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Your expectations regarding the role

Director role in one of the largest Unilever units in the world (top 10 country)

Need experience in controlling, audit internal and external, stakeholder management at all levels (from senior to junior) and ability to inspire the overall finance team.

Strong control framework, ability to deal with 3rd parties including operating centres in Poland, Netherlands, attention to detail, responsiveness.

Overall role purpose

You act with 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 in the MCO.

Keyaccountabilities and deliverables

Risk Management & Controls

• Pro-actively mobilise the MCO risk management agenda, ensuring high quality risk assessments are conducted & risks are appropriately managed

• Understand root causes of issues & poor performance, identify where controls are not operating and drive remediation through relevant business leaders

• Ensure that the Global Financial Controls Framework is embedded & operating in line with the agreed global model

• Oversight over financial controls operated outside of Finance and drive focus on operational controls across

the business

• Maintain & enforce relevant local authority schedules

Accounting

• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting for both group and local statutory reporting, continuously improve the quality of accounting in the MCO & implement changes in accounting standards, policies & procedures

Financial Process Excellence

• Implement programmes in partnership with global teams to drive world -class financial processes

• Eliminate, simplify, automate and/or centralise transactional activities

• Local leadership for financial aspects of key transformation projects

Expertise Areas and Internal & External Assurance

• Active oversight of relevant local filings, enquiries, issue management & Third Party relationship management where delegated by the relevant Global Expertise team

• Liaison with Corporate Audit & External Audit & driving appropriate follow -up actions

Knowledge and skills

• Qualified accountant

• Strong understanding of risk and controls

• Strong organisational & business awareness

• Strong process knowledge; structured and analytical in approach

• Excellent engagement, presentation and communication skills

• Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner

• Ability to work collaboratively with and influence key stakeholders

• Ability to hold people accountable

• Good appreciation of project management and change management

Experience

• 10 years experience in finance including senior roles either in accounting (previous chief of accountant), business/management controlling or audit (Big 4)

• Solid experience in SOX, project management, team leadership (including shared services)

• Significant experience in presenting to and communicating with senior Finance and non -Finance stakeholders

• Demonstrated competency at growing and developing people

• Significant experience in a business facing Finance role

• Significant experience managing a large and complex set of stakeholders (including peers and 3 rd parties) and holding others accountable

• Experience identifying risks and opportunities

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Job Category: Finanzas

Job Category: Finance

Job Category: La finance

Job Type: Finance Business Partner - Director

Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals