Logistics Finance Business Partner

On any given day, two billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life. With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.

Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann's and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Dero and Delikat.

For us, sustainability is integral to how we do business. With 7 billion people on our planet, the earth's resources can be strained. This means sustainable growth is the only acceptable model of growth for our business. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan sets out to decouple our growth from our environmental impact, while at the same time increasing our positive social impact. We believe that as a business we have a responsibility to our consumers and to the communities in which we have a presence. Around the world we invest in local economies and develop people's skills inside and outside of Unilever.

Financial or Management accounting degree

2-3 years experience in finance, business partnering role is an advantage

English at a good level

The MCO logistics finance analyst provides business partnering to the logistics team based in the MCOs and to the local SC team where relevant. He is representing logistic finance to local finance team.

The major accountabilities are:

Finance FPOC for the MCO teams (logistic, finance , SC director/leader) explain results, coordinates planning and provides visibility on it, leads deepdives and investigations, participates on local performance review meetings
Build business cases (restructuring, changes in network, supporting tenders or price negotiations, truck fill)
Person is responsible for result analysis, forecasting, budgeting of UEBV WH and local logistic cost elements
Provides the relevant input for transport finance processes (input for month end, savings, inflation, one offs)
Has a high level understanding of primary transport and pallet results and forecast
Manages all the relevant month end activates not centralized in the central FP&A team (e.g. local bookings)
Support “local” initiatives in the area RTM ensuring a proper level of connection with the local finance communities
He provides the relevant input to the FP&A team on reports and analysis required by them
Provides the relevant support for cluster GTM manager on strategic exercises
Fully responsible for logistic restructuring actuals and forecast process
Ensures relevant support on logistic capex control and forecast
He manages budgeting and LSS recharging process both for Distribution Management Costs and SC Indirects
Responsible for SC Indirects finance processes (month end, rebooking, forecasting, analysis)
Provides and discusses details of Logistic and SCI forecast with MSO finance
He ensures that both central and local controls are up to standard and that local legal requirements are met in the areas of competence (yearly/cycle stock count, stock in transit)
Ensures compliance with IFRS 16 (knowledge of country WH contracts, maintaining/analysing financial information in various systems)
Provides support in P2P issues for logistic and other supply chain teams where relevant
Provide required explanations and input for transfer pricing process
Responsible for integration of acquisitions into logistic finance processes