Commercial Finance Analyst

Unilever is currently hiring for:Commercial Finance Analyst, Ghana

Function: Finance
Reports to: Commercial Finance Manager
Scope: Local
Location: Ghana
Terms & Conditions: Full time

ABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. The Commercial Finance Manager works closely with the commercial functions (CD & Marketing), to provide financial insights in
key decisions in business while creating actionable strategies to achieve financial business targets with continuous performance monitoring and effective resource allocation. The role also partners the country leadership team.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

GFCF controls

• The Credit Policy

• The TTS policy

• Lead Credit control

• TTS accruals

• TTS Payments review

• Aged TTS review and reconciliation of payments vs accruals

• Aged Debtors and overdoes management

• Support NACREMS to ensure Overdue management is done effectively

a) Business Partner to CD and Marketing

• Channel planning: Will take part in Planning by channels

• Joint Business Planning: Will participate in Joint business planning with customers & the review of customer forecasts

• Review performance by Channel by customer: Review performance by Channel by Customer vs plans as a critical part of performance management.

• Distribution Improvement plans: monitor the improvements in distribution as a key pillar of EWA strategy.

b) As a business partner to Marketing

• Annual BMI Budget assignment: Assign BMI budgets to each category /brand based on budgets communicated by FET- however budget management daily (PO creation, IO creations, actuals vs FC review sits with the marketing teams). This exercise is annual.

• Quarterly activity Planning: Will support the promo /activity planning that becomes the basis of next quarters forecast and will help critically evaluate choices to meet the business strategic objectives

• Pricing: Provide analysis to make pricing Choices of the CD/Marketing community

• NRM: Play the role of Finance partner to NRM

c) Role in S&OP and Liaison with FET & Head of Finance EWA

• Review S&OP forecast before submission on Topline, TTS and BMI Submissions.

• Review the Forecast for Opening closing and movements of Debtors from a cash perspective

• Maintain a formal list of Risks and Opps for Topline and BMI which must be submitted to commercial finance manager to be disused further with FET and HoF EWA

d) Role in Month end:

• Ensuring all control linked activities impacting CD and Marketing are completed, including key accruals

• Completing the analysis of Actuals vs FC by coordinating with SC Finance & FET & ensuring Sign off on WD4

Qualifications and experience

• Professional qualification in accountancy – ACCA or CIMA (or other finance professional qualification) preferably or nearing completion of professional qualification.

• Minimum 1-3 years’ Experience at CD or Category Finance

• Previous experience in SAP (2 years).

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

• Ability to steer conversations and influence

• Proven track record of being effective in a complex operating environment and driving business performance

• Strong communication and influencing skills

• Objectivity and integrity in the face of challenge; courage and personal resilience

• Ability to build networks and manage multiple senior stakeholders

• Understanding or ability to quickly grasp financial principles in the end-to-end commercial functions, identify and drive relevant value-creating choices and decisions

• Leadership of change – the ability to drive change management initiatives, staying close to best practices and relevant external developments

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.