FINANCE HEAD
This role is based in Medan would be responsible to partner 4 directors i.e. UOI Managing Director, Operations Director, Manufacturing Director and Project Marvel Director. The job is to oversee end to end financial operations along with PL and Balance sheet management and support expansions as we look to accelerate the growth.
The purpose of this role is to provide finance/ commercial business partnering to the business team, setting up Transfer prices and adhere to GFCF Risk and controls in all the areas of MTD, R2R, P2P and OTC. The role offers a fantastic opportunity for the right person to demonstrate ownership of the full P&L, develop all rounded finance and business acumen, and would allow an ambitious and successful candidate to progress further within the organisation and within their career.
A suitable candidate would be mid-career and have over 10 years professional experience and have passed a professional Accountancy Qualification (CIMA/ACA), and looking to progress within an organisation and their career to management level.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Commercial
- S&OP signoff and P&L delivery
- Pricing Governance: Monitor each pricing/transfer price
- Budget vs Actuals : Control overheads
- Working Capital Mgmt : Deliver WC targets and FCF generation for internal capex and debt repayments
- Business Plan: Target setting per Fatty Acids
- Expansions: Support Business team in BAU capex and big expansion plan.
Finance Processes:
- Accounts Payable and Receivable: Approval authority and controller for every transaction
- Record to Report: Review finance submission and manage different stakeholders
- Treasury – Managing the funding, hedging fx exposure via GTC
- Capex – Monitoring of CWIP and projects delivery
- Prod. Cost Accounting: Review of Costs and variances per material
- Inventory Mgmt.: Approval authority for Stock counts
- Taxation : Review CIT, WHT and VAT refund returns
- Month end reporting, communicating insight and analysis to the wider business
- Review in month performance vs forecast, highlighting gaps and recommending corrective action
Controls:
Implement UOI finance policies and governance framework :
- Physical Controls: Ensure controls to avoid any leakage of Oils
- BS Hygiene: Review of BS with HODs and ensure VaR under control
- SOD Controls: Reviewer for SAP user and firefighter controls
- Corporate GFCF Audit: Lead corporate audits for all the processes
- External Audits: Lead the discussion with Partners and signing authority of Balance sheet
- Commercial Controls: Develop and ensure
- Credit Controls reviewer and approver for each of the customers
Accountabilities:
- Financial results delivery of the UOI business vs. Prior year and submitted forecast. No leakage in Transfer prices
- Year on year sales growth and gross margin enhancement.
- A rigorous and accurate 6 month rolling financial forecast.
- Improvement in operational effectiveness measures (bill to cash, purchase to pay).
- Overheads – Budget management.
- Working Capital management in conjunction with credit control
Consultation:
- Monthly financial forecast.
- Business performance reviews.
- Board of Directors and Commissioner reviews
- New business expansion reviews
Key Skills Required:
- Complex data analysis
- Preparing business results analysis and reviewing commentaries
- Commercial support and decision support (including preparing business cases)
- GFCF Controls knowledge
- Team working and interpersonal skills
- Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Office skills,
Standards of Leadership required:
- Agility
- Passion for High Performance
- Business Acumen
- Talent Catalyst
Key Experience and Qualifications Required:
- Fully Qualified Accountant
- Industry experience in commercial roles
- Working in cross functional teams
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Business Partnering
- Experience of using SAP
Key Interfaces:
- UOI HODs
- Respective MCO Finance and Procurement teams
- Global Treasury for Debt management
- BPC SCF team
- Banks
- Uniops Manila team
- ULI Tax and legal teams
- GCAD & Controller teams
Additional responsibilities: Work with Business team to leverage Unilever Trading Indonesia (UTI). Heading the Finance function of UTI and signing authority for Financials.