Hindustan Unilever Looking for Financial Analyst – Customer Development Finance BP at Mecca Full Time

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the one size fits all approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Customer DevelopmentFinance INTRODUCTION:

CD Finance is a business partnering job to CD team focusing on top line planning, Trade spend budgeting and forecasting, month end closing activities and results analysis, dealing with key partners are the CD country and channel heads and the regional sales managers, , key account managers, along with the internal stakeholders, in CD Finance team, controlling team, and cash & collection team.

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 can be fully responsible of the end-to-end process of Trade Spend management of the GT channel, performance trend analysis, claims revision, customer balance reconciliation and be the key contact person in Unilever with our sub-distributor then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Channel Partnering:

• Quarterly provision reconciliation and ensure right provisioning level.
• Monthly analysis on promo actuals versus forecast review with CD Finance manager and GT Channel head.
• He / She will be the key point of contact from Unilever side with the sub-distributor team.
• Presenting finance performance in the annual Joint business plan with sub-distributor.

Controllership:

• Net provision reporting at Channel/Category levels with commentary of aged balances.
• GT Trade spend claims ownership, validation and processing on system.
• Ensuring compliance and tracking of OTC controls related to CDF space.

Month End Closing and Reporting:

• Promo actualization to reflect right provisions in P&L and Balance sheet.
• Contractual cash up actualization by subchannel and category.
• Mix Analysis by subchannel and pack size in case of Trade spend deviation.
• Adhoc requests analysis on Trade spend and IMS Turnover during month zero.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Business acumen for manufacturing and distribution businesses.
• Microsoft office basics is minimum, Advanced level is a plus.
• PowerBI knowledge is a plus.

Skills

• Good communication and analytical skills.
• Process design and automation.
• Financial controls.

• Project management and Teamwork.
• SAP knowledge is a plus.
• Working independently with high levels of integrity and discipline.

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 SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! 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.

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.