Assistant Record to Report Finance Manager

Unilever is currently hiring for Assistant Manager Service Delivery!

Reports to: Service Delivery Manager

Scope: Service Delivery – RTR

Location: Istanbul

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 one of world’s most leading FMCG company is looking for strengthening its future-fit team to drive sustainable business through superior performance, consistently delivering financial results in top third of our industry.

Finance & Reporting: In our pursuit to embrace 4G growth, finance plays very pivotal role in redefining future fit operations as well as embracing digital technology.  This includes protecting and unlocking value, delivering decision support expertise and process excellence in the core business cycle and delivering business and finance priorities. Financial reporting is one such critical finance function covering regulatory compliance, transparency and controls.

UniOps, part of global Business Operations manages the company’s shared business services, made up of HR Services, Finance Transactions, IT services, Information Management Services and Workplace Services.

Mission - To provide excellent services globally which enable Unilever to win in the market by;

• Putting the business’ goals at the heart of what we do
• Leveraging cost-effective, best practice, global solutions across Unilever to meet users’ needs
• Making continuous improvement in both cost and service an integral part of our way of working
• Building a professional services organisation that enables our people to give their best
• Developing win-win relationships with selected service providers to meet our current and future requirements
• The key benefits from UniOps are expected to be:
• Lower cost of delivery through standardization, simplification, process harmonization & scale leverage.
• Better user experience by delivery of integrated service bundles to end-user.
• Continuous improvement through end-to-end process ownership.

Within the service catalogue of UniOps, Commercial Experience organisation is responsible for the management and delivery of finance and supplier operations services globally, both through third-party outsourced providers (e.g. IBM / Genpact, CapGemini and through in-sourced operations.

Within finance service, Record to Report (RTR) is on such critical services which ensures proper reporting of financials coupled with compliance on various control requirements.  This role is towards such reporting for one particular geography by overseeing and co-ordinating effectively with dedicated teams, 3rd party service providers, GCAD, other service lines like CSC, GCOPA, PEC and in-market teams - Controllers / Country Finance Heads etc.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Delivery of Key KPIs towards - Month end / quarter end / year end close - TB Review / Country Lock Meeting / NFD Reviews
• Inter Company settlements / overdue review / follow-up on actions
• Balance Sheet Hygiene / A/c recon- review and follow-up on quality of reco by 3PSPs
• V@R Review: Follow-up & actions
• GPM / GFCF Compliance - review and monitoring
• Projects support - IFRS / S4 SCOA / Blackline / Puccini etc.
• Service Delivery Review of 3PSP / key deliverables
• Close co-ordination with other UniOps CE functions like CSC, PEC , STP interface etc.
• Manage respective OC Teams (each responsible for specific country /region) , regular review , trouble shoot.. Interactions with Corporate Auditors / Statutory Auditors – provide details / clarifications
• Interactions with GCAD / County Teams - Controllers / Internal Audit / Statutory / Tax / FET & MR / CDF / SCF etc.
• Any other reporting requirements – new activities …., project co-ordination etc.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Accounting knowledge – Has strong accounting knowledge on Financial Reporting /R2R reporting in Unilever – period close: Month end / Qtr end / Year end – TB Review/CLMs/NFD Reviews etc.
•  Strong control mindset / understanding of key GFCF / SOX / Internal & external audit requirements, BS hygiene and account reconciliation requirements
• Interpersonal skills – Ability to build collaborative relationship with multiple stakeholders / Influencing – In Country, IT, 3PSP, other UniOps Teams like PEC, etc.
• Bias for action – Drive actions and ensure targeted reporting timelines are met OTIF (On Time In Full) high quality
• Strong Communiction skills in both English and Turkish
• Qualified Accountant with business knowledge / understanding
• Very good accounting knowledge / various reporting requirements understanding  
• Knowledge on SAP FI  / good understanding of other interfaces – ifinance 
• Microsoft office skills – Excel / Word / Power Point/ Power BI  etc.

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 SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • 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.