Unilever International Finance Manager – FBP

Job description

Job Title: Unilever International - Finance Manager, FBP

Location (City, Country):

Seoul, Korea

UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL IS…

Unilever International (UI) is an alternative but complimentary route to market, servicing white space opportunities not exploited by local operating countries. This is amongst Unilever’s fastest growing global business unit with 8 hubs (Singapore, US, UK, Korea, India, Dubai, France and the Philippines) with a diverse range of products, with expertise in utilizing 3rd party distributors and consolidators to reach consumers in over 75 countries. We treat the business as our own. We introduce Unilever’s brands into geographies like Korea, Pacific Islands, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Fair & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Western Europe and SEAA. As Unilever’s growth engine, we establish global businesses in key channels such as Health & Beauty, Discounters, E-Commerce and alternate channels such as travel retail, marketing to institutional partners like the United Nations, and seeding Unilever brands to overseas diaspora who crave for a taste of their familiar home brands.

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this position is to lead the performance management agenda with insightful, value-added financial analysis on respective business groups.

Establish finance as an effective and valued business partner to deliver profitable growth of Unilever Korea.

This role will supervise 3 direct reports in Go-To-Market Korea finance team.

Key Accountabilities:

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Measure, monitor and analyze financial performance including analysis of variance and movement: Analysis on Category/Brand and Channel/Customer profitability

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Support on business decisions: Pricing, Promotion activities, Max the Mix, new product launch

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FP&A: leading financial planning process including annual budget and monthly forecast

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Lead finance business partnering role to Business Group(BG) team to deliver BG target, providing insights for BG profitability and ROI improvement

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Manage Brand & Market investment budget

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Optimise strategic investment for growth through performance management, decision support, developing business models, and putting strategy into action

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Supervises the offshore shared service team so that the transactions are recorded in an accurate manner and in accordance with SCOA

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Manage the monthly closing for Management Accounting & Reporting so that all activities required are accomplished correctly and on time according to timetable

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Support ad hoc projects and initiatives including new business opportunities and process excellence

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Leading & developing GTM finance team

Key Skills & Experience Required:

KEY SKILLS

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Qualified accountant or equivalent or studying towards professional accounting qualification

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Strong analytical skills, reporting and accounting accuracy

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Strong organizational and prioritization skills

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Ability to work collaboratively with others on key deliverables

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Ability to drive process/report simplification and improvements.

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Excellent understanding on finance process and operations.

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Good unknowledge of SAP and Finance systems

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Stakeholder management and communication skills

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Leadership competences

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Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

ESSENTIAL

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At least 10 years of experience in FP&A, and over 3years experience in manager role

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Experience in FMCG FP&A (leading finance planning process and profitability analysis) and  FBP to leadership team

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Experience in investment evaluation, P&L analysis, and budget &KPI management

PREFERRED

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Quick learner with confidence to lead finance agenda independently

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Experience in rolling out global projects and initiatives

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Experience in working with shared service team, and regional/global team

Contacts:

Internal: Sales / Marketing, and regional/global finance team.

External: 3rd party finance operation team(offshore).

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.