Associate Finance Manager, FET

2 months ago

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States Unilever Full time

Background & Purpose of the Job

As part of Unilever's North America (NA) Finance Excellence Team (FET), this role will support NA Customer Operations and NA business units (BUs), reporting to the Senior Manager of the Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) and will be based out of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

The essence of this role is to provide objectivity as the conscience of the business, seeing the bigger picture & holding the mirror up, moving between major control & value-based topics, protecting & liberating value for NA. This role will span responsibilities of the Finance Excellence Team (FET) and Controllership to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for both group and local statutory reporting, continuously improve the quality of accounting in NA & implement changes in accounting standards, policies & procedures. In addition, the role will support the Customer Operations Finance team on strategic work such as capacity investments, savings, and other organizational projects in NA.

Who You Are & What You'll Do

You love to win and have fun doing it: Models success and fulfillment, achieves satisfaction by helping others to continue developing their skills.

You are a change maker: Given the rapid pace of change in our portfolio, the Associate Finance Manager (AFM) needs to partner with teams to drive change in the way we manage the business and to ensure we grow in a profitable, sustainable way.

You are a culture & change champion: Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative relationships with multiple and diverse stakeholders.

The AFM will be aligned with our key business processes and play an integral role on cross-functional teams to lead our forecasting and performance management for NA Customer Operations.

By providing an integrated financial perspective on the impact of business decisions, the AFM makes recommendations and influences decisions that maximize value for the business.

  • Leads improvements in delivering business predictability through a robust forecasting, reporting and controls framework
  • Plays an active role in driving for change and continuous improvement in the business and within finance; identify areas that require improvement- increasing transparency, accuracy, and reliability of information
  • Collaborates effectively with other functional finance leaders to ensure that financial processes, including forecasts, are running effectively
  • Ensure capital expenditures are properly controlled and accounted for and savings investment projects validated
  • In coordination with the Controllership team, maintains accounting and financial controls to safeguard Company fixed assets and inventory and issues periodic reports to document all relevant findings
  • Contribute to cross functional business teams as finance expert to help determine financial impact of projects, investments, and operational changes
  • Gather and communicate market insights for additional information about pertinent KPI's to increase efficiencies and/or close gaps in costs

What You Will Need to Succeed

  • A degree in accounting or a professional accounting qualification (CPA, CA, etc.)
  • Prior exposure to the North America finance and ways of working

Analytical thinking / problem solving ability.

  • Ability to combine multiple and different data points to draw conclusions
  • Apply systematic approach to identify and eliminate root causes
  • Sees problems through to a complete solution beyond the immediate next step

Business acumen

  • Understanding of the FMCG industry and the challenges
  • Rapidly absorbs new information, knowledge and applies new techniques, technology, and procedures

IT and Communication Skills

  • Excellent level of computer literacy (incl. Excel, PowerPoint & SAP) and numeracy skills
  • Professional communication skills for all levels of the organisation

Motivation and drive

  • Ambitious to hit personal targets and standards
  • Act to remove basic blocks to progress without waiting for others to do it

Team Working

  • Demonstrate commitment to the team in helping it achieve its goals
  • Proactively share best practice, ideas, and insights with colleagues

Pay: The pay range for this position is $84,400 to $126,600. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

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