Career Opportunities at Unilever - 4 Positions

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!

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Job description

Based in Kenya

Your Main Responsibilities: -

• Managing and reporting of OVHs and BMI costs
• Ensure correct bookings of costs in P&L as per SCOA
• Forecast working capital
• Support related budget owners
• OC Governance, continuous improvement on rule based journals + controls
• Coordinate OVH + BMI targets with the BU countries
• Provide ad-hoc support to countries within the BU

Skills, experience and qualifications: -

• A very strong academic record
• Excellent understanding of financial metrics and FFG Financial processes
• Very strong track record of delivery in previous Finance roles
• Very strong work ethic, resilience in the face of pressure, good team player, ability to meet multiple stretching deadlines, great communication skills and excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical bias and Microsoft Excel skills
• PowerPoint capability

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!

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Job description

Your Main Responsibilities: -

• Carries out risk assessment and policy compliance assessment
• Prepare audit scope, audit program for the various process/ functions/ locations
• Carry out Financial Control Assessments
• Carries out audit test in line with the audit program
• Review Sales and Debtors ledger
• Lead the Operational control and audit aspects of the CD Finance
• Maintain accurate overviews of all Customers Trade Terms and ensure that customer finance transactions teams have appropriate accruals for all off-invoice terms
• Support the CD team during the annual customer TTS negotiations, providing financial support and guidance ensuring that AP commitments are met.
• Ensure month end operations/closure is carried out smoothly and be the lead for CD finance in ensuring the end month tasks are delivered on time.
• Suspends, pending closure, customer accounts in the event of non-payment.
• Authorizes re-opening of accounts hitherto closed for payment issues.

Skills, experience and qualifications: -

• 2-3 years financial/ audit experience is desirable
• Accounting graduate/ completed CPA or any other recognized Accounting qualification,
• Good communication skills
• There will be 6 months on the job training which will help the person understand the business and the audit process.
• Intermediate excel and word skills

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!

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Job description

Your Main Responsibilities: -

• Ensure integrity and control across accrual/payment process.
• Engage with the cluster finance teams to ensure compliance to accounting standards and policies.
• Responsible for managing category budgets (Bought in Cost (BIC) and departmental costs) budgets.
• Key driver of robust resource and budget allocation across categories, marketing development, R&D activities and capital expenditure.
• Challenge inefficiencies and indicate drivers for review.
• Use relevant competitive benchmarks (financials, shadow P&Ls) to identify savings opportunities and/or areas under leveraged.
• Leverage standard performance reporting to enable Brand LT / GCLT to have a 360-degree view of business and hold itself and others accountable for delivery of strategy and performance.
• Actively drive simplification of reporting through use of standard ES reports and tools e.g. MBI, One View.
• Partner with Supply Chain finance to ensure proper understanding of product cost levers and key drivers of manufacturing costs.
• Analyze results and consult Global and Regional finance managers for variances explanations versus forecast.
• Participate in cross Category work streams to drive best practice in key challenge areas such as ROMI, gross margin, sustainability, Digital etc.

Skills, experience and qualifications: -

• Professional qualification in finance or accountancy.
• 9+ years of experience, with at least 5 years in a senior role in finance
• Strong control and analytical mindset.
• Strong people management skills and ability to motivate remote teams.
• Effective Business Partnering.
• Performance Management and business planning.
• Decision Support and Ad Hoc evaluation.

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!