The posting
Earlier this year, Unilever announced an agreement to combine its Foods business with McCormick & Company, creating a scaled global flavour powerhouse. The proposed combination would bring together iconic Foods brands, including Hellmann’s and Knorr, with McCormick’s portfolio to create a global leader across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by strong retail and food service platforms. McCormick brings more than 135 years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and territories, and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, with completion estimated for mid-2027.
Team: Controlling
Job title: Foods PH Finance Operations (Treasury) Assistant Manager
Work level & grade: WL1C
Reporting to: Greater Asia & Philippines Finance Controller
Role Purpose
This role will lead on record-to-report and treasury topics in Philippines, taking responsibility for the financial accounting and local statutory reporting of assigned legal entities, providing accounting subject-matter expertise, and supporting liquidity, cash visibility, banking administration, financial risk processes and compliance with treasury policies and controls. The role helps maintain compliance with global and local accounting standards, the integrity of financial systems and the financial operating model, effective banking operations and accurate treasury information, while acting as lead contact for external audit and driving simplification and continuous improvement across both processes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Reporting
- Take responsibility for the financial accounting process of assigned legal entities in the market.
- Provide subject matter expertise related to accounting knowledge.
- Ensure compliance with latest global and local accounting standards and other legal financial reporting requirements.
- Perform local statutory reporting in compliance with the latest local accounting standards.
- Lead and main contact for external audit fieldwork and ensuring no audit deficiency for all audit matters.
- Ensure effective management of all input to financial systems and the controls.
- Maintain the integrity of financial systems and the financial operating model, in accordance with financial procedures, external audit requirements and best accounting practice.
- Identifies key issues and delivers efficient responses through implementation of the right procedures.
- Key contact of Operating Centres and 3PSPs for hubs-owned processes applicable to assigned legal entities.
- RTR champion for fixed assets, partnering with asset owners in ensuring execution of asset verification controls and processes
- Consistently work to identify opportunities and implement continuous improvements for simplification and operational effectiveness.
Local Treasury
- Monitor cash positions and prepare short-term liquidity forecasts using timely inputs from Finance and the business.
- Support routine banking operations, including bank account maintenance, payments, bank guarantees, mandates, signatories and user-access administration.
- Execute or coordinate approved cash movements, funding and intercompany settlement activities within delegated authority and control requirements.
- Maintain bank account, mandate, signatory and user-access documentation, coordinating changes with banks and internal approvers.
- Prepare treasury reporting on liquidity, debt, interest, foreign-exchange exposures, guarantees and banking matters within assigned scope.
- Support approved hedging, funding and investment activities by preparing data, documentation, confirmations and accounting inputs.
- Reconcile treasury transactions and investigate exceptions with Accounting, shared services, banks and relevant teams.
- Maintain evidence for treasury controls and support audits, compliance reviews and remediation actions.
- Identify opportunities to standardise and automate cash forecasting, reporting and banking processes.
- Coordinate bank reconciliations, investigate exceptions and collect supporting documentation with Accounting, shared services, banks and relevant teams.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in treasury, finance, accounting or cash management.
- Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred.
- Solid financial accounting skills, including local statutory reporting knowledge.
- Working knowledge of key record-to-report processes, including period-end close, balance sheet integrity and fixed assets.
- Experience supporting external audit and working within a financial control framework.
- Experience managing local and regional stakeholders, including Operating Centres and third-party service providers.
- Basic understanding of financial markets
- Working knowledge of banking operations, bank account administration, cash forecasting, treasury controls and reporting.
- Strong analytical ability and attention to accuracy in time-sensitive transactions and reporting, ability to work with large, complex data sets from multiple sources.
- Confidence using spreadsheets, finance systems and banking or treasury platforms.
- Clear communication and ability to coordinate with banks, shared services and Finance stakeholders.
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