BCS-Senior Sourcing Unit Controller at Unilever

Job description

Based in Kenya

Your Main Responsibilities: -

• Business Partner Kenya Factory teams, re: production direct & indirect costs; WCM; controls. Monitor and Control the factory conversion costs on an on-going basis.
• Control postings in site accounts ensuring validity and classification, plus commentaries.
• Provide variance analysis of actuals versus forecast and PY and deviations are fully understood and recorded.
• To investigate and implement corrective action to ensure that plans and WCM savings are delivered and that processes continually improve.
• Provide support to factory teams, regarding cost control, through regular meetings.
• Maintain cost center structures within SAP.
• Carry out monthly accounts discussions with the Factory managers where variance and Cost of production reports are presented and reviewed.
• Business Partner Logistics & Procurement Operations teams, as well as MSO planning.
• Monthly tracking and reporting Logistics costs and efficiencies.
• Actively manage all risks and opportunities to forecast delivery.
• Own material standard price process and communication.
• Partner with Category teams to advise on innovation projects, VIP projects and all financial matters related to the production line and local Supply Chain decisions.
• Manage all requests for capitalization of finished projects. Finance to lead the process with engineer during quarterly reviews.
• Balance Sheet and P&L integrity (SARBOX control) provide reconciliations and commentary.

Skills, experience and qualifications: -

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, and post graduate accounting qualification beneficial (ACCA/CPA).
• At least 5-8 years of FMCG experience. Previous finance experience in Supply Chain strongly preferred. Other finance experience in Brand (BB or BD), CD Finance and/or FP&R beneficial.
  5 years minimum Finance business partnering experience.
• Experience in managing Capital projects and supporting team members across different countries.
• Self-starter able to operate independently with no supervision. Ambitious to hit personal targets and standards.

Your Personal Power! :-

At BCS we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Culture

We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.

If you are an entrepreneur at heart and have a passion for winning, a strong understanding of the CPG business, ad would like to join us, apply and speak to one of our Talent Matchmakers!