Foods Indonesia Finance Lead

Unilever is currently hiring for Foods Indonesia CFO based in Grha Unilever, Indonesia

About Foods Indonesia

Foods Indonesia is a €400m+ business with portfolio consisting of 2 big Foods Brand (Bango & Royco) and Juice (Buavita). We are no 1 player in cooking aid and soy sauce category. Historically business has strong track record of growth delivery. Strategic priority is to accelerate growth further at sustained UOM% and cash. We plan to grow mostly through Core and market development, while we plan to extend existing brands to new demand spaces while seed future facing growth segments. Given high inflationary environment we are working to accelerate RGM and Growth Hunter plans to ensure we can finance growth agenda.

Main Responsibilities

Drive effective performance management by overseeing all financial aspects of a company, including accounting, reporting, and compliance, while also driving strategic planning, investment decisions, and risk management. The candidate is a key partner to the BU GM and Leadership Team, ensuring financial health, guiding corporate strategy, and aligning operations with business goals. BU Finance leads the finance team, develops future talent, and promotes financial discipline across the organization, making them both a guardian of fiscal integrity and a driver of long-term value creation.

Performance management

• Enable delivery of target framework (top & bottom line, cash, competitiveness and any other identified KPIs)

• Lead resource allocation across P&L lines within agreed BU target framework

• Drive F4G savings and Gross Margin improvement plans

• Ensure a sustainable business growth and healthy financial achievement

• Drive insightful analytics and high-quality performance reviews

• Own Financial forecast and reduce error and bias

Value Business Partnering

• Act as strategic partner to BU GM and Leadership Team by shaping corporate strategy using financial insight, guiding investment and financing decisions of Business Unit and overall Finance business Partnering for the BU

• Responsible for setting up financial framework to Operating plan for following year, as well as long-term strategic plan for the business unit.

• Risk & Compliance Management : manage risks related to cash flow, capital, and resource deployment, ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax laws, and corporate governance, develop frameworks for financial resilience in uncertain markets

• Embed RGM agenda in operation.

• Business partner to CSP to define channel growth and investment strategy across countries within the BU

• Business partner to BU SC Lead to drive strategic SC initiatives enabling build-back of gross margins for the BU

• Drive initiatives to optimize TTS, BMI and ROMI

• Support any M&A initiatives on behalf of the BU, specifically in aspects of Finance & Business transition.

Organization & Talent catalyst

• Lead team of finance business partners

• Develop and coach direct finance teams to build high performance culture

• Strengthen the finance network and connectivity.

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

• Over 15 years of proven experience in Business Partnering and Performance Management, successfully driving strategic initiatives in the Business Unit.

• Extensive background in BU Finance across a business unit, country, or 1UL.

• Strong track record in leading teams with multiple direct and indirect reports.

• Skilled in stakeholder management across countries, functions, and global teams, with demonstrated ability to build senior relationships and deliver impactful presentations, influence, and communication.

• Solid business and financial acumen, advanced analytical skills, with a “Food Lovers and Growth Hunters” mindset at the core.

• Highly motivated, resilient, and growth-driven, with a hardworking and tenacious attitude.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Cross-finance exposure (FET, SCF, CDF, Controllers) is highly desirable.

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.

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a team leader, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context, and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Unilever is an organisation 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.