Finance Officer (Brand Marketing Investment)

Media Cost Management:

• Assist in managing the process of media cost management for traditional media (excluding outdoor) and branded content.

• Support the media team and media agencies in managing media contract sign-off and invoice payment, ensuring compliance with approved budgets and financial policies.

• Track media saving items and work with media agencies to identify potential savings.

Advertising and Promotion Expense Management:

• Collaborate with OPSO regional support team to manage OPSO scheme data, ensuring timely and accurate information provision.

• Work with regional support team and IT partners to resolve system interface issues across legacy systems.

• Prepare draft reports on other advertising and promotion results monthly and clarify variances with finance partners.

• Upload forecasts into the SBO system for central cost items and highlight potential risks impacting forecast accuracy.

• Coordinate with business teams and agencies to manage actual costs versus approved budgets, ensuring accurate reflection in financial accounts.

Month-End Closing:

• Assist in creating media schemes at various levels of product and customer hierarchy and financial dimensions.

• Support the calculation, posting, and reverting of accruals/provisions for media traditional (excluding outdoor), branded content, and B&MI consolidated expenses.

• Collaborate with CG Team, GCOPA, and MEC coordinator to resolve issues and ensure smooth month-end closing processes.

• Ensure all cost items are booked correctly and compliantly with Unilever financial accounting treatments.

Reporting and Analysis:

• Assist in designing and delivering monthly reports related to B&MI management, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.

• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for total B&MI expenses and prepayment accounts.

• Manage B&MI SCOA and B&MI processes, including developing, testing, updating, and controlling changes.

• Highlight any risks to accounting treatment compliance from current practices and ways of working.

• Manage master data and investment type mapping for all B&MI cost items.

• Bachelor degree, major in Finance & Accounting.

• At least 1 year of relevant experience in Finance role.

• Advanced English communication skills