Financial Controlling Senior Analyst

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. 

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. 

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more

Financial Controlling and Analysis (FC&A) Tower is part of Global Business Operations and provides oversight on financial activities and controls including general accounting, management and external reporting and financial planning and analysis. The tower is responsible for the interpretation of financial and statutory data, the coordination and management of financial and statutory reporting, the management of the P&L and balance sheet delivering solutions that will increase insight and transparency. Tower responsibilities also include ensuring there is a true and fair representation of business performance at the cut-off point for the period and transparency on financials for Business Performance Management.

In this role, you will:

• Support key financial controlling and accounting processes, including month-end and period-end close, accruals, journal entries, and financial statement preparation and review.
• Ensure accurate, complete, and timely financial, statutory, and management reporting in line with internal and external requirements.
• Apply finance technical reporting expertise, including relevant IFRS standards, to accounting and reporting processes.
• Continuously monitor balance sheet accounts, KPIs, and data quality, identifying and addressing potential inconsistencies.
• Support statutory reporting processes, including year-end statutory adjustments, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders across the market and Group.
• Prepare and support transfer pricing processes and reporting in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.
• Support balance sheet reviews and ensure adherence to internal controls and CARM requirements.
• Support the FAC process by providing relevant analysis and ensuring timely completion.

• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• 3–4 years of proven experience in accounting or financial controlling.
• Experience working in an international and multicultural environment.
• Solid grasp of financial controlling processes, including balance sheet management, Group and local financial reporting, and accounting principles.
• Good understanding of risk management, internal controls, compliance and ethics.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand the bigger picture, identify key insights and communicate them clearly.
• Fluent English language skills.

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.  

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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