Lead A&P Analyst - Financial Planning & Operations

Job Title: Lead A&P Analyst - Financial Planning & Operations

Location: Budapest

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 – Crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

About the Function

The Financial Planning & Operations team sits at the heart of Global Finance, helping shape better business decisions through robust planning, forecasting, and performance insights. We partner with teams across markets and regions to deliver the financial plans that drive Diageo's strategy and support sustainable growth.

About the Role

As a Lead Analyst, Planning, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial planning across assigned markets and regions. You'll partner with Finance and business stakeholders to ensure planning activities are driven efficiently, consistently, and in line with global standards, while driving continuous improvement across planning processes.

This role offers the opportunity to influence how planning is delivered globally by combining analytical expertise, business partnering, and operational improvement. You'll contribute to transformation initiatives, support the adoption of new planning capabilities, and help deliver the insights that enable better business decisions.

• Lead planning and forecasting activities for assigned markets or regions or categories, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.

• Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to understand requirements, resolve planning issues, and drive planning excellence.

• See opportunities to simplify and optimize planning processes, supporting continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.

• Deliver planning analysis and insights that support business performance and decision-making.

• Contribute to systems enhancements, process standardization, and the adoption of global planning solutions.

• Collaborate across teams to share best practices and improve the overall planning experience.

About You

You're an experienced finance professional who enjoys solving problems, building strong stakeholder relationships, and continuously improving the way planning is delivered. You combine analytical thinking with a collaborative approach and are comfortable working in a fast-paced, global environment.

• A university degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.

• 4–6 years of experience in FP&A, financial planning, forecasting, or business performance management.

• Strong understanding of planning processes and finance systems.

• Experience supporting process improvement or transformation initiatives.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and collaborator management skills.

• The ability to collaborate effectively across functions and geographies in a global matrix environment.

• A continuous improvement approach with a passion for simplifying processes and driving operational excellence.

• Fluent written and spoken English.

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.  

Rewards & Benefits Statement

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

• 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 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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