Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace”

At Unilever, Finance is about so much more than numbers. It’s the lifeblood of our business – touching every area, informing multi-million-euro decisions and directly influencing the development, growth and health of our brands, and through them our vision to build a better business and a better world.

Your influence will directly determine the future of our brands and our whole business. Our Finance teams are tasked with the financial operation, auditing, accountancy and tax management of Unilever as a whole. At our root, we believe that sustainable business growth is only possible when you bring together the best purpose-led talent, and that is what you will find in our teams. From Finance Business Partners to Accountants to the broad range of specialists in Expertise Services, everyone works together to achieve our ambitions.

JOB PURPOSE

The Group Chief Accountant’s Department (GCAD) is part of the Controller’s department in Unilever Group. GCAD is responsible for Unilever’s external financial reporting and global financial controls (Sarbanes Oxley compliance), managing the global audit relationship with our external audit partner; determining and implementing Unilever’s accounting policies; and many other projects related to how Unilever measures its performance and presents and communicates this to the external world.

This Group Financial Accounting - Assistant Manager role reports to Group Financial Accounting Manager and is primarily responsible for preparation of Group Cashflow statement  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure accurate and timely preparation of cashflow statement on monthly basis
• Review monthly financial results for certain balance sheet accounts to ensure compliance with Unilever’s accounting policy. 
• Provide guidance and training to countries on the accounting policies and responding to accounting and reporting queries
• Support in preparing the relevant parts of the quarterly press release as well as the Annual report and accounts,
• Liaise with our internal auditors, external auditors (KPMG) and ensuring all Group control requirements are documented and complied as required
• Preparing and delivering training for relevant areas of expertise
• Support implementing the new reporting requirements on a timely basis as needed.
• Other responsibilities include continuous system and process improvements and supporting the line manager on ad-hoc projects as they arise.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in finance function – preferably in reporting and accounting
• Experience in preparation of financial statements - desirable
• ICAEW/ACCA or a similar qualification
• Exposure to IFRS – desirable
• SAP / BCS knowledge – desirable

KEY INTERACTIONS:

Internal

• GCAD Expertise team
• Group Treasury and Parent & Holdings teams
• Global teams ( Performance management and Information & Analytics)
• Country Controlling teams and RTR Operating Centers
• IT teams
• Other Unilever teams if required (adhoc basis)

External

• KPMG
• Third party providers (adhoc basis)

WHAT WE OFFER

Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, an annual bonus, a free gym, a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.

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