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. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.
Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world's very best people.
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Purpose of the role
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The overall purpose of the role is to bring strong subject matter expertise on the topic of SOX compliance and internal controls to the Mexico market/ LAC region specifically focused around the Go- to market strategy and commercial practices.
This role will support the Management in delivering best-in-class control environment, increase control and compliance awareness and coordinate / ensure smooth delivery of internal control procedures. In addition provide support to Global Controls Assurance team in delivering regional controls assurance activities.
This role will be reporting into the Head of Internal controls in Mexico.
Responsibilities of the role include:
- To drive the Risk, Control & Audit compliance agenda starting with Diageo Mexico and eventually supporting the whole of LAC region.
- To support the Management in delivering best-in-class control environment, increase control and compliance awareness and coordinate / ensure smooth delivery of internal control procedures.
- Support the head of internal controls In Mexico on continuous process improvement and transformation agenda.
- Acquire strong understanding of Mexico business across various processes but with initial focus on commercial processes.
- This would include focus on sales, revenue recognition, trade spend management, marketing, advertising, customer account management, customer account reconciliation, related accounting, accruals and policies
- Closely engage with Diageo Mexico customers, sales and marketing teams to ensure they are aligning with applicable Diageo policies.
- Understand the tools and technologies supporting various processes, evaluate and handle risks embedded within them
- Provide the Business leads with potential areas of opportunities so that they have the necessary time and resources to implement a robust remediation plan for the identified issues.
- Support new business initiatives and projects with a lens of risk, controls and compliance. Ensure that controls and risks are adequately covered during transitions such a change in processes, business strategy change, new technology implementation
- Support Investigations in the market with focus on root cause analysis. Monitor all audit and controls deficiencies related to the scope area to ensure timely and effective remediation. Amplify the findings from deficiencies across the region through communications, training etc.
- Provide support during internal (CARE) and external assurance work (PWC) covering both audits, controls testing and risk management work. Provide updates/inputs to the Controls Assurance Delivery lead for the ARC/ AC Reporting.
Experience and Qualifications
- 6 years experience in internal Audit.
- CA/MBA/ACCA/CPA Other equivalent studies in accounting coupled with strong commercial knowledge and skill.
- CIA qualification and participation in a Big 4 is a Plus.
- Audit (Statutory / Internal), and /or SOX experience, Risk Assessment, ICOFR, Process Improvement, knowledge of automation
- Strong risk approach
- Expertise in financial reporting, SOX and related controls
- External / Internal Audit in auditing firms or transnational companies
- Ability to apply Analytical thinking
- Commercial knowledge and skill
- The highest standard of integrity
- Collaboration mentality and take strong positions when needed
- Key Partner engagement skill
- Mature and pragmatic
Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let 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.