Factory Accountant at Unilever

Job ID:

R-50513

Category:

Supply Chain

Background & Purpose of the Job

This primary role covers a factory site within the cluster. This role’s responsibility is for the monitor and control of the sites production costs, waste which if done incorrectly will have a significant and material effect for the site. The role will assist in providing relevant financial and management information, systems and commercial support to the supply chain factory process.

Responsibilities

• Provides management information to the Factory management (experience in areas of product costing, capex).

• Identifies cost and asset utilisation improvement opportunities, and co-development of solutions.

• Ad-hoc analysis of manufacturing capabilities

• Timely and accurate reporting of factory results.

• Budgetary planning and control of factory overheads.

• Assists in providing Supply Chain factory information required for forecasting and strategic planning to the Finance Team

• Uses roots and contacts defined by FBP SC to scan external, economic and financial environment to identify changes and best finance practice affecting Supply Chain and cascade relevant information to relevant Managers.

• Provides support to FBP SC to develop Supply Chain information system including relevant KPIs and performance measurement systems and scorecards

• Provides information to Financial Accountant about local suppliers for maintenance and all other financial inputs concerning the factory

• Conducts Gross Margin Variance Analysis for all supply chain factory processes

Requirements

• 3-5 year’s experience in business partnering

• Management accounting experience

• RIO or UIO experience

• Graduate in Accounting, levels of professional accounting exams

• Good communication skills

• Quick learner

• Excel and word skills