Senior Finance Manager External Performance

Job Title: Senior Finance Manager External Performance

Location: 100VE

Work Level: WL2C

Job Purpose:
The Global Corporate Strategy Manager will play a pivotal role in leading the comprehensive refresh of Unilever’s mid- to long-term value creation framework which is presented to and approved by Unilever’s board every year. This framework, including the FGM of the company, should optimize total shareholder value while aligning with Unilever’s internal priorities and external commitments to stakeholders (i-e the ambition of Top 1/3rd TSR). The role requires close collaboration with strategy leads across Business Groups (BGs), as well as central finance teams including Tax, Treasury, M&A, and Investor Relations. Additionally, the Strategy Manager will support the M&A team on an ad-hoc basis, contributing to long-term portfolio strategy, including acquisition priorities and portfolio rationalization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual corporate strategy cycle, including preparation and facilitation of key Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE) and strategy board sessions.
• Collaborate with Business Group strategy leads to develop a three-year Financial Growth Model (FGM), ensuring alignment on top-line and bottom-line growth outlook and each BG’s appropriate contribution to overall value creation framework.
• Work cross-functionally with finance teams to incorporate the latest assumptions on costs, inflation, investments, and one-off items into the FGM.
• Benchmark Unilever’s FGM against peer consensus to assess strategic ambition and recalibrate as needed to meet long-term company objectives.
• Refresh the company’s capital structure strategy, covering dividend policy, share buybacks, M&A activity, and debt profile.
• Coordinate with the performance management team to ensure seamless integration of strategic FGM outputs into annual budgets and performance targets following board approval.

NOTES 

Location   

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London.  This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currently located in Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026. 

What We Offer  

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment. 

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of 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 and to, above all, create possibilities for all.  

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever. 

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