Assistant Finance Manager, Supply Chain MY

JOB TITLE: Assistant Finance Manager, Supply Chain MY
FUNCTION: Finance – Supply Chain

Unilever is currently hiring for an Assistant Finance Manager, Supply Chain based in Malaysia.

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We are looking for talents that would like to join this exciting journey with us.
Our Finance Excellent Supply Chain team is embarking on an exciting journey if you are to prepare to challenge yourself and your business partners through value creation across our extensive supply chain network. Drive bottom-line results and deliver value by leading cost optimization and holistic margin management analyzing complex business cases. Develop supply chain strategy with leadership managing and optimizing our long-term goals and paths for success!

You will support analytical and business frameworks as well as a quantitative approach to decision-making that shapes the overall strategic course of the organization. You will also focus on operations including but not limited to the formulation of pricing strategies, the business assessment of new product initiatives, economic evaluation of capital expenditures, competitive analysis and benchmarking, and business process redesign.
You analyze financial results and key trends, assess current and future business risks, and communicate results to leadership. Last, your involvement with special projects related to business development, strategic growth and ad hoc analysis.

If you think the above could offer you the growth opportunity to further develop your breadth and establish new skills, then we would love to hear from you!

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FOR THIS ROLE?

The role sits within areas of Supply Chain Finance and has focused such as the below:

• Controllership: Exceptional control hygiene for Malaysia and Singapore Supply Chain including manufacturing and logistics based in Malaysia and Singapore as well as inventory and accounting controls. Maintain controls while they will be increasingly owned by shared services as long-term controlling agenda. Support and partner with the Supply Chain team on the inventory stock counts and inventory control to comply with Unilever/Audit accounting standard.

• Finance Performance and Accounting: Support Performance Management with the responsibility of streamlining and supporting pre- and post-integration reporting. Create a standard approach to reflect actuals, also accountable for driving transparency on overall Supply Chain Cost performance including Forecast and Actuals. Partner with Finance Excellence Team to accurately reflect the latest trends and insights.

• Materials Control: Responsible for Materials Performance management as a business partner to Procurement. Lead and drive the Savings delivery, including developing project validations (Forecast and Actuals), control processes, monthly efficiency and performance reviews. Additionally responsible for review of Inflation drivers and will provide inputs to P&L Forecast, and analytics to identify opportunities for Inflation mitigation and support.

• Supply Chain Inventory Management: Responsible for end-to-end Month End Close Activities, Inventory management, Year End Close and stock take. Driving of Digital Agenda for Malaysia and Singapore Supply Chain Finance Excellence Team. Offers high exposure to the Inventory Balance Sheet review and will be business partnering Logistic Organization on the end-to-end transactions.

• Operational Excellence: Contribute to accuracy, transparency and predictability for the cost of goods sold and all the related key performance indicators including material cost, production cost, distribution costs, business waste and supply chain overheads. Support financial planning of Supply Chain Costs to drive continuous improvement of predictability and transparency.


DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Qualified Accountant or equivalent.
• Experience in supply chain finance, logistics, industrial/manufacturing finance or procurement is strongly preferred.
• Experience creating and implementing operational improvement solutions.
• Experience in driving P&L performance improvement, with the identification of risks and opportunities in the P&L.
• Experience communicating financial acumen effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail.
• Extensive experience managing a large and complex set of stakeholders.

WHY UNILEVER?

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Please apply online and add your updated resume. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch to provide you with an update on the status of your application if shortlisted. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity 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. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.