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Diageo Junior Manager in Bangalore, India
Job Description :
Context/Scope:
Global Business Operations (GBO) in Diageo support standard processes and systems with effective and efficient shared services across the world. Financial Controlling and Analysis (FC&A) Tower is part of GBO and provides oversight on financial activities and controls including general accounting, management and external reporting and financial planning and analysis.
Financial reporting team is part of FC&A tower. Its main responsibility is to support the preparation, review and publish the legal entity wise BFC financial packs for various entities within the respective regions in accordance with the group reporting timelines.
Market Complexity:
Complex & critical demand and supply entities.
Purpose of Role:
Ensure smooth and accurate month-end closes
Ensure that management and statutory reporting is completed
accurately and on time and that the surrounding internal control
procedures are rigorously adhered to
Perform reconciliations review
BS review and file preparation
Preparation and posting of journals
Give ideas, energy, enthusiasm and support to the continuous
improvement of the financial and operational process
Leadership Responsibilities
Executional excellence – should prepare reports and provide solutions on a simple and straight forward way
Challenge to improve – should focus on improvement opportunities by positively challenging existing forms and ways of working
Control focus – a controlling approach is inevitable to give to the design and operation of our control environment
Positive intent and personal impact – interact with various departments with a positive outlook when looking for solutions.
Has the self-confidence to present own ideas and convince other in a motivating way.
Top 3-5 Accountabilities:
Posting accruals and support accruals calculation
Timely cross charge of project costs and management charges
Provide and keep sufficient backup for intercompany recharges
Perform GL reconciliations, BS analysis
Help the team to prepare for PWC audit (both group and statutory)
Active involvement in fixed asset, accrual area.
Update annual statutory reports (BS, CF, PL and appendix).
Responsible for daily operational accounting and financial activities. Solves arising issues, liaises with partners and with other financial colleagues to solve specific issues.
Participate to the month-end close, BFC reporting and reconciliation process in accordance with the agreed internal and group timetable. Ensure the completeness and the accuracy of financial records.
Working closely with other in-house and local financial teams (Commercial Finance, Costing, BPM, FP&R, Compliance, Cash Cycle, Treasury, Tax, etc…)
Liaise with outsource providers and actively participate on the captive migration RTR project.
Driving issue resolution, pro-actively seek out better ways of doing things and drive implementation of “simpler, faster, better” processes and ways of working.
Proactively suggests improvements/additional control points to build in and takes an active part in operational improvement projects, in implementation and in the follow up.
Qualifications and Experience Required:
Graduate in Finance or Accounting
6 to 8 years experience in Accounting, technical accounting skills is required
Financial Reporting (end to end view of Financial Statement Preparation)
Legal entity controllership
Customers management
Process Expertise and improvement
Capable of working in a deadline driven environment.
Experience of working in a multi-national SSC environment
Has customer focus to be able to build excellent relationships with relevant internal and external customers
Hard working personality, flexibility
International (part) qualification (IAS/UK/US GAAP) is an advantage.
Language skills
- Good business English, able to communicate effectively
PC skills/System knowledge
MS applications
Relevant experience with SAP FI /CO modules
Strong Excel knowledge
Blackline
Oswald
S4HANA experience is added advantage
Barriers to Success in Role (Optional):
Inability to work as part of a team
Lack of communication and language knowledge skills
Lack of positive attitude
Lack of personal motivation/drive
Insufficiently open-minded and not flexible
Not willing to take ownership
Flexible Working Options:
Depending on market needs
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Bangalore Karle Town SEZ
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-07-16
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
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