Manager – Controllership bei Diageo

Job Title: Manager – Controllership

About the Function:

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we’re utilising our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future — no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we’ll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

Enterprise balance sheet -Controllership (10K + Crores)

• Responsible for enterprise level balance sheet including off balance sheet item’s governance

and controls

• Design and lead balance sheet reviews with Enterprise Controller, CFO, Executive committee,

and Global controller

• Identify and track actionable and support the business team

• Circulate dashboard to leadership team on actionable progress

• Lead risk assessment exercise in collaboration with demand and supply controller

• Periodically review and refresh the policies like Inventory, ECL, Provisioning etc

• Collaborate with shared services team for improvements in balance sheet recons.

2. Financial Accounting, book closing and Reporting.

• Manage end-to-end financial reporting process ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

• Coordinate with shared services team and review month-end and year-end closing.

• Review quarterly, half-yearly and annual audit schedules such as contingent liabilities, credit

risk etc.

• Lead monthly group financial submission via consolidation tool and ensure completeness and

accuracy.

3. Statutory audit support

• Co-ordinate with auditor across various legal entities annual audit

• Facilitate audit readiness and responses to audit observations

• Closely work on Board deliverables like Audit committee presentation, Board deck etc.

4. Internal control, risk and assurance

• Work closely with Internal auditor, Governance team and Group team. Work constructively

towards addressing issues and gaps identified by Internal auditor/Governance team

• Strengthen internal controls and improve processes

• Document all processes for reporting like design documents etc

5. Processes automation and central support

• Drive automation in consolidation tool, SAP HANA implementation

• Support FP&A and IR teams with required data for management commentary

• Work closely with Tax team on tax accruals, payment, and ETR reduc􀆟on

• Support tax team and secretarial team in compliance ma􀆩ers

Stakeholders –

CFO, India Finance Leadership Team (esp. Heads of FC, Tax, Treasury, Company Secretary, Internal Audit,

Investor Relations), General Counsel, Diageo Group Controllers Team, DBSI, FC Global Governance, GAR,

CARM, Statutory auditors

Profile of candidate

• Chartered accountant with 2-4 Years of work experience

Must have

• Prior statutory reporting or management reporting experience with Listed entities.

• Working knowledge of SAP

• Experience of dealing with Statutory, Internal and group auditor

Good to have

• SAP and accounting software implementation experience

• Exposure of working with and influencing multiple stakeholders

• Clear communication and attitude to support business and solve complex accounting issues.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

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.

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

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