CD Finance Business Partner - Modern Trade

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About Unilever Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do - creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you. Main Job Purpose: The role offers strong exposure to Modern Trade customers and commercial decision-making, with opportunities to deepen business partnering capabilities across channels. This position provide s valuable support to the CD Finance team in driving total performance management for CBD spends through enablers and analysis as the performance management champion. You will also need to independently drive performance management and decision support for assigned Modern Trade customers, ensuring accurate , timely , and decision-ready financial insights. You will serve as the main finance partner for specific channels and customers aligned within the team. The role operates with general guidance from the CD Finance Modern Trade Lead, translating business briefs into structured analyses, clean working files, and clear actions . The incumbent is expected to own recurring processes and customer-related issues end-to-end, escalating material risks or ad hoc complexiti es. What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be: Drive Performance Management of Total CBD Spends together with CDF Team Prepare financial simulations and analysis to enable informed decision-making, with clear assumptions and recommendations Support CDF MT and DT Leads in the preparation of working files for monthly updates to the Business Unit (CSP and MT) leads and to the BU Finance leads Prepare financial presentations and submissions for forecasts Ensure operational accuracy and monitoring of CBD Spends vs Forecast Work closely with CD Operations team in driving spend discipline and hygiene Provide Decision Support and Timely Analysis on High-Value Business Priorities Business Cases for new investments or changes to existing business models ROI analysis for changes to customer contracts Long-range planning for key customers Investment optimization and growth plans for priority customers Support CDF MT Lead on driving business performance interventions Growth Spotting Profitability Improvement Spends Optimization and ROMI Build deep understanding on customers and channels Mastery of financial impact of TTA per customer for the assigned channels and customers Serve as the main finance partner for assigned channels and customers Ensure budget and plans align to contractual obligations Drive optimization on non-contractual spends together with partners Ways of Working & Ownership Expectations: Own assigned customer projects and workstreams with end-to-end accountability, translating high-level objectives into structured analyses and decision-ready materials Produce clean, well-documented working files that can be reviewed, built upon, or referenced without rework Resolve recurring or minor issues independently, applying judgment and prior learnings Escalate material risks, deviations, or non-standard issues, with proposed options or recommendations What Success in This Role Looks Like: Delivers accurate, timely, and decision-ready analyses with minimal rework Manages assigned customers with confidence, consistency, and sound judgment Anticipates recurring issues and applies repeatable solutions Enables the CD Finance MT Lead to focus on total direction-setting, complex interventions, and the rest of the MT channels customers. Drive optimization on non-contractual spends together with partners Experiences & Qualifications WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED At least 3-5 years of experience in Finance Basic knowledge of Management Accounting, Reporting, and Budgeting Experience in business partnering roles preferred Commercial support and decision support (including preparing financial models and ROI analysis) Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, translating high-level guidance into structured outputs and solutions Comfortable managing multiple customers and priorities in a fast-paced, lean environment Experience in investment evaluation, analysis and tracking KPIs Strong analytical capabilities with bias to drive action Advanced skills in Excel 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 organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for

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