The purpose of the role is to ensure management and execution of the Performance management agenda through development of a robust annual plan, reinforced by a monthly rhythm of processes and analysis to deliver timely information and insight, forecasting and to enable the organization to make high quality decisions which drive peer group leading performance.

About you

• Drives the monthly BPM cycle and Landing and O&R reviews. Responsible for the management of cash flow and extended working capital requirements, processes.

• Develop an efficient and effective planning process for the organisation, ensuring all internal and external factors are considered in developing a robust plan in service of our strategic ambition that effectively allocates our global resources. Work with business partners and stakeholders to deliver the planning process in line with standards and timelines.

• Focus the Business Unit Leadership team on the interventions required to keep performance on track and ensure that the process supporting the BPM cycle is robust and delivers the right information each month in a timely and fit for purpose manner.

• Continually drive for best practice and develop a culture for innovation and continuous improvement in service of continued efficiency and effectiveness.

• Able to influence the decision-making process, support short-term strategy conversation.

Leadership Skills

• Build and maintain value driving relationships across the organisation that support business performance and integrate reporting across all business functions. Hold the business partners to account for the delivery of their financial and nonfinancial commitments.

• Agree with Global Brand Teams on brand targets - within market target setting for countries, channels, brands.

• Having a thorough understanding of the business strategy, support business decisions.

What you'll bring

• Degree educated in relevant finance / accounting/ business.

• Experience in management or financial accounting, Financial Performance & Analysis, and/or Financial Controlling experience is strongly preferred.

• Experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment

• Fluent English knowledge

Commercial Acumen: Understand the whole business operation in detail and can see connections across departments to see the big picture. Aware of competitors for existing core business. Recognizes key trends and industry characteristics.

Influencing: Establish relationships with teams across business units and markets. Proven ability to impact and influence, at a senior stakeholder level, virtually across markets with solid networking, influencing & communication skills.

Effective Communication: Construct short story lines, adapt documents and presentations for the intended audience (complexity, detail, altitude). Presents material in a clear confident manner & manages non-verbal communication, in service to message.

Benefits

• Unique Family Leave opportunity
• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world
• You will deal with outstanding brand portfolio
• Wide variety of thematic events, after work 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

Flexibility

This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don'tl et anything stop you from applying!

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 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!