Management Reporting Analyst

Role Title:Management Reporting Analyst

Scope: Australia & New Zealand (ANZ)

Location: BGC, Taguig (Philippines)

Terms & Conditions: Full-Time

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JOB PURPOSE

Unilever Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) is a business worth in excess of 1bn AUD Turnover annually and which manufactures and sells well known household brands such as Omo, Dove and Continental Foods. 

The Management Reporting Analyst reports to the Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) and Management Reporting (MR) Manager with a dotted line to the Performance Manager ANZ. 

The Management Reporting Analyst plays a key role in month end close and monthly reporting activities to ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting submissions in line with the Global Reporting Framework. As Business information requirements are constantly changing, this role will need to continue to improve existing reports and create new ones where new needs emerge.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

The main purpose of this role is to provide Finance leadership in the following areas:

• Management Reporting and Forecasting
• Financial Planning
• Performance Management

Key Accountabilities:

Management Reporting and Forecasting:

• Responsible for management reporting of P&L results, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in submissions and reconciliations between systems (e.g. SAP FI and PA, iFinance and B4 HANA)
• Liaise with relevant budget holders to collate/submit all cash-up inputs and forecast adjustments to ensure timely submission of monthly forecast information for global reporting consolidation
• Create and manage process sense-checks and reconciliations to ensure integrity of cash-up/forecast output and to track movement each Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle
• Attend to queries raised by the Management Reporting team on master data issues when processing month end close activities (e.g. missing sales BOM, uncleared balances)
• Super User of the cash-up/forecasting tool and single point of contact to troubleshoot system issues with the support team as required
• Partner with Category and Master Data Management teams to provide new product mapping to ensure correct cost allocations to categories
• Support the FP&A and MR Manager on S&OP reporting and Price Position mapping updates as required

Performance Management:

• Continuous improvement of reporting process excellence & simplification, leveraging technology to automate key tasks
• Provide monthly performance reports to assist the ANZ/Business Unit Leadership Team track actuals delivery and forecast performance against targets
• Management Reporting of Disposals and Acquisitions, ensuring accurate reporting of growth metrics
• Provide ad-hoc data support to the Business Units drive decision making
• Assume the role of Project Support on building/rolling out new reports and analytics tools for the business
• Single Point of Contact for testing and Integrity checks following system updates and upgrades

Talent & Teams

• Key partner to Performance Manager ANZ and Commercial Finance Team
• Champion continuous improvement of the cash-up system and the S&OP process, communicating clearly and regularly with both on-shore and off-shore stakeholders

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CA) or MBA qualified, with 5+ years’ experience
• Prior experience with Management Reporting or Record to Report processes
• Experience with the identification of risks & opportunities in the P&L and Balance Sheet
• Working knowledge of SAP and HANA
• Previous roles within a large corporate environment preferred

Skills

• Attention to detail - relate and reference integrity across multiple outputs
• Proactive problem-solving skills –handle complex sets of data and find sources of error with speed
• Information navigation - organize data and reports clearly and meaningful for end Users
• Strong team player – contribute to driving a performance culture in the team, and work with a “one team” mentality
• Well-developed Excel/financial modelling skills – manipulate large volumes of data efficiently and accurately, working knowledge of Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI would be an asset
• High resilience (ability to cope with time pressure and challenges)
• High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics
• Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

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.