Hindustan Unilever | Assistant Manager - T&E

Key responsibilities

• This role ensures compliance with corporate policies, drives automation and efficiency, and delivers a seamless employee experience across multiple geographies.
• The position manages xx indirect reports, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Lead end-to-end T&E operations, including reimbursements and corporate card programs.
• Act as the global escalation point for complex issues.
• Develop, implement, and enforce global T&E policies.
• Partner with controllership and audit teams to ensure adherence to global mandates.
• Drive automation and process improvements using Concur and AppZen.
• Monitor KPIs, SLAs, and workflow efficiency.
• Collaborate with Finance, Procurement, HR, IT, and Audit teams.
• Provide insights and reporting to senior leadership.
• Conduct performance reviews, capability building, and succession planning.
• Deliver spend analysis, compliance dashboards, and audit reports.
• Provide actionable insights for cost optimization and decision-making.
• Automation Impact [Auto & Touchless Approvals].
• Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.
• Audit Findings – Number and severity of audit exceptions.
• Training Coverage – % of employees trained on updated T&E policies.
• Budget Alignment – % adherence to global budget allocations.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

Requirements

• Capability Building – % of team completing skill development programs.
• Advanced expertise in Concur, AppZen, and audit controls.
• Strong knowledge of global financial policies and controllership alignment.
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams across geographies.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent business communication and stakeholder management skills.

Hindustan Unilever Limited

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast-moving consumer goods company and a subsidiary of Unilever. Its roots in India go back to 1933, and it has carried the present name since 2007. From its Mumbai headquarters it runs home care, beauty and personal care, and foods businesses whose brands — such as Surf Excel, Rin, Dove, Lux, Lifebuoy, Lakmé, Pond's, Brooke Bond, Horlicks and Kwality Wall's — reach a large majority of Indian households. Its shares trade on the NSE and BSE.

For finance professionals, HUL hires across controllership and financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, supply-chain and factory finance, taxation, treasury, internal audit and commercial finance, besides its well-known Unilever Future Leaders Programme (UFLP) finance stream. CA, CMA and MBA (Finance) profiles suit these roles in Mumbai, Bengaluru and its plant locations.

• Industry: Consumer goods (FMCG) — home care, beauty & personal care, foods
• Headquarters: Mumbai, India (parent: Unilever)
• In India: Head office in Mumbai, with factories, depots and offices across India and a large technology and data arm in Bengaluru