Audit Manager - Finance

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company—a place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences, transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth—growing our business, our customers’ businesses, and our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment, so we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments—while having fun doing it.

With 19,000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest ice cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.

We dream big but keep things simple to act fast. If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you!

JOB PURPOSE

In this role, you will be part of a team auditing Ice Cream businesses across the globe. The Audit Manager - Finance will:

• Bring an in-depth knowledge of finance processes and practices to the audit teams (including 3P).
• Identify key risks in finance and evaluate the key controls that mitigate these risks, identify any weaknesses, and develop recommendations to address these.
• Identify and disseminate good practices.
• Act as a buddy to other auditors (including 3P) in finance processes and practices.
• Lead/participate in cross-functional audit work globally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Auditing: Deliver high-quality audits on time and in full, by evaluating the design and operational effectiveness of controls across multiple functional areas and business units.
• Audit planning: Be accountable for the Risk Assessment and all aspects of audit planning, including discussions with unit management to understand business context, identification of key risks, and proposal of audit scope/plan.
• Lead Finance Expertise: Set the agenda for landing changes and improving the impact and insight of our audits by liaising with Centres of Excellence (content/process owners) on audit findings, identifying good practices/functional issues/developments, capability building, and internal & external benchmarking.
• Audit Team Leadership: Lead teams on the day-to-day running of an audit, including monitoring the progress and completion of the audit plan, presenting updates to relevant stakeholders, and publishing the audit report.
• Strategic Priorities and Initiatives: Deliver workplan and strategic initiatives in line with the priorities of Internal Audit to ensure that the function is at par with the developments in the audit industry.
• Stakeholder Connects: Proactively engage senior leaders in the business to understand the business environment and key risks, share emerging themes, and key take-outs from audit.
• Self Development: Develop, commit to, and action a future-fit self-development plan.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do—creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting and dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great rewards and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, and share scheme.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks, and our transgender policy.
• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% in the office or at customers, suppliers, or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Home work allowance.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Green Mobility Policy.