FET Business Partner (Finance Excellence) at Unilever

JOB PURPOSE


Act as the horizontal finance support to the FET Lead and CFO, providing consolidated commercial, capital and scenario-planning perspectives to enable faster, clearer leadership decision-making.


WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Centralised Scenario Planning


Lead support for centralised scenario planning by consolidating customer, pricing, mix, trade investment, volume and margin inputs into clear, decision-ready commercial views.
Assess trade investment, promotional spend and ROI performance for ad hoc, project-based and leadership review requirements.
Support global and central ad hoc forecast, performance and project requests with concise financial summaries and scenario implications.
Prepare project reviews and what-if analysis to support corporate scenario planning, investment choices and business trade-off decisions.
Provide finance input into capital and investment reviews alongside the Supply Chain team, ensuring global and central context is clearly reflected.
Conduct high-level post-investment reviews and track benefits realisation against approved business cases.


Business Partnering


Prepare board, executive committee narratives that translate complex financial scenarios into clear choices, risks and recommendations.
Deliver rapid-turnaround strategic, commercial and investment analysis to support emerging business questions and priority projects.
Partner with CD Finance, Supply Chain Finance and Marketing Finance to create aligned, consolidated views for leadership decision-making.
Engage Procurement and Supply Chain teams on capex and investment governance, ensuring finance inputs are connected to operational realities and global requirements.
Coordinate with Strategy & Transformation on project priorities, scenario assumptions and business case implications.


WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications


5+ years experience in Finance, with strong exposure to business performance, scenario planning, investments and financial planning.
BCom Accounting or equivalent qualification is required.
CA(SA), CIMA or similar professional qualification is advantageous.
Experience in FMCG or a similar fast-paced, high-volume industry is required.
Strong ability to translate complex financial analysis into concise executive-ready summaries and recommendations.