Customer Development Finance Intern (Maternity Cover) – Unilever
Accounting and Finance
Unilever
Unilever Manufacturing PLC was established in 2015 in Ethiopia and it’s home to flagship brands like Lifebuoy, Knorr, Signal, Lux, Omo, Sunlight and Sunsilk. We are supporting a growing network of Ethiopian suppliers, distributors, and traders, employing over 7,000 people in the value chain.
Unilever is an organization committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you!
Main Job Purpose
The role holder will be responsible for supporting Operations in the CD Finance team. She/she is also responsible to ensuring that all stakeholders are well managed and supported within set time turn around times.
Key Interaction
Internal
- Interfaces other departments on payment of invoices.
External
- Key distributors, liaises with Banks on enquiries/issues relating to payment
Key Accountable
- Daily VAT receipt collection
- Maintaining proper and referenced documentation and Maintain updated tracker • Reconcile against corresponding Payout
- Monthly submission and reconciliation to tax team
- Weekly update to CDF on progress- 3 times a week
Point of contact for KDs
- Active phone responses to KDs
- Claims logging to CDF by aggregating requests on mail/phone
- Weekly reminders and follow-up on vat receipts
Others
- Ensure proper Support and documentation
- Keep CDF shared site active and orderly
- Support on controls documentation filing
- Assisting FCA/other audits
TTS
- Semi annual TTS revision- responding to KD requests and contract filing
- Weekly/Bi monthly on Invoice TTS updating on system- which is manual and time taking
- The overall objective of the additional resource is to allow existing resources be more on the ground, do KD audits, enhance finance capabilities within the KDs.
Employment Type: 6 month Contract
- University Graduate in Finance or a business-related field
- Professional qualifications CPA/ACCA
- Must have a minimum of 1 years’ experience in a Finance role, experience in FMCG is an added advantage.
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP)
- Strong attention to detail (accounting and reporting accuracy and identification of errors)
- Must be able to structure & Integrate Information to support decisions.
- Must have strong forecasting skills using viable data.
- Ability to determine and apply correct accounting treatments
- Able to Identify & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks
