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As Senior Finance Manager CO FP&A this role entails Finance Business Partnering European Customer Operations teams on Logistics & Customer Operations matters. The role will head Customer Ops Finance Hub located in Katowice, Poland that supports all pan-European Finance activities across Transport, Warehousing & Overheads. This role presents a huge opportunity to unlock value for Unilever by ensuring robust financial framework and unlocking optimization opportunities to drive logistics performance improvement. If you are passionate about applying data-driven insights & models to create impact across the full logistics value chain from Primary transport to customer service, then this role is just for you.
Job Responsibility:
Manage the full Logistics Cost Forecast process for Transport & overheads
Lead month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy & robustness of reporting
Analyze Actuals vs. Forecast variances and prepare a summary of root causes for management
Drive performance by interacting directly with CO Leads from the 6 BG-Led Markets, Logistics Operations leads, and SCFS teams
Together with the Logistics Operations team, drive Savings & Optimization initiatives
Managing the annual planning activities, including the business plan for Logistics
Act as Budget Controller for Functional Overheads
Drive process standardization, optimization & digitalization for Finance processes
Build a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners
Drive effective team collaboration and look for synergies
Demonstrate passion for growth, excellence, capability building, and agility in a highly VUCA business environment
Act as a talent catalyst and support the ongoing development of the team
Act as knowledgeable, purposeful & motivated manager to a diverse team of 8 members
Requirements:
7 or more years of Finance experience incl. line management experience of 7-10 people
Evidence of strong people & team management abilities
Experience & passion for process optimisation and digitalisation
Structured and well-organised mindset
Passion about high performance and working in a diverse team
Ability to quickly navigate between detailed and helicopter views
Ability to work under time pressure and ability to dynamically prioritise the workload
Ability to understand complex dependencies and drive simplification
Strong networking skills and ability to build connections with teams spread across the region
Dynamic, Flexible, and Positive mindset
Fluent level in spoken & written English
Nice to have:
Former Supply Chain Finance experience at a global or regional level would be beneficial
What we offer:
Competitive annual bonus
Benefit car or car allowance
Participation in a dedicated company share program
A learning-focused environment supporting your personal and professional development