About us

Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories. It operates in more than 180 countries and produces in more than 140 sites around the world. Some of the key brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Don Julio, Tanqueray, Ketel One, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Guinness.

The Financial Planning & Operations team is part of Global Finance and is responsible for planning, forecasting, and analytical activities that support business decision-making and provide a comprehensive view of the company's financial health by bringing together financial, operational, and external data.

The team supports long-term planning. They lead the annual planning cycle and monthly forecasting processes. They generate market- and regional-level insights to understand key business drivers. By identifying emerging trends and developing early warning signals, the team helps anticipate risks, uncover growth opportunities, and enable timely, accurate, and data-driven decision-making across the business.

The Specialty businesses include a wide range of business unit from the brand homes, through the Joint Venture structures till the non-standard, non-SAP businesses (e.g. J&B).

About the Role

• Lead the delivery and ongoing improvement of global financial planning processes across complex markets and regions.

• Ensure planning activities are completed consistently, efficiently, and according to global standards, governance, and timelines.

• Partner with senior Finance, functional, and market stakeholders to understand business requirements, address complex planning challenges, improve forecast quality, and enable high-quality business decision-making through robust planning processes and insights.

• Given the nature of the Specialty business, the role also has a broader Finance scope, including financial accounting and controlling activities, alongside planning and reporting responsibilities.

• Drive planning improvements in execution, systems enhancements, and analytical capabilities to strengthen planning effectiveness, operational efficiency, and standardization.

• Monitor planning performance through indicators and governance forums, finding opportunities to strengthen controls and drive continuous improvement.

• Act as a subject matter expert across assigned accounting, reporting, and planning processes, contributing to cross-functional initiatives, supporting transformation activities, and sharing guidelines across the Planning organization.

About you

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.

• 6–8 years of relevant Finance experience, with significant exposure to FP&A, financial accounting, financial planning, forecasting, or business performance management.

• Strong understanding of end-to-end financial forecasting and performance reporting processes, governance, and finance systems.

• Proven experience leading complex improvement in execution, transformation, or planning initiatives.

• Strong collaborator management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships with senior financial and business leaders.

• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a structured and practical approach.

• Continuous improvement approach, with the ability to work independently and effectively in a global, matrix organization.

• Proficient in spoken and written English.

Flexible Working Statement

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.

Rewards & Benefits Statement

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

• Unique Family Leave opportunity

• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

• You will deal with world class brand portfolio

• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork 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

Diversity statement:

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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