Commercial Finance Manager, Open States

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one's talent and personality.

The Role:

The Commercial Finance Manager is a critical component of the Finance team. They are a valued and trusted business partner to the commercial organization. Finance business partner roles are at the heart of the Finance Operating Model, providing valuable guidance and support to the organization. You will support the performance agenda including delivery of all financial metrics while ensuring a robust control and risk management environment. You will also bring to bear global finance processes, standards, teams, systems and data to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Purpose of the Role

• Commercial Finance Manager partners with Diageo commercial team and functions as well as distributor team to drive business performance through the provision of financial / commercial expertise and insights and to own the delivery of financial targets within an effective control environment.

• Deliver robust business performance management process to ensure delivery of all relevant financial metrics.
• Deliver a robust governance and control environment and an effective risk management agenda
• Provide support in formulating business strategy and converting strategies into operating plans with recommended prioritization.
• Identify all critical business opportunities, risks and initiatives and provide standard process financial analysis and insights to support decision making.
• Find opportunities to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness of finance activities.
• Support finance strategy projects

• Key business partner to Commercial organization, strong working relationship required with all key business leaders - Supply, Marketing, Innovation, and other parts of Finance.
• Act as trusted business advisor to all members of Commercial team, actively supporting the business in improving overall performance.
• Build positive relationships with Distributor Partner organization representing Diageo Finance

• Degree educated with relevant professional qualification (CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA/MBA) - not necessarily a qualified accountant.
• 5+ years of experience in a global FMCG or similar multifaceted operating environment and demonstrating commercial competence

• Business performance management
• Support decision making
• Financial planning
• Internal control
• Accounting principles