Job Title: Category Finance Analyst – Home Care

Business Function: Finance

Location: 100VE

Home Care Business Group is €12 billion business. The BG is on a strategic journey to drive clean future by disrupting and transforming the cleaning industry from highly chemical dependents to green and sustainable cleaning, through innovation and premiumization. In parallel the Business Group priority is to step up profitability through net productivity (SC/BMI/Overheads), network transformation, concertation and premiumization together with selective portfolio rationalization. 

We are the emerging markets leader with No 1 or 2 position in our top countries. We have 3 key categories. Fabric Cleaning, Fabric Enhancers, Home and Hygiene. With the compass organization landing, Business Groups are now operating as an independent business within Unilever with full end to end P&L responsibility, a great opportunity to define and drive performance management and impact business decisions. 

The Global Home Care Finance team partners our global cross-functional business teams and other local finance teams to set and implement strategy, drive performance and ensure value generation in almost 100 markets that we operate in. We are known to be a high-performing, diverse and inclusive team: our members come from different backgrounds, hold ~15+ nationalities and together we speak more than 20 languages.  We have a strong learning culture and have high standards for our work. We work hard, learn well, have fun and watch out for each other.

JOB PURPOSE 

Based in London (100VE) and reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, role of Category Finance Analyst is to help develop and drive the financial strategy, business and innovation performance of multiple Home Care brands and be involved in developing and evaluating financial feasibility for innovation projects across categories.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Strategic Planning

Partner with Brand Manager/Directors in business modelling, competitor benchmarking, shadow P&Ls.Identify value opportunities that require a particular intervention / project support from Finance.Partner with Categories to conduct portfolio reviews

Innovation

Develop and lead business cases for BG led innovations, in collaboration with global brand teams, as well as the counterparts across CMI, R&D and supply chain globally and locally.Coordinate innovation post launch performance conversation together with innovation champions and BU finance, drive interventions if needed.

Cross Category

Lead various projects across categories, such as, Media Sufficiency/ROI, Competitor Analysis, Budget Management etc.

Key Interactions

Home Care Business GroupGlobal brand leads and brand communities.Global Innovation project leads.Cross functional business team in BG central and BUs. (CMI, supply chain, R&D)Finance business partnersGlobal Home Care finance team including performance management, other category finance, supply chain, competitor intelligence, etc.BU Home Care Finance teams.Global Innovation FET team.

ALL ABOUT YOU 

Qualification/Experience

Strong financial academic background.Relevant experience in finance business partnering roles.

Knowledge and SkillsBusiness and financial acumen with a proven track record of delivery.Strong analytical skills, high attention to detail and bias for action.Advance Excel skills. Ability to work fluidly with data and across systems. Ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders.High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics. Accountability and responsibility.Strong prioritisation skills. 

NOTES

About Unilever 

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

 

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’  

 

Location  

In June 2020 we announced our plan to consolidate a number of Unilever’s offices across the South East of England into a new Unilever campus in Kingston-upon-Thames in or around early 2025. However, on the 08 August 2024 we announced to our existing staff our proposal to retain our central Head Office in London, 100 Victoria Embankment (“100VE”) until our lease expires in 2027. As a result of this new proposal, we will be consulting with our existing staff, and new joiners who join during this period of consultation at 100VE, on the proposal made in August 2024. During consultation we will clarify the future location of each team and function. This means your role will either be based in 100VE until 2027 or in Kingston-Upon-Thames from early 2025. As we are yet to commence consultation on the proposal you agree, until such a time when consultation has concluded, your normal place of work as set out in the enclosed Statement of Terms & Conditions will be 100VE. You agree that on the conclusion of the consultation your place of work will be 100VE or 100VE until early 2025 and then Kingston-upon-Thames ("the locations") and you will be notified of which of the locations will be your place of work after that consultation ends.

 

What We Offer 

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

 

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

 

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