AddressBackground & Purpose of the Job
As part of Unilever’s North America (NA) Finance Excellence Team (FET), this role will support NA Customer Operations and NA business units (BUs), reporting to the Senior Manager of the Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) and will be based out of Toronto, Ontario.
The essence of this role is to provide objectivity as the conscience of the business, seeing the bigger picture & holding the mirror up, moving between major control & value-based topics, protecting & liberating value for NA. This role will span responsibilities of the Finance Excellence Team (FET) and Controllership to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for both group and local statutory reporting, continuously improve the quality of accounting in NA & implement changes in accounting standards, policies & procedures. In addition, the role will support the Customer Operations Finance team on strategic work such as capacity investments, savings, and other organizational projects in NA.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
You love to win and have fun doing it: Models success and fulfillment, achieves satisfaction by helping others to continue developing their skills.
You are a change maker: Given the rapid pace of change in our portfolio, the Associate Finance Manager (AFM) needs to partner with teams to drive change in the way we manage the business and to ensure we grow in a profitable, sustainable way.
You are a culture & change champion: Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative relationships with multiple and diverse stakeholders.
The AFM will be aligned with our key business processes and play an integral role on cross-functional teams to lead our forecasting and performance management for NA Customer Operations.
By providing an integrated financial perspective on the impact of business decisions, the AFM makes recommendations and influences decisions that maximize value for the business.
Leads improvements in delivering business predictability through a robust forecasting, reporting and controls framework
Plays an active role in driving for change and continuous improvement in the business and within finance; identify areas that require improvement- increasing transparency, accuracy, and reliability of information
Collaborates effectively with other functional finance leaders to ensure that financial processes, including forecasts, are running effectively
Ensure capital expenditures are properly controlled and accounted for and savings investment projects validated
In coordination with the Controllership team, maintains accounting and financial controls to safeguard Company fixed assets and inventory and issues periodic reports to document all relevant findings
Contribute to cross functional business teams as finance expert to help determine financial impact of projects, investments, and operational changes
Gather and communicate market insights for additional information about pertinent KPI’s to increase efficiencies and/or close gaps in costs
What You Will Need to Succeed
A degree in accounting or a professional accounting qualification (CPA, CA, etc.)
Prior exposure to the North America finance and ways of working
Analytical thinking / problem solving ability.
Ability to combine multiple and different data points to draw conclusions
Apply systematic approach to identify and eliminate root causes
Sees problems through to a complete solution beyond the immediate next step
Business acumen
Understanding of the FMCG industry and the challenges
Rapidly absorbs new information, knowledge and applies new techniques, technology, and procedures
IT and Communication Skills
Excellent level of computer literacy (incl. Excel, PowerPoint & SAP) and numeracy skills
Professional communication skills for all levels of the organisation
Motivation and drive
Ambitious to hit personal targets and standards
Act to remove basic blocks to progress without waiting for others to do it
Team Working
Demonstrate commitment to the team in helping it achieve its goals
Proactively share best practice, ideas, and insights with colleagues
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Unilever Canada is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, marital status, family status, disability, genetic characteristics, and a conviction for which a pardon has been granted.
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Unilever Canada est une organisation engagé à la diversité et à l'inclusion pour stimuler nos résultats d'affaires et créer un meilleur avenir chaque jour pour nos employés, les consommateurs globaux, les partenaires et les communautés. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifiée nous permet de faire correspondre nos ambitions de croissance et de stimuler l'inclusion dans l'entreprise. Tous les candidats qualifiés recevront la considération pour un emploi sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale ou ethnique, l'état matrimonial, la situation familiale, l'invalidité, les caractéristiques génétique, et une condamnation pour laquelle un pardon a été accordée.
Si vous êtes une personne handicapée qui a besoin d'aide à tout moment au cours de notre processus de recrutement, veuillez communiquer avec nous au NA.Accommodations@unilever.comopens in a new window. Veuillez noter: ces lignes sont réservées aux personnes handicapées ayant besoin d'aide et ne sont pas un moyen d'enquêter sur les postes.
