Senior Executive, ICRR

About the Role

The Senior Executive - ICRR role at Unilever is responsible for monitoring the overheads ledger for three entities within the P&H scope. This position requires coordination with various Service Lines for correct accounting of costs in ICCs, and interaction with approximately 800 FBP and ICC owners.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform regular general accounting and ensure daily operation activities are tracked and actions are taken on deviations.
• Prepare control account reconciliations and review them with the business team.
• Actively participate in intercompany activities, resolving business queries, ensuring balances are reconciled, and managing timely payments and cash application.
• Serve as a single point of contact for all operational activities and queries from Service Lines and Third-Party Service Providers (3PSPs).
• Support the business in achieving cost savings in coordination with FBPs.
• Lead governance calls with 3PSPs periodically to steer agreed changes, including process strategy and challenging the status quo.
• Drive the team on operational calls with third-party service providers to resolve issues or guide their closure.
• Assist in statutory and internal audits, ensuring process compliance with GFCF standards.
• Ensure correct and on-time closure of Month-End Reporting.
• Review and provide working capital forecasts.
• Support cross-functional projects in addition to ICRR Projects.
• Review and approve urgent payment requests for corporate centers in the UK and NL.
• Manage the accounting of Payroll for the UK and NL in the P&H books and cross-charge entities from the center for payroll, global mobility, hosting, etc.
• Engage with stakeholders including NFD, Controllers, Tax and Treasury, and Payroll/HR.
• Review and provide inputs for VAT returns and disclosures.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• R2R process expertise.
• End-user knowledge of SAP (FI module).
• Power BI and Workflow management tools awareness is an advantage.
• Proficiency in collecting, querying, and consolidating information from accounting/ERP systems.
• IFRS knowledge is an advantage.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive attitude and ability to proactively drive tasks to completion.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with personnel at all levels.
• Ability to act as a self-starter with proven ownership of job responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA Fresher or semi-qualified CA with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.

Key Interfaces

• Country finance teams (UK/NL)
• ICC owners & FBPs
• Country Tax Teams
• Payroll HR
• Third-Party Service Providers
• Central R2R/P2P/O2C teams
• Service Line Contacts