Assistant Manager Finance - R2R

Overview

Assistant Manager for Record-to-Report (R2R) finance operations within Unilever Ops (UniOps) Commercial Experience, managing BAU finance processes, month-end reporting and third-party service provider governance in Bengaluru.

What you'll do

• Perform regular general accounting and track daily operational activities, taking action on deviations.
• Drive and participate in intercompany activity, resolve business queries, and ensure balances are reconciled with timely payment and cash application.
• Review and follow up on the quality of balance sheet reconciliations performed by third-party service providers, including monthly sample reviews.
• Govern reconciliations performed by CG, including sample reviews and audits.
• Ensure GPM and GFCF compliance through review and monitoring.
• Ensure correct and on-time month-end reporting, including period-to-period variance analysis and detailed commentary with schedules for Country Lock Meeting and NFD calls, and for Controller and Head of Finance sign-off meetings.
• Be accountable for key KPIs: month-end, quarter-end and year-end close, TB review, Country Lock Meeting, NFD reviews, control compliance and GPM compliance.
• Support the business in achieving cost savings in coordination with FBPs and through simplification and internal projects.
• Lead governance calls with stakeholders and 3PSPs periodically, steering agreed changes to processes and challenging the status quo.
• Act as single point of contact for operational activities and queries from Service Lines and 3PSPs, lead resolution of gaps and issues, and assist with statutory audit, internal audit and GFCF compliance.
• Support scope expansion and global projects, including design and implementation.
• Engage stakeholders including NFD, Controllers, Tax and Treasury, and Payroll/HR.
• Manage internal and external audits.

What you'll need

• Qualified CA or CMA with up to 4 years of work experience, or semi-qualified CA with minimum 6 years of relevant experience.
• Expertise in the R2R process and strong accounting knowledge.
• Strong control mindset and understanding of GFCF, SOX, internal and external audit requirements, balance sheet hygiene and account reconciliation requirements.
• Proficiency in collecting, querying and consolidating information from accounting and ERP systems.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build collaborative relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Bias for action; must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of responsibilities.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good verbal and written communication.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of IFRS.
• End-user knowledge of SAP FI module; CO module.
• Awareness of Power BI and workflow management tools.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.