Overhead Finance Business Partner - FP&A team

• Providing decision support and taking ownership for Overheads including:

  • Performing high quality business partner management

  • Acting like an owner to lead overhead costs proactively and with a long-term perspective, improve processes and build possibility for further automation;

  • Leading the annual planning, deliver monthly reporting/causals/analysis, and actively work/collaborate with budget holders/functions (HR/Legal/etc) and increase financial accuracy;

  • Ensuring early visibility of gaps, risks & opportunities and any contingencies are shared and reviewed when addressing gaps, coupled with actions defined leading to the right outcomes.

• Supporting senior business partners to understand overheads and issues, ensuring the financial implications of these are gathered accurately in the financial and statutory statements

• Taking full responsibility for the day-to-day management of overheads with the focus of the adherence to the internal control procedures

• Providing decision support for business partners through value-add analysis, understanding movements in overheads, root cause of issues/business reasons behind variances and accurate presentation of Opportunities & Risks

• Ensuring that queries from business partners are dealt promptly and courteously

• Ensuring smooth and accurate month end closes and improve benefits of globalized system processes

• Giving ideas, energy, passion and support the continuous improvement of Overhead processes.

• Degree educated in relevant finance / accounting/ business

• 7-10 years’ experience in controlling area

• Proven FP&A knowledge with experience in cost controlling

• Experience working within an international / multicultural environment

• Strong analytical skills to be able to see and understand the big picture and deliver high level message, offering alternative solutions for issues

• Great interpersonal and communication skills

• Customer focus with ability to optimally priorities issues and build on knowledge and experience when making decisions in own area of responsibility

• Proficient English knowledge

• Qualified accountant

• 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

• Sports facilities

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 a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value.

About the scope

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Experience Tower is part of Global Business Operations and covers a set of planning, forecasting & analytical activities that support business decisions and help understanding of overall financial health by combining financial, operational, and external data in one place. It involves supporting strategic planning, leading Annual Operating Planning (AOP), supporting landing, leading performance analysis, and generating insights on strategic market and regional level.