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From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We're the world's leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It's why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!
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At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one's talent and personality.
Finance organization:
Working in Finance at Diageo, you will be a disruptor, as you will challenge your business partners, a value creator, as you will understand strategic growth drivers, and an authority, as you will maintain financial stewardship and accountability. By doing so, you will grow and develop your career across a variety of roles.
You will provide finance and business performance management support to the Third-party Operations (TPO) and Conversion Innovation team responsible for the manufacturing of Diageo brands at various third-party sites.
As Finance Manager for the Third-party Operation your role will be to:
- Lead the financial reporting, accounting, and analysis of the financial performance of all third-party manufacturing sites in North America.
- Lead the development of the annual operating plans (AOP), the latest estimates (LE) and delivery of financial results.
- Partner the development and implementation of critical initiatives.
- Drive performance and decision-making process by providing financial support and leadership.
- Identify performance improvement opportunities and work with the site leadership to implement them.
- Maintain strong internal control & compliance environment at third-party sites.
- Simplify our reporting and decision-making processes by bringing to bear digital tools.
- Identify & pro-actively handle risks and opportunities and provide performance insights.
The Team:
- The position is based in Plainfield, Illinois.
- Report to the Finance Director, Supply Operation
- Partnering with the leadership of the third-party operation, conversion innovation and TPO procurement support for day-to-day operation.
- Working with the Business Shared Services for timely and accurately closing the Books and performing various financial analysis.
- Optimally collaborating across the finance community (Tax, Insurance, Supply, FP&A).
- Business partnering with other Supply organizations including Planning, Blending, Technical, Procurement etc., and coordinating the flow of information between multiple levels of management.
What will you need to succeed in this role?
- Solid end-to-end supply chain and cost accounting understanding.
- Ability to effectively business partner and communicate across supply, finance and other multiple customers.
- Financial analysis skills, including ability to lead sophisticated data for decision support, reporting and financial planning.
- Strong stewardship mentality.
- Dedicated, working independently.
Which skills and experience are we looking for?
- 5+ years of financial management and accounting experience, preferably within a manufacturing consumer goods environment.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in finance or accounting is required; a professional accounting designation or MBA or equivalent experience is preferred.
- Excellent leadership, analytical and planning skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong technical accounting, planning, analysis, reporting and systems expertise. SAP knowledge a plus.
- Validated ability to distill out sophisticated business issues, provide logical, compelling, and clear plans for action.
- Requires excellent leadership and networking skills and ability to lead and influence organizational changes.
Diversity statement:
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 Diageo to succeed and 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 outstanding contribution each person brings.