Personal Care Europe Finance Analyst

Job Title:Personal Care Europe Finance Analyst

Location: Kingston
Reporting to: Personal Care Performance Senior Finance Manager

JOB PURPOSE

Europe Personal Care is a vital Business Unit (BU) within the Global Personal Care Business Group, with an annual turnover of c€1.8bn and comprising 6 strategic markets (UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Italy & Poland) and 3 Personal Care Categories (Deodorants, Skin Cleansing and Oral Care).  Working with some of Unilever’s biggest and most iconic brands such as Dove, Axe, Signal & Rexona, the Europe Personal Care BU is a key cell for market share, growth and profitability in a highly competitive landscape, and is served by 6 European Sourcing Units and a large 3PM network. The PC Europe BU has a clear focus on driving sustainable profitable growth through powerful brands & innovation and an agile mindset towards managing channel dynamics.

The Europe Personal Care BU Finance team is a multi-disciplined group of professionals covering Finance Business Partnering, Supply Chain Finance, and Performance Management, with a high performance and dynamic mindset, and fostering pan European relationships to drive both professional and personal development.

This role sits at the heart of the PC6 Finance team, supporting the delivery of category growth across Deodorants, Skin Cleansing and Oral Care. The Finance Analyst will play a key role in driving business performance through innovation, category development, and strategic partnerships — providing analytical insight, financial rigour, and proactive challenge to help shape winning growth plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Innovation & Category Development

• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing to evaluate the financial viability of new innovations, renovation, and portfolio changes.

• Build robust business cases to support investment decisions, ensuring alignment with gross margin and P&L targets.

• Track innovation performance post-launch, identifying insights to feed into future design and execution.

• Support the category strategy process by analysing trends, pricing dynamics, and market share evolution.
  

2. Partnerships & Commercial Support

• Support negotiations and ongoing performance management for key brand and external partnerships

• Develop financial models to assess partnership opportunities and monitor ROI.

• Ensure compliance with Unilever’s governance and reporting standards while enabling agile decision-making.
  

3. Performance Management & Reporting

• Deliver high-quality analysis to support monthly Category performance reviews and forecast updates.

• Work closely with Category and Market teams to understand drivers of performance versus plan, surfacing risks and opportunities early.

• Contribute to the development of the 3-year financial growth model and support ongoing refinement of category assumptions.
  

4. Continuous Improvement

• Drive simplification and automation in reporting and forecasting processes.

• Champion a data-driven culture by leveraging digital tools and dashboards for faster decision-making.

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent analytical background.

• Strong financial modelling and Excel skills; experience with Power BI or similar tools desirable.

• Commercially astute, with an ability to translate numbers into clear business narratives.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to influence across functions and markets.

• Curious, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

• Passion for consumer goods and innovation.

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, Lever House in Kingston, Unilever House in Leatherhead and Graze in Richmond. We are creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment, purposefully bringing us together in our own Unilever ecosystem. The campus is due to be completed in early 2025 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, free gym, 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 embrace diversity in our workforce. 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, click here: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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