Title: Customer Development Finance
intern
Location: Netherlands-Netherlands (Province level)-Rotterdam-Rotterdam - Weena 455
Job Number: 16000E0Q
Background information
Unilever’s mission is to add vitality to life. We meet every day needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe. Its portfolio includes some of the world’s best known and most loved brands and global leadership in many categories in which the company operates. The portfolio features brand icons such as Knorr, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Becel/Flora, Dove, Lux, Axe/Lynx, Calvé, Cif, Persil, Glorix/Domestos, Sunsilk and Unox. Unilever has around 174,000 employees in 100 countries.
Are you looking for an interesting internship in an international company? Are you interested in financial analyses and reporting? Then this is the opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Customer Development Finance (CD Finance) intern to provide support to our Global CD Finance team based in Rotterdam (Weena). CD Finance is business partnering the account teams for International customers (Tesco, Carrefour) and Discount channel (e.g. Lidl). Second, CD Finance plays a key role in realizing Unilever’s change agenda and objective to double the size of the business.
What can you expect in your internship?
As an intern you can expect to be a full part of the CD Finance team supporting month close activities such as facilitating forecast process, improving reporting to the customer development department, creating insights for customer team based on analyses, prepare summary presentations. For all of this, you are expected to have an analytical and critical view on. You have to deliver reports to our international stakeholders and communicate this accordingly. As an intern you will also get involved in ongoing projects. As an intern you are able to support the team and have an active role in achieving set goals. It is expected that you have a critical view on the project set up, drive the progress and think what we want to achieve. Can this set-up be more efficient, what can we do better or is there an alternative? That is your question. In your 6-9 months internship you will get the chance to see how an Unilever Finance department operates in an international environment, including month end close and how to manage a project towards a set goal.
Skills & Experience
•In your ultimate or penultimate year of Masters degree, preferably in Finance;
•Looking for an internship for work experience;
•Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel;
•Good knowledge of the English language;
•Strong analytical capabilities;
•Strong communicator and team player;
•Motivated, independent and goal oriented;
•Hands-on mentality;
•Available for 6 months full time (per direct).
Competencies
•Influencing Others;
•Goal Oriented;
•Enterprising behavior;
•Critical Thinking.
Our offer
We offer you a dynamic environment in which people with energy, creativity and passion work together. There are good opportunities to pursue your professional and personal goals and develop yourself on national and international level.
How to apply
To apply, you must do so online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly to provide you with an update on the status of your application. Candidates who have applied can access their status update through the candidate tracking link. For any additional queries, please contact Colleen Pieters on colleen.pieters@unileverhrservices.com.
On any given day, two billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life. With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways.Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Andrélon, Blue Band and Conimex.
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