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FET Business Partner (Finance Excellence)
Unilever · La Lucia
Job description
About the role
Act as the horizontal finance support to the FET Lead and CFO, delivering consolidated commercial, capital and scenario‑planning insights that enable faster, clearer leadership decisions across the business.
Key responsibilities
- Lead centralised scenario planning by consolidating customer, pricing, mix, trade investment, volume and margin inputs into decision‑ready commercial views.
- Assess trade investment, promotional spend and ROI performance for ad‑hoc, project‑based and leadership reviews.
- Support global and central ad‑hoc forecast, performance and project requests with concise financial summaries and scenario implications.
- Prepare project reviews and what‑if analyses to inform corporate scenario planning, investment choices and business trade‑off decisions.
- Provide finance input into capital and investment reviews, collaborating with Supply Chain to reflect global and central context.
- Conduct high‑level post‑investment reviews and track benefits realisation against approved business cases.
- Develop board and executive committee narratives that translate complex financial scenarios into clear choices, risks and recommendations.
- Partner with CD Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Marketing Finance, Procurement and Strategy & Transformation to create aligned, consolidated views for leadership decision‑making.
Required profile
- 3‑5+ years of experience in finance with strong exposure to business performance, scenario planning, investments and financial planning.
- Relevant academic qualification such as a BCom in Accounting or equivalent.
- Ability to synthesize large data sets into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
- Strong analytical and communication skills to influence cross‑functional teams.
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Unilever
La Lucia