Assistant Finance Manager Personal Care Arabia

ABOUT UNILEVER

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.

JOB PURPOSE

Finance Business Partnering (FBP) at Unilever is a highly dynamic and exciting role. As the owner of your Category’s P&L, you are responsible for supporting the business with a CFO mindset. The role typically includes supporting the business in defining the right strategies, managing business cases to support new launch decisions, monthly forecast updates and performance analysis, and more. The goal is always to advise and support your business partners to deliver consistent, competitive, profitable, and responsible growth, in the short and long run.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

A. Drive Financial Performance of the Category

• Accountable for the P&L Numbers, Movements, and Gaps in Targets

• Provides support in financial simulations like Pricing, Sourcing, Savings, Promo Investment, Innovations

• Deep-dive Risks and Opportunities in Growth and Costs

• Ensure the accuracy of Financial Reports and Drive controls.

B. Provide Decision Support and Timely Analysis on High-Value Business Priorities.

• New Business Models

• Annual and Long-Term Business Planning

• Major Investment and Business Decisions (including Capex)

• Competitive Analysis

C. Supporting stakeholders on driving business performance interventions:

• Growth Spotting

• Profitability Improvement and Fuel for Growth

• Promotions and Pricing Opportunities

• Net Revenue Management

D. Prepare Financial presentations and submissions for Global Teams

• Monthly Forecast Submissions

• Category Strategy Updates

E. Build a deep understanding of Brands and Channels

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor/master’s degree, in a related field (e.g., Business/Finance/Economics/Accounting/etc.) and / or finance certifications.

• 5 years of relevant experience preferred (e.g., FMCG/Finance Partnering/Auditing/etc.)

• Responsible, accountable, and cautiousness in ensuring accuracy.

• Analytical skills and sound logic.

• Business-minded, with good financial understanding.

• Agility, flexibility, and willingness to learn.

• Passion for Growth

• Team Commitment

• Objective Analytical Power

• Influencing Others

• Developing yourself

• Excellent communication skills

Leadership

• 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.