Associate Finance Manager, Commercial Finance

Unilever•Hoboken, NJ

7d•$88,600 - $133,000

About The Position

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, managing innovation business cases, brand investment decisions, and enabling profitable growth through insights and partnerships. The role ensures full, E2E stewardship of BMI and Coupons investments, manages end to end P&L for our brands, supports decision making for resource allocation, and provides the BU with clear foresight on performance, risks, and opportunities, as well acts as the key finance resource partnering with our brands.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
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
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 system

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred
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

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
Through active partnership with S&OP this individual will manage our end-to-end Coupons and BMI forecasting process (forecast and Cashup) in PBCS across all brands.
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.