Finance Manager - North America Reporting & Strategic Management

Finance Manager of North America Reporting & Strategic Management

Scope: National

Location: Hoboken, NJ

Being part of Unilever means committing to transforming the lives of millions of people. Our vision is to develop a diverse and inclusive culture that allows each person to fully realize their potential, enjoying the process and being their true selves. Therefore, being part of Unilever means working with the freedom to turn ideas into realities and build a better future together. As a Finance Manager, you will play a key leadership role to ascertain revenue reporting accuracy of the largest geography within UL. As an innate problem-solver, with the ability to set, control and execute reporting procedures. The Reporting Manager will effectively use financial information to provide the insights into business performance and leads system and controls improvements. This role requires effective collaboration with a large stakeholder group to ensure that financial processes are running effectively and are accurate. This role leads and coaches a team of two direct reports.

You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. 

Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Business Performance & Execution:

• Master the use of internal & external systems / data sets to ensure they meet the requirements of fast pace and evolving Finance organization.  
• Trade Balance Sheet Management
  • Monthly trade balance sheet review with Controller
  • Trade review with IBM
  • IBM roll of Current Year to Prior Year
• Trade Actualization
  • Oversee journal entry bots for fixed trade
  • Maintain SAP auto-accrual rates
  • Coordinate with Finance Operations on in-month trade movement
  • Review/sign-off of monthly top-line on WD+1
• WD-3 Turnover Flash
• Turnover (Price) Analysis
• Cash Debtors forecasting/actuals
• Global Customer Reporting – into iFinance (WD+7)
  • Coordinate with global team on V220 updates
  • Oversight of NRR module in SAP
  • Alignment of local and global customer results
• Results Review Presentation for NA CD to CFO and Bus
• M&A Support – for separating businesses
  • Coordination of CD Finance team preparation for separating businesses
  • Monthly trade balance sheet roll-forward reviews
  • Evaluating R&O with separating business leadership
  • Coordinating settlement of balances
  • Coordinating external audits (once business is under TSA)

Operational Excellence in Sales Forecasting:

• Ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and controls:
  • Aged rebate control – quarterly
  • SAP to Evergreen reconciliation – Quarterly
  • SCOA mapping sign-off – annually
  • Internal and External audit requirements
• Partner with the NA Finance Operations Team to ensure that processes and tools are fit for purposes to meet the goals of the CD organization. 
• Lead the creation and optimization of automated performance reports.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field; MBA or CPA strongly preferred
• Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize.
• Organized, autonomous, and proactive, with a desire to develop in a caring and stimulating environment.
• Strong understanding of CD / Financial systems (SSAS, Evergreen, Prism, etc.) is a plus.
• Proficient in the Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Leadership

• You have a bias for action.  Your curiosity should lead you to challenge the status quo, while recommending actions to drive systemic change.
• You have an ability to take complicated processes/concepts and simplify them for your business partners. 
• You have an ability to collaborate cross functionally and drive results.  You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

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Unilever 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, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

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