Commercial Finance Manager

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 create a career worth celebrating.

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.

About the role:

The Finance Manager will:

• Provide support to the marketing director in ensuring efficient operation of category focused South, West & Central Africa marketing organisation.
• Be integral to ensuring that reporting is in line with Diageo standards and that it is being reported accurately, timely, and completely.
• Provide insight and analysis through monthly business performance management reporting and decision support, allowing management to make key decisions effectively and efficiently.
• Provide pivotal support to the finance director in ensuring the continuity of business operations as a finance function. 

Role Responsibilities:

• Own the development and roll-out of financial processes focused on excellence in pricing strategy and efficiency and effectiveness through Advertising & Promotion (A&P) management.
• Ensure value for money in Diageo A&P investment/intervention
• Ensure adequate control over A&P budget adherence
• Provide financial and commercial input to investment and resource allocation decisions, including pre-and post-evaluation of all significant projects and business initiatives.
• Drive the execution and realisation of business strategy, as developed in the One Plan, Innovation Gates, and recent projects.
• Support the development of financially robust Strategic plans for the relevant brands in the Portfolio that will deliver the company objectives.
• Provide accounting (General Ledger, Cost centre, Internal order) inputs for Purchase order (PO) requests and share with Deloitte (Outsourced accounting partner)  for PO creation.
• Hold sessions with Deloitte and PO requestors to review GRNI accruals bookings for the month.

Experience / skills required:

• Graduate qualified accountant or MBA.  Chartered Accountant qualified (or equivalent)
• A minimum of 4 or more years experience, preferably within an FMCG or recognised accounting firm
• Has previously performed a financial controller or Finance Director role for a small to medium-sized business.
• Change management or project-based experience.
• Commercially aware and articulate
• Flexible and able to adapt readily to a changing environment.
• Willingness to make recommendations against popular/current thinking (if appropriate)
• Strong understanding of financial and management reporting
• Proven ability to persuade, influence and build credibility across the functions.
• Ability to work autonomously and engage cross-functionally.
• Confident understanding of finance systems – SAP and Sun.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and Financial Modelling skills

Flexible Working Statement:

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. 

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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