About Unilever   

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze, Vaseline, Sure, Wall’s, Colman’s and Pot Noodle.  

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the desire for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.    

What we offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary of £22,550, we also offer an end of placement bonus and a discounted staff shop. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.  

Diversity at Unilever is about championing inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. To celebrate this, we have internal networks and communities created to raise awareness for a cause, which work to create change within the business. These networks include Proud, Empower, Enable and Unity and our communities include Thriving Parents, Carers and All Inclusion Club.

We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.  

We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes, and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.   

Do you require any adjustments in the application or assessment process?

If you do need any adjustments, please inform the Talent Acquisition team who will contact you to discuss the accessibility options available. E.g., If required extending time spent in any ‘timebound’ assessments/interviews.

*We also provide accessibility options such as magnifying glass, decrease/increase font size, change font & colour, screen ruler, screen mask for everyone who would require support.

Please contact the Talent Acquisition team at futurecareers.recruitment@unilever.com.

What will I be doing?

Working in either a local or global role with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders.
Driving performance by ensuring our resources are driving sustainable and profitable growth.
Analysing data to bring impactful insights to the business teams.
Developing communication and storytelling skills to translate finance for non-finance partners to drive meaningful actions.
Delivering short term plans, whilst also working on the longer-term strategic horizon
Identify fuel for growth opportunities and drive them through to delivery.
Budgetary and controlling exposure.
Learn about our Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet and how we use these to make decisions
Learning how to use business tools such as Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint to a professional standard.

What support will you receive?

A dedicated buddy to help you onboard and learn about the business
An experienced Line Manager to develop your knowledge and understanding across the year
Connections with the Graduates (UFLP’s) who can share helpful tips on how to be successful at Unilever
A dedicated Finance Placement Lead who is invested in securing interesting yet stretching roles for all students, and aiding your learning journey
Exposure to the Senior Finance Leadership Teams across the year where you can showcase your learnings and new skills and get feedback

What do we look for?

It might come as a surprise, but we don’t have a specific discipline requirement, so you don’t have to have a background in finance or economics. We’re looking for strong analytical ability, eagerness, a talent for influencing people and a real desire to understand how a business operates and succeeds. Dedication and commitment go a long way.

With a strong performance culture, challenging goals and continuous feedback, we will help you in achieving your potential in an inclusive environment. You will thrive by gaining exposure to real business challenges where your energy and fresh thinking will have an impact. First-hand experience- it’s the fastest way to learn.

Students must have completed the penultimate year of their undergraduate degree by the time they start their placement and be returning to study after their placement.

Our Finance Industrial Placements are a chance to showcase your thinking and skills, with total encouragement from a line manager and a buddy.

Our application process involves

Online application
Online numerical test
Digital interview
Virtual Discovery Centre

Location

Our placement opportunities are available throughout the UK. All opportunities are available at Kingston, Port Sunlight and London Blackfriars (100VE). Please note that only Supply Chain and Research & Development opportunities are available at Leeds, Gloucester, Burton and Colworth has R&D opportunities only.

If you are successful, we will try our best to match you to your location preferences, however, this cannot be 100% guaranteed. Please note, the requirements of your role will ultimately determine your location.

Closing date

We will close for applications as soon as we receive enough applications for the business area. We, therefore, advise you to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. 

If you have any questions about your application or if you require special arrangements/reasonable adjustments to be made to complete any part of the application process, please contact the Future Careers Team.

If you would like to discuss any mitigating circumstances before making an application, please also contact the team using the following contact details: Phone: 020 3650 2304 or e-mail: futurecareers.recruitment@unilever.com.  

Finance Industrial Placement 2024