Assistant Manager - Process Controls

Job Title - Assistant Manager - Process Controls

Location - Bengaluru

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

ABOUT UNIOPS:

Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.

Business Context

Unilever is the global company with the purpose to make sustainable living commonplace, building powerhouse brands such as Lifebuoy, Dove, Persil, Flora and PG Tips. The Unilever Compass: Purpose-Led, Future-Fit is our new, single growth strategy based on three beliefs; Brands with purpose grow, Companies with purpose last, People with purpose thrive.

UniOps is a global organization delivering technology and enterprise-wide solutions in Unilever. Within UniOps, Finance & Procurement Operations (F&P Ops) provides financial services across Unilever such as Record to Report (R2R), Procure to Pay (P2P), Supply Chain Finance Services (SCFS) and Controls Services (CSC), Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) and Treasury, Parent & Holding Controls (TRC).

Main Purpose of the Job

CSC draws its mandate from Global Financial Controls Framework (GFCF) which is applicable to all countries and units in Unilever. CSC provides central monitoring and reporting for financial controls in Unilever. It reports control health indicators (CHI) on 90+ countries, across four global processes – Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report and Make to Deliver. CSC is a one-of-a-kind capability created in Unilever, which has been emulated by other companies. It has evolved over last few years as a best in class, futuristic, real time financial controls monitoring capability.

CSC publishes reports from SAP, for each financial control to monitor how the countries/units are performing. Exceptions are identified and analysed. Monthly governance is run with the country Finance Controllers, and action plans obtained for remediation. Rigorous follow up is made to ensure action plans are completed in time, and control exceptions are kept to a minimum. CSC is divided into a process and country matrix. This role reports into the Senior Manager/ Manager CSC.

Main Accountabilities

This position embodies the integration of financial acumen with technological expertise. The deliverables of this role include, but are not limited to :

Controls monitoring and reporting:

• Perform accuracy & completeness validation of monthly VAR reports as part of MEC activities.

• Analysis of data in the Controls Cockpit to identify outliers, significant patterns, trends, anomalies.

• Establish connects & drive Control Health Meetings with Controllers, flag outliers, drive PEC and country to close these outliers within reasonable time.

• Take full ownership of cluster and process assigned, flagging outliers with no progress, that needs attention.

• Issuance of the Monthly Controls Cockpit usage report with accuracy and completeness, within timelines.

• Drive best in class Service Delivery for assigned clusters.

Product Delivery & Governance:

• Lead the delivery of advanced analytics capabilities to generate actionable business insights (predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities) and drive business outcomes.

• Oversee projects from conception to completion, ensuring cost effectiveness & timely delivery, with proper resource allocation and within budget.

• Manage relationships & drive developments with vendors/ service providers to ensure high-quality service delivery.

• Understanding development requirements and logics, documentation validations, getting UAT signoffs within timelines.

• MEC progress monitoring & governance, helping in resolving risks to timelines, investigating incidents and validating controls to fix the root cause.

• Managing SOW, raising POs to vendors.

• Tracking Dev activities daily, providing required clarifications, highlighting blockers & keeping stakeholders updated on sprint plan.

• Monitoring service requests, incident management, and service improvements.

• Cost Optimization & Rationalization Discussions.

Key Interfaces

• Group Chief Accountant Department

• Country Finance Controllers/Teams

• Process Owners

• Control Owners

• Operating Centres

• IT teams

Critical success Factors for the Job

Key Skills - Finance

• Strong knowledge of business processes (RTR/PTP/OTC/MTD)

• Analytics & controls mindset

• Strong business acumen & customer centricity

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Key Skills -Product delivery

• Knowledge of data governance and regulatory requirements

• Technology understanding SAP, GRC Hana

• Analytical and Visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, ACL, SQL

Relevant Experience

Finance:

• CA/MBA with 2- 4 years of Finance experience in Unilever or at least one other global organization in similar industry

• Strong experience in control assurance, accounting/ finance role, internal audit, project management, process excellence .

Product Delivery:

• Experience in establishing and running Business Intelligence & Analytics operations.

• Experience in managing large-scale data projects and budgets & in developing and implementing data and analytics strategies.

• Experience in managing cross-functional projects.

• Proven track record of delivering data-driven insights that drive business value

Leadership Behaviours

Personal mastery and passion for high performance coupled with Agility and Consumer love.

At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you!