Financial Controlling Lead Analyst (Fixed-term contract)

Job Title: Financial Controlling Lead Analyst

Location: Budapest

Contract Term: Fixed-term contract till 31st July 2028

Level: 5B

About Us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. 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 create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function

Financial Controlling and Analysis (FC&A) Tower is part of Global Business Operations and provides oversight on financial activities and controls including general accounting, management and external reporting and financial planning and analysis. The tower interprets fiscal and regulatory data. It coordinates and manages financial and statutory reporting. It also manages the P&L and balance sheet, delivering solutions that increase insight and transparency.

About the Role

The Financial Controlling Lead Analyst will support the team members with technical related questions and issues, also support people in different functions such as tax, group accounting when it comes to financial controlling, technical accounting matters.

Top Accountabilities

• Ensure smooth and accurate month-end closes, the timely and accurate submission of the financial & statutory report
• Give technical accounting support within his/her own discipline to the FC team,
• Partner with the RTR team to ensure the information in the legal entity financial statements accurately and completely reflects our business operations
• Support the decision making process with different financial controlling analysis,
• Ensure that the policies and procedures are understood and followed in the team and act as advisor to other GBO group function teams
• Perform month end close responsibilities including journal entry preparation, supports the reconciliation process (e.g. accounting guidance and ensuring proper backup information and data in alignment with PCAOB requirements)
• Prepare financial & statutory reports and oversee the statutory adjustment and transfer pricing process
• Ensure that financial & statutory processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, on time and that the surrounding control procedures are strictly adhered to in line with the internal (CARM) and external requirements

About You

• Degree educated in relevant finance / accounting/ business
• Qualified accountant
• 4-5 years' experience in relevant area
• Experience working within an international / multicultural environment
• Exemplary Risk Management (Internal Controls, Managing Risk, Embedding Compliance & Ethics)
• Strong Financial Controlling knowledge (Balance sheet, Group and Local Financial Reporting, Accounting principles)
• Strong analytical skills to be able to see and understand the big picture and deliver high level message, offering solutions for issues
• Fluent English knowledge

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you're

supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognize and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Client-provided location(s): Budapest, Hungary

Job ID: Diageo-JR1124701

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-04-14T19:17:10