Junior Manager Commercial Experience

The Process Excellence Accounts Receivable and Cash Applications Stream is part of the Sell to Cash (STC) process. It ensures proper operation of processes from billing, clearing, incoming fund allocation on customer ledger, customer ledger maintenance, credit blocked order release to write off, GL reconciliations and reporting.

STC deals with some 25.000 customers resulting in some 400.000 orders and collection of around 9 billion GBP an annual base.

The role involves delivering trainings, driving standardization and automation as well as performing credit release and accounts receivable tasks for one or more markets.

Accounts Receivable Superuser is the Team Leader's first support and backup, has various reporting and analytical tasks, is responsible for co-ordinating, training the team and being a role model for them. Takes ownership for and drives standardization, automation and technical issue resolution.

• Ability to take ownership for standardization, automation

• Ability to drive technical issues towards resolution

• Understands and complies to controls in own area

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Responds positively to direction and shows energy in delivering what is expected within own area of work

• Ability to effectively prioritise and deliver on promises

• Proactive, solution-focused mind-set and positive "can do" attitude

• Entrepreneurial attitude to drive issues towards resolution

• Ability to work in often pressurized environment

• Receptive to feedback and is willing to learn from mistakes

• Active team player

• Deliver process related trainings for newcomers

• Train the Team on new / changed process steps

• Initiate and coordinate assessments in the team to ensure the knowledge is cascaded and conduct frequent refresher training to bridge the gaps

• Take proactive steps to standardize the process across markets and co-ordinate process change planning and implementation

• Work closely with Team Leader and Governance team in communicating the change

• Ensure the process documentations are in place and keep a track on the updates and ensure the updates are also documented in Desk Top Procedures

• Support operations by changing the priorities of incidents raised. Change the priorities as per request from team, monitor and communicate the issues and its impact on operations

• Support CARM (Sarbanes Oxley) / GAR audits

• Ownership of GL reconciliations

• Acting as a role model

• Support Team Leader and Manager (taking part in project, reporting and analysis)

• Manage customer ledger (cash and credit note allocation, up-to-date information about disputes, write offs, reconciliation)

• Ensure all SAP documents (invoices, credit and debit notes) are billed and delivered to customers

• Monitor interfaces, resolve all interface and EDI related issues

• Raise and respond to Internal Query Management ticket on time as appropriate in order to drive customer queries towards resolution (e.g. price, delivery, A&P, rebate related deductions)

• Manage relationship with STC Customer Facing Team

• Support other STC processing activities (customer data, order entry, billing, clearing, price and delivery credit note creation, customer spend, rebate processing)

• Execute Anti-Money Laundering and OFAC checks as appropriate

• Reporting (daily, weekly and monthly reports)

• Any other tasks requested by line manager

• Unbilled and unaccounted items

• Unallocated Cash

• Timely credit blocked order release according to market needs and 3PL order transfer timelines

• Timely direct debit and outgoing payment runs according to market needs

• Ledger Quality - untexted and unreasoncoded items

• SLAs

• No hidden operational risks and issues

• No control failures

• Standardization and automation targets

Essential

• Deep knowledge of Accounts Receivable process and controls

• Accounts Receivable working experience

• Deep SAP knowledge

• Strong PC literacy, excellent Excel skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• High accuracy

• Fluent English language skills - company language

Desirable

• College or university Degree

• Knowledge of other STC processes

• Proven financial knowledge

• Not interested in Accounts Receivable or Finance

• Insufficient English language capabilities

• Lack of accuracy, attention to details

• Difficulties in setting priorities and in working independently

• Difficulties with demonstrating ownership

• Not a team player

Full time role, flexibility needed according to time zone of serviced market

Diversity statement:

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.
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Diversity statement:

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 the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: Diageo-JR1119910

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-20T18:58:26