Hiring Now: Financial Accountant

Unilever is currently recruiting for: Financial Accountant, Ethiopia

Function: Finance

Reports to: Finance Controller Ethiopia

Scope: Local

Location: Ethiopia

Terms & Conditions: Full time

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

The Financial Accountant role is responsible for ensuring that numbers are right on time and first time, all financial fiscal obligations are met (including financial accounting and statutory reporting), that the right controls are in place to manage risks without hampering business and all specialist finance functions including tax, pensions and treasury.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Statutory reporting
• Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing
• Financial accounting including:
• Global Unilever submissions
• Trial balance reviews
• Approving vendor payments
• Accrual sign offs
• 3rd party & OC R2R interface
• Global reporting
• Balance Sheet & P&L risk and control
• Specialist Finance Functions:
• Treasury
• Tax
• Pensions
• Insurance

Experiences and qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Finance /Accounting/ Economics
• More than 5 years Experience in Core Accounting/ External Audit/Finance roles
• Advanced excel required
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Qualified Accountant (added advantage)
• Working knowledge of Accounting standards ( IFRS) is added advantage

Skills

• Experience in core accounting jobs is required
• Experience of variance analysis and reconciliations
• Advanced excel required
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Accounting qualification
• Ability to grasp things quickly is essential
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Inclination to learn and grow
• Ability to work in a team

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical Behaviors

• DELIVER WITH EXCELLENCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
• FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience. With high prioritization capability
• CARE DEEPLY: Whatever their role, always look for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• STAYING THREE STEPS AHEAD: Ability to think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance, always curious and confident , anticipating ahead of consumer needs and external trends to drive performance.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! 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.

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! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance
• Economics / Statistics