Assistant Finance Manager – Innovation Excellence

Job Title: Assistant Finance Manager – Innovation Excellence

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.

Background:
The Global Business Group Finance Excellence Team (BG FET) is a core pillar within the Unilever Finance Operating Model. The BG FET design principle is to have expertise teams that directly business partners the Global Marketing, Finance and R&D teams under 3 core areas of Innovation, Budget Management and Performance Reporting & Analytics. Working within the BG FET provides ambitious individuals with the opportunity to experience the fast-paced environment of FMCG, working in a Global team with diverse stakeholders and exposure across all Unilever categories and markets.

The Innovation AFM role partners directly with the global Marketing & Finance teams to drive Innovation initiatives and performance management. As an expertise role, the individual will draw on their depth of expertise to drive more rigor to innovation business cases with the objectivity and courage to influence better decisions for the business.

Key Accountabilities:
Business Partnering & Insight
- Review business cases at a global level to drive faster decision making and innovation cycle across business groups
- Drive rigour and discipline around Post-Launch Evaluations (PLEs) for post launch projects in partnership with BG FBPs
- Provide insights and commentaries to Innovation Leadership Team on total innovation performance, contribution to company growth, PLE learnings and innovation trends
- Use depth of subject matter expertise to land new initiatives with the BGs to achieve overall company objective, address operational challenges and drive value in decision making
- Work closely with BG Finance Leads to drive improvement in Innovation data hygiene, achieving accuracy and completeness of the results
- Circulation of periodic reports and business required actions to achieve overall company goals

Process Ownership and Delivery
- Own the Innovation range of tools (Business Case Tools, Cannibalization Tool, Finance Metrics like GTO, iTO, WACC, Corporate Tax Rates etc) and drive continuous improvement, simplification & standardization
- Deliver Innovation trainings to Finance Business Partners & Marketers on Innovation finance topics and new initiatives
- Play leading role in the development of an “Innovation Community” where Finance teams are brought together across the globe to share best practice and techniques

Key Interactions:
- Marketing Innovation Project Leads
- Business Group Finance Partners
- CMI
- Supply Chain
- Innovation Central Excellence Teams
- Innovation Data & Analytics Teams

Minimum Requirements:
- Strong Accounting Principles knowledge
- Ability to manage large and complex set of stakeholders
- Strong data management and manipulation capabilities
- Pro-active team player
- Strength in holding others accountable
- Confidence in presenting and communicating with senior management

Note:

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