Project Verdi Finance Separation Coordinator – Financial reporting

Unilever is currently hiring for a Project Verdi Finance Separation Coordinator – Financial Reporting

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JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work you do - creating a better business and a better world. If you have analytical skills, enjoy working in teams, and engaging with different stakeholders, then this challenge is exactly for you! 

Project Verdi intends to separate Unilever’s global Ice Cream business with its well-known brands, geographical reach, and including the Ice Cream estates New Ice Cream company will become the world’s largest IC company. This role is an opportunity to work on one of Unilever’s biggest and most critical transformation projects over the next years

There is a requirement for a team on the Unilever side of the project called Separation Team (not moving with the separated company) covering the scope of Latin America Scale countries. The team is responsible for leading the Finance Workstream in the project and act as  PMO coordinating the rest of the workstreams (HR, IT, SC, GTM, Mkt, Tax, Legal).

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Main point of contact between Global M&A Separation Team and local finance teams, working closely with country teams to ensure timely data submission and support reconciliation efforts across various teams
• Working in collaboration with other financial areas supporting the preparation and review of the carved out financial statements, ensuring timely provision of information to KPMG, and managing the audit to ensure timely delivery.
• Support on the design of Transition Service Agreement (TSAs) needed as part of separation and ensure and alignment with the new IC Company
• Proactively track and mitigate business, operational & project risks.
• Act as PMO and engage with other functional workstream leads (GTM, SC, Legal, HR) to provide any information necessary and ensure any interdependent
• Support knowledge transfer between UL and separated IC. Provide Finance assistant as needed for any other ad hoc activities that may be required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Proficiency in Portuguese and English are required.
• Proficiency in Spanish is desirable.
• Experience in finance controlling areas.
• Strong Project management skills (plan and coordinate with other teams).
• Able to communicate effectively and work remotely.
• End to end management, ability to understand the big picture but also comfortable with details.
• Experience of working cross functional teams.

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Skills

• Excellent communication skills: sharp, concise and effective communication; presentation: context framing, problem formulation and solution proposition; strategic influence and storytelling.
• Stakeholder management.
• Ability to work with different demands at the same time.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Strong networking, relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Strategical influencing and internal negotiation
• Autonomy: confidence to work and lead projects without constant supervision
• Ability to work in virtual teams.
• Operational computer skills (MS Office, PowerBI)

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic 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. 
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better. 

• Critical UNILEVER Behaviours

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions. 
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience. 
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers. 
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever. 
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills. 

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

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.