Finance Business Partner

Job description

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. The world of Unilever FoodSolutions is a dynamic and exciting environment with passionate professionals who work hard to carry out their common ambition to “support, inspire, progress”. Our customers range from restaurants and hotels through to pub chefs and workplace, school or hospital caterers - as well as the wholesalers and cash and carries who service the foodservice industry.

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the dedicated culinary foodservice business of Unilever which operates in more than 70 markets across the globe. The UFS portfolio consists of many of the world’s leading food brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s and The Vegetarian Butcher.

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.

Meet the Hungarian UFS here: Unilever Food Solutions | Séfektől séfeknek |

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. The purpose of this role is to act and operate as the finance coordinator in FoodSolutions for Hungary (focused) & Adria region with a total turnover responsibility of approximately €10million.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

The role offers an attractive balance between strategic and operational experiences including:

·  Full P&L ownership and accountability:
·  Deliver country results via dynamic P&L management and full P&L accountability.
·  Look for continuous improvement & efficiency to further simplify reporting and increase accuracy in forecasting processes.
·  Commercially shape the medium to long term strategy and direction of the portfolio and markets.
·  Responsible for proper TMI budgeting, provisioning, and controlling; all in line with contracts.
·  Actively participate in-year target delivery of financial growth model:
·  Support the UFS team with developing a sustainable business plan that can deliver competitive, profitable volume growth
·  Support during financial audits, provide data analysis – proposals on how to do a better business, margin calculation, etc.
·  Be part of the UFS Europe Finance team and as such, where needed, lead specific Finance topics for the broader Foodsolutions community

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

·  Degree in Finance, Management or a quantitative field (or equivalent experience)
·  3+ years experience in financial roles. Customer Finance, Controlling experience is an advantage
·  CIMA/ACCA qualification will be a significant advantage

Skills

·  Excellent analytical and communication skills with ability to work under pressure
·  Able to interact and collaborate effectively in a wide network of stakeholders
·  Clarity of thinking – ability to see the big picture, whilst interested to dive into details
·  Strong engagement, presentation and communication skills (both in Hungarian and English language)
·  You have a challenging mindset, practive attitude with a sense of urgency when needed
·  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 are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

WHAT WE OFFER

·  Performance based annual bonus
·  Cafeteria (including elements like support for self-development, SZÉP card, ShareNow or home office cost reimbursement)
·  Home office opportunity: we are currently working in hybrid which means we spend 2 days in office and rest of the week in home office
·  Opportunity to buy Unilever products at discounted price in the employee shop
·  Healthcare programs – we support your healthy lifestyle with health insurance, health screenings, sport opportunities and we also provide mental health support
·  We provide you company laptop, mobile phone and other equipment is also available upon request

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.