Company Profile:

At Unilever you are more than your job title, you are part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.

We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry’s, The Dollar Shave Club and Surf.

Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do - every small thing counts.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Overseeing the end-to-end service delivery in the area of Record to Report for a selected country or group of countries
• Providing accounting expertise to stakeholders within the countries as well as service providers who perform transactional work for Unilever
• Analysis and interpretation of accounting records for the purpose of ensuring data correctness, quality and fair representation of business events
• Overseeing timeliness and accuracy of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting process.
• Ensuring compliance with Unilever’s reporting policies, IFRS and statutory accounting requirements for the dedicated countries
• Performing review and exercising control over of the accounting processes delivered by service provider (including account reconciliation and month end closing activities)
• Taking ownership of one of the process areas within R2R for the purpose of driving simplification, ensuring alignment across different countries and delivering expertise knowledge in that area
• Monitoring compliance with global controls framework
• Supporting country finance organization in delivery of new projects and managing change in the area of R2R
• Cooperation with internal and external auditors to ensure timely query resolution and delivery of audit samples
• Coordinating and facilitating the process of documenting accounting policies and procedures
• Improvement and development of internal processes and controls.

Key Competencies & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree of Commerce/Finance/Accounting/Economics
• Experience in Financial Accounting
• Good knowledge of local accounting standards
• Experience in an audit/accounting firm, from the big 5 is a plus
• Good analytical skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Good command in English

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.