Associate Finance Manager, Commercial Finance

About the role

The Associate Finance Manager, Commercial Finance role for Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) serves as the financial and analytical foundation for the finance and brand teams. The position manages innovation business cases, brand investment decisions, and enables profitable growth through insights and partnerships. The role ensures full, end-to-end stewardship of BMI and Coupons investments, manages the end-to-end P&L for brands, supports decision-making for resource allocation, and provides the business unit with clear foresight on performance, risks, and opportunities. It also acts as the key finance resource partnering with brands.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering for B&W Brands
  • Act as the primary finance partner to Marketing and cross-functional teams, providing actionable insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and influencing decisions to optimize brand performance.
  • Partner closely with Brand teams to manage the full P&L, including forecasting, performance tracking, and variance analysis to drive delivery against financial targets and long-term growth objectives.
  • Translate financial results into clear, actionable insights; provide forward-looking guidance on risks/opportunities and support S&OP and forecast cycles.
• Partner Brands on Innovation Planning
  • Oversee the financial governance of the innovation pipeline, ensuring funnel sufficiency, tracking key milestones, and driving accountability for delivery against strategic targets.
  • Own the development, validation, and tracking of innovation and investment business cases, ensuring robust assumptions, clear financial returns, and alignment to brand strategy.
• Partner BU on BMI Investment Decision Making
  • Act as the primary financial partner to Brand Leads and ABMs for all BMI and Coupon investment decisions.
  • Help build supporting scenarios, ROI evaluations, and provide strategic guidance on investment choices.
  • Provide forward-looking insights into drivers of performance, risks/opportunities, and recommended interventions.
• Partner S&OP on Coupons / BMI Forecast
  • Manage the end-to-end Coupons and BMI forecasting process (forecast and Cashup) in PBCS across all brands through active partnership with S&OP.
  • Partner with NA Finance to ensure Allocadia and Prism are accurate.
  • Support NA Finance in system evolution and process enhancements (e.g., Prism, Allocadia), ensuring accuracy and improved efficiency across teams.
  • Identify anomalies, perform variance analysis, and ensure financial and operational controls are fully met.

Requirements

• Degree
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
  • MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Years of experience
  • Minimum 3+ years of relevant finance experience.
  • Experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Customer Analytics, Supply Chain Finance, or Trade Finance preferred.
  • Experience partnering with cross-functional business teams preferred.

Skills

• Must have skills
  • Financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
  • Variance analysis and financial performance management.
  • Business partnering and stakeholder management.
  • Financial modeling and scenario analysis.
  • Month-end close and performance reporting.
  • Advanced Excel and financial systems expertise.
  • Data analytics and insight generation.
  • Ability to translate financial results into business recommendations.
  • Experience with PBCS, AFO, SAP, Power BI, or similar systems.
• Nice to have skills
  • Consumer Goods (CPG/FMCG) experience.
  • Supply Chain Finance, Trade Finance, or Customer Analytics experience.
  • CPA/MBA designation.
  • Experience with automation and reporting tools.
  • Trade investment management and ROI analysis.
  • Procurement, S&OP, or commercial planning experience.
  • Process improvement and digital transformation exposure.
• Soft skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication.
  • Influencing and storytelling with data.
  • Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively.
  • Critical thinking and problem solving.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
  • Collaborative team player.
  • Bias for action and accountability.
  • Learning agility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $88,600 to $133,000. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits

Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but not limited to:

• Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage).
• Retirement savings benefits.
• Life insurance and disability benefits.
• Parental leave.
• Sick leave.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Access to numerous voluntary benefits.

Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.