AdresUNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A FINANCE CONTROLLING (PROJECT) AGILE MANAGER
Location: Weena, Rotterdam – the Netherlands
Full-time
Local conditions apply
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.
We want our business to flourish, and we know that our success depends on others flourishing around us. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and why sustainable, long-term growth is at the heart of our business model.
JOB PURPOSE
A great opportunity becomes available in Benelux Controlling team, as part of national management Benelux. The Finance ControllingAgile Manager plays a key role to drive increased value in the Benelux MCO organization (Turnover €1.3 bln) through delivering of key transformation projects and global & local (change management) initiatives.
You will be assigned flexibly to deliver high-priority projects across the business, within controlling area or customer finance. The role will allow you to develop a broad range of finance, leadership and influencing skills.
The exact scope of projects will be agreed with the line manager upon start, where in general several longer term project will be determined in combination of ad hoc projects. Examples can be implementation new order to cash or payment tool, review and optimalisation of rebate process, M&A implementation, new business models.
The role reports into the Company Controller Benelux and will be based primarily in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Candidates need to fit all the below requirements.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSABILITIES BE?
Be the key contact and delivery and change management for the Controlling & Expertise roadmap
Lead the financial process improvements, including key transformation projects and global initiatives (integration of acquisitions / disposals)
Deliver end-to-end value interventions with cross-functional teams
Support and align on milestones and KPIs, and initiate (intermediate) performance evaluations
Influence decisions by using financial insight: leverage data to pro-actively communicate insights that enable superior decision making.
Drive end-to-end process improvements by using lean principles and automation technologies.
Align with internal and external stakeholders, both within the finance organization and cross-functional
Responsible for overall quality and predictability of the project/ program.
Building and sharing best practices and learnings
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS YOU SHOULD HAVE
Required knowledge/skills
Financial academic level or equivalent experience
Project and change management skills.
Resilience (ability to cope with time pressure and challenges)
High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics
Ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders
Problem Solving and action orientated
Strong engagement, presentation and communication skills
Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner
Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail
Creative and innovative
Fluent in English both in reading & writing or willingness to learn quickly, with preference additional language Dutch and/or French.
Required Experience
Experience in financial controlling & accounting
Experience managing a large and complex set of local, regional and global stakeholders
Experience in working with shared service providers
Experience in presenting to and communicating with senior stakeholders (Finance and non finance)
Experience project management skills, including change management
Fluent in English both in reading & writing (preferred also local language Dutch).
Competencies
Analysis and Decision Making - Assimilates and analyses information effectively in order to make informed decisions quickly; adopts a risk management approach to problems
Big Picture Thinking - Understands Unilever’s vision, aims and objectives and own role within it; thinks broadly, is commercial in their approach and is digitally savvy/utilizes technology to achieve efficiencies and improvements
Innovation and Change Orientation - Constantly identifies opportunities to improve and differentiate; considers the impact of change on others; keeps up to date with latest technologies and innovative advancements
Consumer obsessed - Works closely with stakeholders to define and meet consumer needs; stays abreast of future trends, consumer needs and wants
Influencing Skills and Learning Agility - Verbal and written communication is clear, constructructive and effective; listens and learns from others; shares information, knowledge and experience with others. Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner. High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics.
WHAT DOES UNILEVER OFFER?
Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!
Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office , you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
Home work allowance
Company laptop and mobile phone
Green Mobility Policy.
EXCITED?
Join Unilever and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Please note this is a Direct Search led by Unilever. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.
For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the Netherlands. If you are based outside of the Netherlands and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, parenthood, pregnancy or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against.
By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.
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Job Category: Finance
Job Category: Finanzas
Job Category: La finance
Job Type: Financial Control Mgr
Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals
