Internal Auditor - Assistance Finance Manager

Unilever

Dubai, UAE

Ref: MP598-205

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Company Profile

Every day, around the world, people reach for Unilever products. Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we've grown into one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies. In fact, 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product.

Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you're bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.

Our Corporate Strategy aims to double the size of our business while reducing our environmental impact by 2020. As a result, in the months and years to come, we envisage many opportunities for our staff to progress and gain vital experience. It's never been such an exciting time to join the Unilever team.

Job Title
• Internal Auditor, Assistance Finance Manager

Work Level
• WL1E

Location:
• Gulf

Reports to
• Control Operations, Manager NAMETRUB

The Background

Audits help the organization achieve its objectives by promoting accountability and better decision-making. They provide reasonable assurance that resources are safeguarded, operations are cost-effectively managed, internal policies and procedures and external regulations are complied with, financial and operational information are reliable, and operational objectives are accomplished.

In a team environment, the Internal Auditor supports the Senior Management Team in achieving the organization's objectives. This person works within the team in identifying risks that hinder achievement of organization's objectives; assessing the adequacy of internal control system to reduce identified risks; and recommending appropriate internal control system to efficiently reduce associated risks.

This person is responsible for assigned work (audits, financial management reviews or special projects), performing fieldwork and reporting results of fieldwork and will be under the direct supervision of the Internal Audit Manager. As an auditor, this person is responsible for evaluating internal control system, recommending improvements to internal control system, and investigating the impact of fraud.

Expected Work And Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
• Control Operations Team member & Internal Audit:
• To evaluate the adequacy of internal control system and determine tests to verify existence and/or effectiveness of internal control system

Key Responsibilities
• Support to Corporate Audit and track follow up actions
• Realize Global Financial Control Framework Controls and make sure GFCF Alignment
• Participate CHI meetings actively, track the monthly performance of the Country
• Access Controls (SAP,Trintech, Ariba, shared folders etc - take corrective actions when needed
• Meet Regional Milestones for delivering FCA assignment
• Internal audits for compliance testing at business request
• Implement SOA & Process design for new business apps
• Support to BIO for CoBP cases (ad Hoc)
• Support to KPMG
• Support to Controller to maintain an updated Business Risk matrix (to include log and risk definitions)
• Carry out IPN activities in the country/BU/MCO to increase the awareness about IT and System security.

Knowledge
• Risk Management & Internal Control knowledge
• Business Process design and management
• Process and Change Management
• IT & System Operation knowledge
• Diagnostic and Analytical skills
• Good presentation skills
• Building internal and external network
• People management
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English

Environment

External
• The role requires interaction with Global Policy Owners, Regional IS Team, Corporate Risk team and the nature of this contact is exchange of information, advice and partly decision making.
• Also, the role interacts with Corporate and External auditors and the nature of this contact is exchange of information.

Internal
• The role interacts with all functional Heads for Audit/Compliance and SAP support purposes, and the nature of this contact is exchange of information and influencing.

Requirements

Critical success Factors for the Job

Key Skills

Relevant Experience

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
• High personal work standards.
• Good presentation skills.
• Sound knowledge of internal control system and risk management.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
• Bachelor's Degree in business-related field.
• 2-3 year work experience in business-related field (e.g. audit, accounting, financial analysis, information systems).
• Must be able to work independently.

Leadership Behaviours & competencies

Should "meet expectations" on the Standards of Leadership behaviours relevant to the WL of this job.
• Forward and conceptual thinking
• Team Leadership
• Customer Service Excellence
• Forward and conceptual thinking
• Results orientation
• Builds superior talent

About the Company

Unilever is one of the leading FMCG company with 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.

Our brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.

From comforting soups to warm a winter's day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life.

We're constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products.

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Assistant Finance Manager salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 12,000

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