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Sector: Finance and Accounts
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.
Job Title: Accounting Expertise Manager
Location: 100VE
JOB PURPOSE
The Group Chief Accountant's Department (GCAD) is part of the central Finance team. GCAD is responsible for Unilever's external financial reporting and global financial reporting controls (including Sarbanes Oxley compliance), managing the global auditor relationship; determining and implementing Unilever's accounting policies; and many other projects related to how Unilever measures its performance and presents and communicates this to the external world. GCAD is responsible for the collection of the monthly management result, the monthly financial results as well as the collection process for the forecast.
The GCAD Reporting, Accounting and Training Expertise team is responsible for:
1. Expertise on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and application within Unilever:
* Determine global accounting policies, implement them and ensure compliance.
* Provide timely and clear guidance on the accounting implications of business decisions.
* Assess the impact of proposed changes to IFRS and identify the actions required internally to comply with them.
* Developing and implementing a training strategy to support Unilever's financial reporting community.
* Exclusive responsibility for developing and implementing an accounting and reporting knowledge management strategy.
The team is responsible for reviewing all external GAAP, controls and reporting developments, lobbying on potential developments and identifying the implications and actions required internally to comply with all related challenges that arise.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting expertise
* Tracking of external technical accounting developments, summarising for management and supporting Unilever's interpretation and implementation of the most technical accounting areas.
* Ensuring Unilever's APM and PAD remain fit for purpose through regular review of key policies.
* Interpretation of new standards/legislation and ensuring readiness and actual application to the Unilever group, across all countries.
* Provision of consistent, high-quality accounting advice to the rest of Unilever on application of the Group's accounting policies.
* Networking with other teams and functions to solicit accounting queries where appropriate.
Quarterly activities
* Responsible for preparing Audit committee paper for review and approval of Group dividends.
* Preparation of immaterial items assessment on a semi-annual basis, subject to external audit review.
* Hyperinflation accounting - supporting and reviewing RAO team's work on a quarterly basis.
* Assist in delivering the training strategy for accounting skills and capabilities throughout Unilever.
* Validation of claims/statements made in the Annual Report and Accounts.
* Assist in the creation of year-end reports related to new accounting developments.
* Ad hoc related assignments within the Group Chief Accountant's Department (GCAD).
ALL ABOUT YOU
* Qualified Financial Accountant with post qualified experience.
* Strong IFRS knowledge and understanding the requirements of external auditors.
* Advanced organisational skills and task management.
* Attention to detail.
* Good interpersonal skills to build rapport with various stakeholders.
* Knowledge of the UK Companies Act and experience of its application to distributable reserves (desirable).
* Corporate Centre experience of a large global listed group (desirable).
* Strong background on Unilever operations (ideally through previous experiences on finance business partnering and county operations).
Location
In 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London. This role will be based in 100 Victoria Embankment until early 2025 and then will move to the Kingston Campus.
What We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, and shares. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
We advocate for wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes, and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion and creating possibilities for all. We embrace diversity in our workforce and provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process.
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Company
Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. We believe in creating equality of opportunity and unlocking talent through disability inclusion.
Our policies & flexible working
We have a range of family-friendly and flexible working policies, including agile working and enhanced leave policies.
Our ambition: unlocking talent through disability inclusion
We aim to be the number one employer of choice for people with disabilities and increase the number of employees with disabilities to 5% of our total workforce by 2025.
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