Sr. Finance Manager, FP&A Foods - Military Veterans

Background & Purpose of the Job

At Unilever, we act fast to transform consumer needs into new products and bring these products to market while growing our core business. Consumers trust and enjoy our products and use our products in their daily lives. Joining Unilever will allow you have impact consumers on a local and global scale.

We look for people with different views, ideas, experiences, and backgrounds to bring dynamism to the business and, most importantly, an empathy with consumers. It is our purpose and our passion to drive performance that makes Unilever one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world.

Working at Unilever is more than a job, it is a career made by you with opportunities to accelerate your development while working on global brands in a collaborative environment that embraces purpose, sustainability, agility, and a high-performance mindset.

As a Senior Manager FP&A for Foods North America, you help drive our cadence for performance management, including financial reporting, in year planning / forecasting (S&OP lead), and strategic planning to deliver our long-term financial growth model.

Who Are You and What Will You Do

The Senior Manager FP&A Foods North America will drive financial processes including weekly topline forecasting, results reporting, S&OP forecasting, and developing executive ready decks for the Foods North America Leadership team and the Global Foods CEO and CFO. The role is accountable for bridging the overall P&L Forecast through Cashup, Forecast, and Actuals cycle and providing a clear picture of our position, gaps to targets, and in partnership with key stakeholders outlining scenarios to deliver the plan. You will bring the outside world in with a view of how our competitors perform and insights to unlock growth and cost efficiency. The candidate will demonstrate strong attention to detail, the ability to communicate financial and non-financial concepts to operation teams, and the ability to prioritize and manage deadlines.

You will partner with the Business Unit (BU) CFO, Finance Business Partners (Demand and Supply), and Foods North America Leadership Teams. The role will develop one direct report and reports directly into the BU CFO. A growth and performance management mindset are required to help drive action and execution (i.e., move from reporting the news to creating the news). You will contribute to our culture of being collaborative, respectful, transparent, inclusive, and efficient.

• You are a dot connector: Partner across BU finance and National finance to navigate embedded operational and system complexities to deliver our financial plan.
• identify, drive, and deliver value as well as provide transparency, analysis, and insights.
• You are a problem-solver: Develop a deep understanding of the business and through analysis identify insights that drive value creation.
• You are a teacher: Develop your direct report ensuring continuous improvement in their financial acumen, agility, and upskilling in driving digital efficiency.

What Will You Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in accounting / finance or related field; CFA, MBA or CPA preferred.
• Minimum five years of relevant work experience.

• Excellent verbal and written communication of financial and business concepts and the ability to create executive ready presentations and white papers.
• Curiosity to learn the business and develop business partnering skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and work under tight deadlines to deliver commitments.
• Strong technical acumen and attention to detail. PBCS and AFO experience is an asset.

• Partner for impact, Strong collaborator who enjoys building talent and teams.

What Can We Offer You

Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people - coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

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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, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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

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