Financial Reporting Manager

Position Name: Manager

Qualification:

Experience with Big 4 technical accounting advisory is preferred.

About the Company

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.

Technical accounting

• Lead interpretation of complex accounting standards (IFRS/Ind AS) & prepare technical memos.
• Provide proactive, practical accounting guidance to business, finance teams, and senior leadership.
• Drive implementation of new accounting standards across the organization.
• Support M&A transactions, including due diligence, purchase accounting, and integration.
• Monitor evolving accounting regulations and assess their impact on financial reporting.

Financial accounting, book closing and reporting for subsidiaries and consolidation

• Lead monthly group financial submission via consolidation tool and ensure completeness and accuracy
• Preparation of quarterly/annual financial statements as per Ind AS/IFRS
• Coordinate with shared services team and review month-end and year-end closing.
• Manage the end-to-end financial reporting process ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Lead consolidation of USL group for both IND As and IFRS and closely work with Statutory and Group auditor on end-to-end financial delivery.

Statutory audit and board meeting deliverables

• Plan and drive statutory audit as per local regulations
• Co-ordinate with auditor across various legal entities annual audit
• Facilitate audit readiness and responses to audit observations
• Closely work on Board deliverables like Board deck etc.

Internal control, risk and assurance

• Partner with Internal Audit, Governance, and Group teams to address control gaps, if any.
• Implement process improvements to strengthen compliance and control frameworks.
• Enhance and document financial reporting processes.

Processes automation and central support

• Lead automation initiatives in reporting, including SAP HANA implementation.
• Collaborate with Tax team on tax provisioning, payments, and effective tax rate optimization.
• Support tax and secretarial teams in meeting regulatory and compliance obligations.
• Lead Integrated annual report preparation.

Must have :

• Ability to articulate complex accounting matters to non-finance stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Good to have

Familiarity with SAP ERP systems.

Diversity statement