Operations & Planning Finance Asst. Manager at Unilever

Job description

Main Job Purpose

To ensure an effective business partnering role for the operations on cost management, risks & controls management and leading business initiatives of an effective operations business model that enhances strong performance and continued growth.

Job Summary

• Business partner the Estate and Factory operations managers and the operations Director.
• Responsible for all the budgeting, planning and costs review of the estates and the factories
• Responsible for ensuring and continuously reviewing operation controls and review of Accounting policies
• Works with the Finance Manager on World Class Manufacturing (WCM) cost deployment pillar
• Responsible for stock control and management in operations
• Responsible for validation and approvals of all journal postings from operation
• Lead in spearheading receipts of all the monthly returns from all the units for end month reporting
• Driving both Gross Margin (GM) and Core Operating Margin (COM) through savings drive in operations and monitor key operations KPIs on a monthly basis
• Management of the out growers’ model and payment process on a monthly basis
• Lead both internal and external Audits processes in the operations
• Review of all critical ledger Accounts and ensure sign off of reconciliations and closure of all actions on a monthly basis.
• Lead on Financial and Accounting trainings for the non-finance teams
• Support other finance Sections including approval of suppliers’ payments
• Champion the operations IT systems controls and reviews.
• Responsible for team direct reports development.

Key Requirements

• Degree in Business/Accounting
• Professional Qualification of CPA K or ACCA will be an added advantage
• 5-8 years in Finance/Accounting in a customer facing role/organization
• Experience and knowledge on the use of SUN system or any other Finance system.
• Proficient in office packages i.e. Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Should be very articulate, results oriented, innovative, challenges convention, works with no supervision and should be a great team player.
• Leadership attributes- proven ability to manage teams.