Financial Controlling Junior Manager

Role Responsibilities:

• Diageo is the largest Liquor Manufacturing company in the world headquartered in London with around 30K employees. Global Diageo Business Services (GDBS) is a global multi-functional shared service entity that processes DIAGEO-wide transactions across various world regions.
• Diageo Business Service India (DBSI) is a Diageo Business Shared Services Centre (BSS) servicing the Diageo Africa, APAC, Europe, America markets. Processes in scope at DBSI are: Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Record to Report, Data Management & Financial Controllership.

Work experience

• 6-8 years working experience in a SSC/FMCG industry
• Proven track record in the area of Financial Accounting / Reporting, and/or Financial Controlling experience is strongly preferred
• Financial Reporting (end to end view of Financial Statement Preparation and review with Finance Director/Finance Controller)
• Legal entity controllership (Closing, Group Financial reporting, BS reconciliations, Controls,

Purpose of Role:

• Review RtR Teams work before system submission (e.g. SAP journals, BFC reporting) ensuring controls are in place and processes handled as described by the relevant policies and desktop procedures
• Oversight of FC KPI and Data quality measuer, proactively handle remediation actions in alignment with RTR and FC leadership
• Handle external and internal audit related RtR questions
• Act as main contact in case of RtR questions for the financial controllers and FP&As
• Process journal entries posting, prepare and review the relevant backup calculation ensuring that adequate audit trail is in place
• Update annual statutory financial statements and reports (BS, CF, PL and appendix) if required
• Perform trial balance pre-reviews before GL closes (CTT coding, business areas, etc.)
• Perform GL reconciliations and action unreconciled items
• Support BFC Standard Publish with clearing validation errors, preparing and saving control documentations as per Diageos global instructions
• Prepare/ review BFC-SAP reconciliation file, investigate any differences and solve any issues accordngly
• Support post-close adjustment processes (backup preparation, commenting, entry processing) Support the financial statement review with legal entity FC team
• Be actively involved in FC and close processes
• Maintain GL ownership (focusing on unassigned accounts), authorization matrices

Other skills : -

• Stakeholders (FD/FC ) management Internal / external audit experience and/or SOX is an advantage
• Experience with Shared services process activities is an advantage
• Capable of working in a deadline driven environment.
• Working in a multi-national finance environment
• Relevant experience with integrated systems such as SAP is an advantage.

Working hours (NAM) : 330 PM to 1230 AM shift

Flexible Working Statement:

• Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that youre supported from day one.
• Rewards & Benefits Statement: (TE)