Associate Finance Manager-Overheads
Location: Hoboken, NJ
Reports to: Associate Finance Director - NA Overheads
Background & Purpose of the Job
Our finance professionals are aligned with Unilever’s key business processes and serve as strategic partners to bring an understanding of Finance, value creation and business drivers. They make recommendations and influence decisions that maximize value for the organization. They build and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional partners to develop annual financial plans and ongoing forecasts for departmental expenses and headcounts.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
Associate Finance Manager will be responsible for managing the Profit and Loss (P&L) statements and ensuring the financial health of the organization. They will join our Controllers team and collaborate with various departments to provide financial insights, support decision-making, and drive profitability.The AFM serves as a full business partner to their team, bringing an understanding of Finance, value creation and business drivers.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Display stewardship and ensure that the business attains the goals without compromising on the control environment
- Viewed as a process expertise and provide guidance as required to the rest of the organization
- Duties and Responsibilities may include one or many of the following areas – Treasury, Insurance, Pension & Benefits, Group Reporting and Statutory & Government reporting
- Analyze financial results and key trends, assess current and future business risks, and communicate results to leadership.
- Work Closely with various global teams including 3rd party service providers on delivering the common Unilever shared agenda
- To be constantly curious and look for opportunities to be agile and digitize the areas being worked upon thereby driving efficiency.
- Implement process improvement actions in assigned areas in line with development of procedures for required duties.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional business partners
- Involvement with special projects as and when they arise
- Contribute to our culture of being collaborative, respectful, transparent, ethical, and efficient.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
- 2+ years of relevant financial experience with a preferred experience in Audit, Accounting, Financial Reporting, or Financial Planning is preferred
- An enterprising and inquisitive nature that can find solutions to complex problems
- Experience creating Excel models and implementing process improvement solutions
- Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly communicate results and implications of analysis in both verbal and written forms
- Experience communicating effectively with all levels leadership, and experience communicating with all levels of financial acumen
- Strong fundamental business technical skills (including strong Excel and PowerPoint skills) and software applications (e.g. SAP)
- Enjoys working in a collaborative team environment
Leadership
You take responsibility for leading and growing our Human, Purposeful and Accountable culture. You inspire others and create space for new ways of doing things, challenging ‘business as usual’ and adapting to consumer needs whilst taking intelligent risk to grow the business.
You drive the business forward by creating opportunities and breakthrough solutions for growth, driving performance through disciplined execution and high performing teams. You play to win, setting bold ambitions and inspire and energize the organization. You build and sustain an environment where others can connect individual purpose with consumer impact and have the space to experiment and learn. You empower others to deliver great outcomes through collaboration and show care for people and teams, fostering an environment of psychological safety.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
CONSUMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.
PERSONAL MASTERY:Sets high standards for themselves.
BUSINESS ACUMEN:Creates opportunities for profitable growth through the core and beyond.Brings the outside in, encouraging experimentation and intelligent risk taking.
TALENT CATALYST:Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.Inspires powerful teamwork and collaboration, connecting people for better results.
PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE:Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.
Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. 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.
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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.
For more information about your Federal rights, please see Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination isIllegal and Pay Transparency Non discrimination Provision.
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 NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. 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. The Protected Veterans or Individuals with Disabilities AAP narratives are available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment Monday through Friday during normal business hours at establishment.
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