Manager - Commercial Finance Business Partner

Job Title-

Manager - Commercial Finance Business Partner

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:

Finance at Diageo is about more than the numbers, it’s about shaping the decisions behind them. 

From guiding investment to unlocking growth, this team plays a critical role in how we perform today and how we plan for tomorrow. You’ll work with data, insight and digital tools to influence strategy and help drive a business that operates at global scale. 

It’s a fast-moving environment where no two days are the same, and where you’ll be supported to build your skills, grow your career and make a real impact.

About the team:

• Senior professionals are individual contributors
• Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate the company in the market
• Acts as a resource for other team members; may lead projects with limited risks and resource requirements
• Solves problems by taking a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of other sources of information
• Impacts achievement of activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies
• Explains complex, difficult and/or sensitive information; works to build consensus
A. Performance Delivery

1. Support, Partner and enable AOP delivery on Volume, NSV, OP Cash and Pricing

2. Strengthen the Finance O&R process. Build and drive Pre and Post M&E mindset for Trade Spend investments (BTL and TTL).

B. Productivity

1. Collect past C-forms, ensure process improvement and reduce the timelines of recording the same

C. Net Revenue

Management

1. Trade Spend Management

2. Drive BTL claim process for the cluster & adopting new BTL Process, involving NRM planning

3. Developing Pre and Post M&E Culture on BTL and TTL Spends

4. Engaging with HO commercial team / cross function team and understanding of various RTM/ learning more formats for personal development & growth

5. Reduction in W/Capital / Provisions unlock (Overall Norms to be lowers in value than last 3 years average aged inventory) 6. Pricing optimisation - Volume/ Value/ Margin Market Share pool.

D. Business Partnering

1. Independently developing financial analysis to drive the business insights. The role also requires the ability to concisely communicate these insights to key stakeholders to influence decision-making in a complex and delicate business environment.

2. Partner with CH & SH to drive business performance by providing financial/commercial expertise and insights while owning the delivery of the financial targets and an effective control environment.

3. Bring strong commercial insight and judgment to decision making

4. Investment optimization, including A&P measurement and evaluation

5. Support BPMs with market financials and decision-making.

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 accept 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, approaches, 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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