Hybrid PC Finance Business Partner Analyst en Unilever

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: PC Finance Business Partner Analyst

Location: 100VE

Work-Level: 1C

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.

Unilever are the pioneers of personal care; innovating world-class brands that empower more than a billion people every day with confidence, wellbeing, and self-care. The Personal Care Business is a €14bn Turnover business and holds leading category positions in deodorants and skin cleansing globally.

Key categories include Skin Cleansing, Deodorants and Oral Care.

• Skin Cleansing is the largest PC category with Turnover in excess of €6bn. The business holds iconic brands like Dove, Axe, Lux, Lifebuoy, etc. Largest market of the portfolio is North America with Turnover of approximately €3.5bn. This is followed by South Asia, LATAM and Europe at the next biggest markets of Skin Cleansing.
• Deodorants & Fragrances is the second biggest PC category with Turnover in excess of €5bn. The business holds iconic brands like Rexona/Degree, Dove and Axe. Largest markets of the portfolio are North America, Latin America and Europe.
• Oral Care is the next key category for the PC category with Turnover of €1.5bn. Pepsodent and Closeup are the iconic brands within the category. Largest markets of the portfolio include Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, and Europe.

JOB PURPOSE 

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are  passionate about high performing teams and will like to partner the future of the PC brands with the medium-long term strategy and innovations, then this role is just for you.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

The business partner analyst role is a highly dynamic and exciting role. The role will be an ‘agile’ member of the brand finance team with responsibility of partnering the Rexona and Men’s team and working closely with the brand finance director on wider PC projects. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside senior global brand leadership, local leadership teams, markets across the globe and cross functional teams.

This will include providing Finance Business Partnering support in the following areas:

• Innovation Management: Partner and challenge Marketing leads on the preparation of business cases across Rexona and Men’s brands to drive our Innovation lead growth agenda.
• Strategy Planning and Formulation: Support and partner with the Marketing teams in business modelling, P&L forecasts, competitor benchmarking, shadow P&Ls.
• Strategy Execution: Driving strategy into action - Tracking progress against agreed strategic priorities and analysing variances.
• Performance Intervention: Complete the analytics required for any identified performance issues at a cell level - Brand/ Country cell and support resolution through cross-functional teams and Cluster / Divisional contacts. Based on this conduct performance interventions
• Budget Management & Control: business partner for in year budget management of a portfolio of divisional spend with interaction at a VP level across marketing teams. Own the monthly tracking of actuals and forecast process

ALL ABOUT YOU 

Experiences & Qualifications

Relevant experience in finance supporting either Sales & Operations Process, business partnering, FP&A, Supply Chain or Customer Development.

• Ability to present complex information in simplified manner
• Experience in analytical projects and excel modelling
• Experience of working in multi-national teams and/or a virtual team environment would be an advantage

Skills

Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail

• Critical Thinking.
• Accountability and responsibility.
• Agility, Growth mind-set and Bias for action

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.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

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. 

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.   

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Sophie.whall on Sophie.whall@unilever.com  

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).

Location  

In June 2020 we announced our plan to consolidate a number of Unilever’s offices across the South East of England into a new Unilever campus in Kingston-upon-Thames in or around early 2025. However, on the 08 August 2024 we announced to our existing staff our proposal to retain our central Head Office in London, 100 Victoria Embankment (“100VE”) until our lease expires in 2027. As a result of this new proposal, we will be consulting with our existing staff, and new joiners who join during this period of consultation at 100VE, on the proposal made in August 2024. During consultation we will clarify the future location of each team and function. This means your role will either be based in 100VE until 2027 or in Kingston-Upon-Thames from early 2025. As we are yet to commence consultation on the proposal you agree, until such a time when consultation has concluded, your normal place of work as set out in the enclosed Statement of Terms & Conditions will be 100VE. You agree that on the conclusion of the consultation your place of work will be 100VE or 100VE until early 2025 and then Kingston-upon-Thames ("the locations") and you will be notified of which of the locations will be your place of work after that consultation ends.

Relocation to the UK 

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.