Controller will manage in-market finance capabilities across countries whilst COMEX will support transactional activities and drive technology adoption.
JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate about change, simplification, and creating efficient ways of working then this role is just for you!
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Own the Balance Sheet: Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with accounting standards.
Drive Reconciliations: Prepare and maintain reconciliations for key GL accounts, collaborating with Operating Centers and stakeholders to resolve outstanding items.
Royalty Calculations: Execute quarterly royalty calculations for service, technology, and trademark fees.
Intercompany Excellence: Manage cross-charging processes and oversee AR/AP balances across Unilever entities, ensuring timely settlement and proper documentation.
Month-End Closing Activities: Prepare and post journals for agency fees, accruals, intercompany transactions, reclassifications, and other adjustments.
Leadership & Collaboration: Lead Controller Network Meetings, ensuring alignment and issue resolution across finance and business teams. Lead Balance Sheet Review with CFO.
Continuous Improvement: Support regional projects to harmonize RTR processes, strengthen internal controls, and drive simplification for operational effectiveness.
Problem-Solving: Identify key issues and deliver efficient solutions through robust procedures.
Experiences & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree: Finance and Accounting.
Strong Financial Accounting skills.
Experience working with large complex data from multiple sources.
Experience managing local, regional, and global stakeholders.
Experience in presenting to and communicating with Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
Skills
Resilience (ability to cope with time pressure and challenges).
High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics.
Ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders.
Strong engagement, presentation, and communication skills.
High attention to details and self-driven
Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner.
Fluent in English both in reading & writing or willingness to learn quickly.
Key stakeholder
VP Finance, Financial Controller, Supply Chain Controller, GCAD, COMEX and Internal / External Auditors.
Leadership
You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
Critical Unilever Leadership Behaviors:
PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Hungry to win together, prioritizes ruthlessly and owns the outcome.
PERSONAL MASTERY: Brings their best, whatever the challenge
CONSUMER & CUSTOMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
AGILITY: Curious, courageous, and adaptable to change. Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
PURPOSEFUL IMPACT: Cares deeply about delivering positive impact for business, people, and planet.
TALENT CATALYST: Inspires people to grow with support and honesty.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.