Foods GA Risk & Control Assistant Manager

Hindustan Unilever; Philippines; On-site; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hindustan Unilever Limited in the Philippines is seeking a Foods Greater Asia Risk & Control professional at WL1B level to strengthen risk management across Greater Asia, including the Philippines. You will identify and monitor risks, support mitigation plans, and ensure governance and control standards are embedded across markets.

You will collaborate with market controllers, country leadership, and regional governance forums to provide insights, enable informed decisions, and promote a strong

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in risk management, controls, compliance, audit, or finance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks.
• Ability to assess complex information and identify practical solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Confidence working with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and monitor key financial, operational, compliance, and strategic risks across the region, in coordination with market controller.
• Support risk assessment processes and maintain risk registers.
• Work with business teams to develop and track mitigation plans for significant risks.
• Monitor the effectiveness of key controls and elevate emerging concerns.
• Support compliance with enterprise risk management policies and governance requirements.
• Prepare risk reporting and insights for market (in liaison with country controller) and regional leadership and governance forums.
• Support business continuity and resilience activities.
• Analyse external developments and emerging risks that may affect performance.
• Promote risk awareness and a strong control culture across the organization.
• Support investigations and remediation activities arising from high risk events.

Skills

Risk management

Controls

Compliance

Audit

Finance

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, Economics, or a related field

Job description

Team: Controlling

Job title: Foods Greater Asia Risk & Control

Work level & grade: WL1B

Reporting to: Greater Asia & Philippines Finance Controller

Role Purpose

The Greater Asia Risk & Control is responsible for the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of business and financial risks within Greater Asia (Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam). The role helps strengthen the risk management framework across markets in the region, supports governance activities, and enables informed business decision-making through proactive risk management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify, assess, and monitor key financial, operational, compliance, and strategic risks across the region, in coordination with market controller.
• Support risk assessment processes and maintain risk registers.
• Work with business teams to develop and track mitigation plans for significant risks.
• Monitor the effectiveness of key controls and elevate emerging concerns.
• Support compliance with enterprise risk management policies and governance requirements.
• Prepare risk reporting and insights for market (in liaison with country controller) and regional leadership and governance forums.
• Support business continuity and resilience activities.
• Analyse external developments and emerging risks that may affect performance.
• Promote risk awareness and a strong control culture across the organization.
• Support investigations and remediation activities arising from high risk events.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in risk management, controls, compliance, audit, or finance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks.
• Ability to assess complex information and identify practical solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Confidence working with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against deadlines.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bring in their Whole Self to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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