Category Finance Analyst – Home Care

Job Title: Category Finance Analyst – Home Care

Business Function: Finance

Location: 100VE

Home Care Business Group is €12 billion business. The BG is on a strategic journey to drive clean future by disrupting and transforming the cleaning industry from highly chemical dependents to green and sustainable cleaning, through innovation and premiumization. In parallel the Business Group priority is to step up profitability through net productivity (SC/BMI/Overheads), network transformation, concertation and premiumization together with selective portfolio rationalization.

We are the emerging markets leader with No 1 or 2 position in our top countries. We have 3 key categories. Fabric Cleaning, Fabric Enhancers, Home and Hygiene. With the compass organization landing, Business Groups are now operating as an independent business within Unilever with full end to end P&L responsibility, a great opportunity to define and drive performance management and impact business decisions.

The Global Home Care Finance team partners our global cross-functional business teams and other local finance teams to set and implement strategy, drive performance and ensure value generation in almost 100 markets that we operate in. We are known to be a high-performing, diverse and inclusive team: our members come from different backgrounds, hold ~15+ nationalities and together we speak more than 20 languages. We have a strong learning culture and have high standards for our work. We work hard, learn well, have fun and watch out for each other.

JOB PURPOSE

Based in London (100VE) and reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, the role of Category Finance Analyst is to help develop and drive the financial strategy, business and innovation performance of multiple Home Care brands and be involved in developing and evaluating financial feasibility for innovation projects across categories.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning

• Partner with Brand Manager/Directors in business modelling, competitor benchmarking, shadow P&Ls.
• Identify value opportunities that require a particular intervention / project support from Finance.
• Partner with Categories to conduct portfolio reviews.

Innovation

• Develop and lead business cases for BG led innovations, in collaboration with global brand teams, as well as the counterparts across CMI, R&D and supply chain globally and locally.
• Coordinate innovation post-launch performance conversation together with innovation champions and BU finance, drive interventions if needed.

Cross Category

• Lead various projects across categories, such as Media Sufficiency/ROI, Competitor Analysis, Budget Management, etc.

Key Interactions

• Home Care Business Group
  • Global brand leads and brand communities.
  • Global Innovation project leads.
  • Cross functional business team in BG central and BUs. (CMI, supply chain, R&D)
• Finance business partners
  • Global Home Care finance team including performance management, other category finance, supply chain, competitor intelligence, etc.
  • BU Home Care Finance teams.
  • Global Innovation FET team.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Qualification/Experience

• Strong financial academic background.
• Relevant experience in finance business partnering roles.

Knowledge and Skills

• Business and financial acumen with a proven track record of delivery.
• Strong analytical skills, high attention to detail and bias for action.
• Advanced Excel skills. Ability to work fluidly with data and across systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders.
• High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics.
• Accountability and responsibility.
• Strong prioritization skills.