Statutory Accounting & Reporting Process Expert

at  Diageo

Job Description :
Job Title: Statutory Accounting & Reporting Process Expert
Location: Budapest
Contract Term: Permanent
About us
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. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.
About the Function
FC Programme Management Team is established to drive a standard process & technical framework with their partners that works and supports Diageo to keep up market leader position. This purpose is achieved by embedded governance culture underpinned by global finance processes and policies that is monitored through relevant compliance measurement metrics.
Additionally the team is also accountable for the delivery of business strategic change programmes, driving value through common processes and using technologies and the deployment of lean, global and compliant ways of working across Diageo in a more consistent and efficient manner. The team is part of BS which is a combination of functional and regional to reflect our partners structures and portfolio of programmes.
The role of the FC Process SME will support the FC Programme Manager as the point of contact for any type of projects where Finance process SME involvement is required with special focus on finance efficiency initiatives, Process Improvement deliverables and transitions, in line with Controllers Group Strategy.
About the Role
The main purpose of this role is to act as FC project SME in any type of projects impacting Finance process areas leading or supporting the FC Lead with analyze and design for global priority projects from Finance perspective and delivers end to end, which will include SBMs, Productivity projects, M&As, global change projects and Finance initiatives.

The role will work within a substantial SAP change project that has a crossfunctional impact across the entire organisation.

• Process governance guardian ensuring that projects will design and deliver solutions that fit with our Global Finance Strategy. Supports to Govern FC processes and pro-actively act based on the result of FC measurement system. Act independently if required and provide professional support to Project Manager, Regional FDs, FDs and FC Leadership team.
• Deliver seamless transitions together with the other global processes
• Manage, coordinate and participate in outsourcing related projects across all BS Locations
• Identify Process Improvement opportunities and drive Process Improvement agenda
• Provide professional support as project SME covering the Finance framework areas for critical initiatives
• Controls and compliance – Define right controls regarding change agenda and embed into global business processes
• In Transitions - manage and build good relationship with partners across Diageo and Outsourcing Partners to ensure that they are aware of the Projects

Qualifications and Experience Required

• University or College degree in finance or business
• At least 5 years experience in Financial Controlling roles
• Thorough understanding of statutory accounting
• Experience of working in a business shared service environment
• Proven track record of project management experience
• Thorough understanding of the Financial Controlling Process overall
• Strong system knowledge in SAP Financials
• Capability to design and introduce global processes
• Flexibility for adopting to change with positive attitude and relevant experience in change management
• Solution focused mind-set and ability to link change agenda to strategic goals and deliver them
• Great business partnering skills with a desire to make a difference
• Excellent English communication skills
• Power BI is an advantage

Benefits of working here

• 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

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’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.
To read more and apply, visit
www.ourheritageyourfuture.com
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Budapest
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-04-0

• Process governance guardian ensuring that projects will design and deliver solutions that fit with our Global Finance Strategy. Supports to Govern FC processes and pro-actively act based on the result of FC measurement system. Act independently if required and provide professional support to Project Manager, Regional FDs, FDs and FC Leadership team.
• Deliver seamless transitions together with the other global processes
• Manage, coordinate and participate in outsourcing related projects across all BS Locations
• Identify Process Improvement opportunities and drive Process Improvement agenda
• Provide professional support as project SME covering the Finance framework areas for critical initiatives
• Controls and compliance – Define right controls regarding change agenda and embed into global business processes
• In Transitions - manage and build good relationship with partners across Diageo and Outsourcing Partners to ensure that they are aware of the Project