Job Description :

Job Title: Senior Manager – GBO Finance Business Partner

Primary Location: Bangalore

Additional Location: Budapest

Contract Term: Permanent, full-time

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 a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value.

About the scope

Diageo’s Global Business Operations (GBO) strive to demonstrate the Finance Operating Model by supporting standard processes and systems with effective and efficient shared services strategy across Diageo, by internal services, through Business Operations centers across Diageo (main sites are Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, and Manila). GBO has an employee base of approx. 2500 FTEs providing business support for migrated markets across Diageo.

The role

• Collaborate closely with the GBO and the Controller’s Group LT, including all Experience Area Leads, customers at various seniority levels across GBO organization as well as Diageo customers outside GBO

• Act as partner to the GBO LT and CG LT members and the Experience Area Leadership teams and to support them in the delivery of the GBO performance targets

• Act as key partner to the GBO Experience Areas (Commercial, Supplier, Employee, Master Data, Finance and FP&A Experience Areas and related supporting functions) and their leadership teams

• Lead the performance outcome of the Experience Area P&L and Efficiency initiatives, working closely with EA Lead’s LTs to leverage opportunities and close out risks to plan

• Provide decision support related to restructurings, outsourced contracts, other costs saving initiatives driving greater value for Diageo

• Drive the Business Performance Management: 1) Own the financial forecasting & planning process; 2) Coordinate and chair the monthly overall GBO, GBO EA and support CG Finance BPM reviews

• Act as global finance leader across the regional centers (Budapest, Bangalore, Manila, Nairobi, Bogota).

• Provide financial oversight and contract sign off primarily to the Budapest location.

• Drive the Overhead transformation agenda for the GBO & CG organizations.

The Senior Finance Manager will be a key member of the GBO Finance & Strategy Team which is key in driving GBO’s Performance.

About You

• Proven Expertise: 8+ years in financial performance management, financial controlling, or related fields.

• Passion for Results: An aim to achieve balanced performance while empowering business divisions to reach their financial goals.

• Sharp Analytical Mind: Outstanding attention to detail, paired with the ability to see the bigger picture and connect your work to broader business objectives.

What You’ll Bring:

• Influence and Relationships: Strong customer management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to encourage and influence partners at all levels.

• Cultural Agility: Experience working across multiple markets and cultures, adapting seamlessly to different business environments.

• Boundary-Spanning Leadership: Sensitivity and adaptability to diverse business cultures, with a knack for guiding virtual teams toward shared goals.

• Outstanding Communication: Clear, concise, and persuasive communication skills—both written and oral.

• Motivational Leadership: The ability to energize and engage others, encouraging collaboration and dedication.

Why You?

You’re dedicated, organized, and confident. You thrive with challenges and enjoy bringing structure to sophisticated situations. Your passion for excellence and ability to empower teams will make you an invaluable part of our mission.

Ready to take your career to the next level? Let’s achieve greatness together!

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

Inclusion & Diversity

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

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore Karle Town SEZ

Additional Locations :

Budapest

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-08-22

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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