Assistant Finance Manager – Customer Development IC

Unilever is hiring for Assistant Finance Manager – Customer Development Ice Cream

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT ICE CREAM: Life Tastes Better With Ice Cream

Unilever Ice Cream is the world’s leading ice cream company, home to a portfolio of iconic brands like Magnum, Calippo, Solero, Festini, Talenti, and Yasso. We're committed to creating innovative products that bring unforgettable moments to our consumers—because, after all, “Life tastes better with ice cream.” 

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, becoming an independent, EUR 8 billion single-category focused company by the end of 2025. This move reflects our belief in the power of our unique frozen footprint, which we see as having huge potential for growth as a pure-play business. Our focus is all about unlocking that potential, driving value for our consumers, customers, employees, and shareholders

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is providing valuable support to the Ice Cream business teams in forecast, actual reporting, channel & customer profitability, financial strategy building, E-Com reporting, and finance business partnering to sales department.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Managing month-end closing activities in terms of calculation and postings of rebate accruals and monthly Turnover Simulation & Flash.

• Preparation, tracking and monitoring of TTS Budgets, Forecasts and Actuals.

• Monitoring and reporting monthly Channel & Customer profitability analysis and ensuring financial development with Sales & Category teams by identifying opportunity areas.

• Closely monitoring Distributive Trade Reimbursement Budgets, notifying Category Finance teams in case of a variance.

• Providing insights to Ice Cream LT Board by high-quality slides.

• Calculating monthly distributive trade premiums.

• Execute TTS Optimization plans per channel and sub-channels according to segmentation.

• Ensuring hygiene in TTS allocations.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Business Administrations, Engineering or related fields.

• At least 4 years of experience in Finance such as Management Reporting, Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, Budget Management, Financial Audit, etc.

• Advanced English & Turkish

Skills

• Strong analytical capabilities with bias to drive action.

• Good understanding on finance process and operations.

• Advanced skills in Excel, and good knowledge of SAP and OLAP.

• Excellent engagement, presentation, and communication skills.

• Business Partnering.

• Budgeting & Forecasting.

• Understanding internal control

• An enterprising and inquisitive nature that can find solutions to complex problems

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with & lead cross functional team

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.

• Growth mindset and a bias for action.

• Ability to challenge established norms constructively and drive change.

• Ability to manage a large and complex set of stakeholders & hold others accountable.

• Demonstrate strong Personal Mastery with a Passion for High Performance

• Strong engagement, presentation, and communication skills.

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills with both senior colleagues and across the broader Finance community.

• Ability to deal with complex project management.

• Build strong teams as a talent catalyst

• Multi cultural leadership, and ability to make relationship with people with diverse cultural background

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! 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. 

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.