Job Title: Finance Analyst – Data & Analytics

　　Location: Kingston

　　JOB PURPOSE

　　The role will drive efficiency in the budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes of the UniOps organisation while enabling short term control over costs and driving longer term leverage. The role is responsible for the budget management within the service line, ensuring that budget owners have transparency. And ensuring that actuals are reflected accordingly

　　The role will include supporting of business cases less than 3m, ensuring they are commercially viable.

　　FET Analyst-Planning is an excellent role to further develop and utilize accounting skills, to gain experience in the management of a global budget.

　　RESPONSIBILITIES

　　Budget Management

　　Work with the FBP and service lines to ensure budgets are fully understood so effective management can take place

　　Ensure controls are in place to effectively track and manage the budget to avoid under/over spend; highlight issues in time to enable pro-active resolution.

　　Provide support to the service line team, in order to track actual spends and enable accurate forecasting. Track actual vs. forecasts and highlight any issues proposing course of action

　　Perform Accruals / Provisions / Prepayments / Reclassifications as required working with SSP and Service lines.

　　Manage the budget transfer process with various stakeholders

　　Ensure intercompany charge outs are completed effectively, initiate as required

　　In conjunction with FBP - Support the annual budgeting process, including the visibility of key drivers so budgets can be set accordingly.

　　FTE Capitalisation coordination with Project leads, service line, FBP

　　Programmes Monthly tracking and reporting - budget actuals vs forecast

　　Forecasting

　　Partner with Service Line budget holders, FBP’s and SSP team in monthly & quarterly forecasts

　　Ongoing performance review of actuals vs forecast and gaps to close

　　Assist the finance team in analysing resource allocation among projects

　　Review of forecast bias/accuracy and drive improvement with finance business partners. Share best practice to drive accuracy

　　Business Cases

　　Financial sign off, of all business cases under 3m.

　　Ensure all relevant documentation is in place

　　Continuous Improvement

　　Regular review of processes and driving simplification projects (GLC, ETS ICC hierarchy clean-up), while enhancing controls.

　　Guidance on accounting treatment to Finance Business Partners

　　Provide ad hoc analysis of business performance.

　　ALL ABOUT YOU

　　Leadership Behaviours and Experience required:

　　Strong analytical, data accuracy skills and communication skills

　　Ability to work fluidly with data and across systems

　　Experience in financial accounting or management accounting

　　Strong organisational and prioritisation skills

　　Attention to detail

　　Ability to work collaboratively with others on key deliverables

　　Ability to drive process and report simplification & improvements

　　Excellent in Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Word and Outlook

　　Key Technical Skills

　　Commercial acumen

　　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

　　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 & innovative

　　Digitally savvy / capable

　　Finance Qualified accountant or equivalent

　　NOTES

　　About Unilever

　　Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

　　Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’

　　What We Offer

　　Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

　　Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

　　Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

　　As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

　　To find out more, including more information about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here (https://www.unilever.co.uk/planet-and-society/equity-diversity-inclusion-at-unilever-uki/) .

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　　Job Category: Finance, La finance, Finanzas

　　Job Type: Finance Business Partner - Analyst

　　Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals