Assistant Finance Manager

Job Title: Assistant Finance Manager
Location: Bangalore

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.

Job Purpose
Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead investment decisions, digital transformations and innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are looking to become a fully rounded finance professional by gaining knowledge and experience in what happens “behind the scenes” to power a business to run from the ground up, then this role is just for you.
Responsibilities
We are excited to introduce a newly created One Performance Management Team, bringing together four previously separate performance teams into one unified group. This transformation enables Finance Business Partners to focus on what truly matters: driving value and shaping strategic decisions.
As a Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in supporting Global Business Services (GBS) initiatives. You’ll partner with senior leaders, influence key decisions, and ensure that every investment delivers measurable impact. This is an opportunity to work at the heart of transformation, where your insights will help shape the future of our organisation.

Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will span strategic finance leadership, performance management, and value creation. Key areas include:
1. Strategic Partnership and Value Creation
• Act as a trusted finance advisor for one or more strategic initiatives within GBS.
• Collaborate with project leadership teams to shape strategy and monitor progress.
• Lead financial involvement in major contract negotiations and partnerships with third parties.
2. Business Case Development
• Build and validate robust business cases for transformation initiatives.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess payback periods and returns under different assumptions.
3. Savings and Benefits Tracking
• Validate cost and savings assumptions across geographies and functions.
• Ensure accurate attribution of benefits and prevent duplication.
• Define and monitor savings categories such as revenue growth, working capital improvements, and overhead reductions.
4. Performance Governance
• Implement monthly cost tracking and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Develop clear governance frameworks for savings and benefits monitoring.
• Provide insightful commentary on costs, savings, and key performance indicators.
5. Strategic Finance Leadership
• Align financial strategies with contract negotiations and service delivery.
• Partner with Procurement Finance on collaborative procurement processes.
• Support financial modelling, including treasury and tax considerations.
6. Change Management and Communication
• Drive the rollout of major initiatives across regions and functions
• Engage stakeholders effectively and ensure transparent communication.

Experiences & Qualifications
• Ability to operate in a highly focused, entrepreneurial environment
• Business case modelling in a complex environment
• Experience with identifying risks and opportunities
• Qualified accountant or equivalent

Skills
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Driving Business Performance
• Data Visualization
• Process Design & Automation
• Financial Control

Other Skills
• Strategic Thinking
• Strong Resilience & Stakeholder management
• Analytics, solution-orientated & controls mind set
• Commercial acumen
• Strong communication skills and ability to present complex information in a simplified manner
• Has the necessary experience and cultural awareness to work with a geographically, culturally diverse and global team

Leadership
• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
o PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
o PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
o TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
o PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
o CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
o BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
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.

Please Note

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