Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

Contract: Permanent, full-time 

Job level: L5A

About us 

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value. 

About the role 

Are you a seasoned finance professional with a passion for driving business performance through strategic insights? Do you thrive on partnering with senior leaders to influence key decisions, unlock value, and shape the strategic direction of a business? If you're ready to make a significant impact and elevate your career, this senior FP&A opportunity could be the perfect next step.

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be a trusted strategic finance partner to business collaborators across the Europe market. You will demonstrate deep financial expertise to drive performance management, deliver insightful analysis, and support decision-making that accelerates business growth.

Join us in an individual contributor role with high impact and independence, reporting directly to the Market Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). This role has no direct reports and is designed for professionals who prefer to lead through expertise rather than people management.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with business unit leaders and regional finance teams to translate strategy into actionable financial plans and forecasts

• Provide insightful analysis on commercial and financial performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for business optimization

• Lead the preparation and presentation of strategic business reviews and financial reports to senior management

• Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning to support agile decision-making

• Resolve complex financial challenges independently, using data-driven insights to influence outcomes

• Drive improvement of financial processes, tools, and reporting to enhance business partnering effectiveness

• Act as a key contributor to cross-functional projects, supporting business growth and operational efficiency

• Mentor and guide junior FP&A team members, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

• 10-12 years of dynamic FP&A experience, ideally within a global FMCG or fast-paced commercial environment

• Proven track record as a strategic finance business partner driving performance improvement and influencing senior partners

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insights into actionable business recommendations

• Expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis

• Advanced expertise with financial systems such as SAP, BFC, BW, and reporting tools like Power BI

• Data analytics approach and digital savvy

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels

• Leadership skills with experience mentoring and developing finance professionals

• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-changing environment with cross-cultural teams

• Proficient in English

Why Join Us?

• Drive measurable improvements in the financial performance and strategic direction of a leading organization

• Collaborate with dynamic, high-performing teams dedicated to excellence and innovation

• Advance your career through continuous learning, leadership development, and growth opportunities in a supportive environment

• Thrive in a workplace that values critical thinking, agility, and collaboration

Benefits of working here

• Unique Family Leave opportunity

• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

• You will deal with world class brand portfolio

• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities

• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop

• We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym

• Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Character Is Everything