Hindustan Unilever Limited
HUL FinAce Season 10
HUL's annual finance and strategy case competition for first-year B-School students - teams analyse real company financials across an opening round and a CFO-judged semi-final before four teams reach a mentored grand finale.
Brabble editorial · Updated 25 Sep 2026 · Official page
Particulars
- Organiser
- Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Mode
- Hybrid - case submissions online, semi-final and finale presentations
- Prize / outcome
- Not publicly confirmed for Season 10; CFO access and week-long senior-leader mentorship confirmed for finalists
- Team size
- Not confirmed in accessible sources - check official brief
- Application fee
- Free
- Rounds
- 3
What it is
FinAce is Hindustan Unilever's case competition built specifically around its Finance function, open to first-year B-School students from specified institutes regardless of specialisation. The programme is framed as a real-life look at how HUL's Finance team partners with the business, drives strategic decisions, and creates value - teams work through a financials-analysis case rather than a general strategy or marketing brief, which sets it apart from HUL's other flagship case competition, L.I.M.E.
Rounds
01. Opening round: financial analysis
Teams submit a 5-slide PPT analysing a company's financials, with one slide dedicated to each round or quarter under review.
02. Semi-final: CFO and senior leadership presentation
Shortlisted teams present for 10 minutes plus a 5-minute Q&A to a jury of senior HUL finance leaders, with the format including direct interaction with HUL's CFO. The top 4 teams advance.
03. Grand finale and mentorship
The top 4 teams are mentored for a week by a senior HUL finance leader before presenting their final work for the title.
Who can enter
- First-year, full-time B-School students
- Open to all specialisations, not restricted to finance majors
- Enrolled at one of HUL's specified partner institutes
What you actually get
Semi-finalist teams get direct access to HUL's CFO and senior finance leadership during their presentation round. The top 4 teams that reach the Grand Finale are mentored for a week by a senior HUL finance leader. Specific cash prize figures for Season 10 were not confirmed in any publicly accessible source at the time of writing - check the current edition's official brief for exact prize amounts before assuming a figure.
Frequently asked questions
- No - they are separate HUL case competitions. L.I.M.E. is HUL's marketing and strategy case competition, while FinAce is specifically built around HUL's Finance function and centres on analysing real company financials.
- First-year, full-time B-School students at HUL's specified partner institutes, from any specialisation - you don't need to be a finance major to apply.
- Shortlisted teams present for 10 minutes plus a 5-minute Q&A to a jury of senior HUL finance leaders, and the format includes direct interaction with HUL's CFO. The top 4 teams from this round reach the Grand Finale.
- No specific cash prize figure for Season 10 was confirmed in publicly accessible sources at the time of writing. What is confirmed is CFO-level access at the semi-final stage and a week of mentorship from a senior HUL finance leader for the top 4 finalist teams - check HUL's official brief for the current edition's exact prize structure.
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More guides
Format, eligibility, and rounds checked against the HUL FinAce Season 10 listing on Unstop, 25 Sep 2026. Registration for Season 10 was shown as closed (23 Jul 2026) at the time of writing. Prize amounts could not be confirmed from publicly accessible sources and have been deliberately omitted rather than estimated - confirm with HUL's official brief for the next edition.