Head of Finance & Financial Controller

About the role

Unilever is looking for a Head of Finance and Financial Controller for its Turkey business, based at the Unilever Ümraniye head office. The role safeguards the financial integrity of the Turkey business, ensures accurate reporting across all three books and maintains a robust control environment. It reports to the BU CFO / Head of Finance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead statutory, tax and management reporting across local hyperinflation and tax books and MR/FR consolidation.
• Own the internal control framework, balance-sheet integrity and audit readiness.
• Direct month-end close, consolidation and submission to central teams within deadlines.
• Partner with the BU CFO on planning, forecasting and risk management.
• Lead and develop the accounting, treasury, risk and tax teams.
• Oversee treasury operations, funding, liquidity, banking relationships and cash risk management.
• Govern Record-to-Report (R2R) and Finance Enterprise Services operations.
• Drive working capital, cash flow and balance-sheet optimisation.
• Champion enterprise risk management, controls compliance and remediation of audit and control findings.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant with 10+ years in controllership / financial control.
• Experience managing audits and complex multi-book reporting.
• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management.

Required skills

• IFRS/GAAP and local GAAP
• Hyperinflation accounting