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Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of our industry.
Job Description
Financial Controlling Analyst (Short Term Contract)
Reports To: Financial Controller/Financial Accountant
Context
Global Diageo Business Services (GDBS) is a global multi-functional shared service entity that processes DIAGEO-wide transactions across various world regions. It's a Business Shared Services Centre (BSS) servicing the Diageo Africa markets in handling processes such as Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Record to Report, Data Management & Financial Controllership. Diageo also has other BSS and BSS partners that support service provision. The Africa BSS Centre (ABSC) works closely with Diageo BSS Centre in Bangalore India (DBSI) in the provision of services to the Diageo Africa markets.
Dimensions
Market Complexity
Africa Business Services Centre (ABSC) Nairobi currently provides services to 20 legal business entities in different geographies across Africa using SAP as the accounting / enterprise system. The Diageo Africa business comprises integrated Supply and Demand entities producing beer, spirits, Ready To Drinks (RTD) –alcoholic & non-alcoholic in various plants across the region.
Purpose of Role
Execute a set of activities that helps in monitoring, controlling and evaluating performance against plan and generating insights to inform decisions and action. Scope of the role covers financial analysis and controlling activities in the following areas, NSV, Trade investment, A&P, production costs, overheads, OIE and working capital initiatives.
Regular financial analysis done to transform data (actual, historical & plans) to a form that helps in understanding of costs and thus supports cost controlling. A key output from the analysis is aggregating the risks & opportunities from the above mentioned sub process areas, required actions determined and communicated to senior management. Accuracy and completeness of the financial data generated is of key importance to ensure risks are mitigated appropriately and opportunities recognized and pursued.
Top Accountabilities
Leadership Responsibilities
The Financial Controlling Analyst role is within ABSC Financial Controlling Team. Based in Nairobi and requires supportive and challenging business partnering. Success is entirely dependent on managing and maintaining excellent relationship with the market Finance, Supply/ Production Operations teams, commercial finance and marketing/sales teams and the ability to work effectively with remote teams.
Key Stakeholders Include
Qualifications And Experience Required
Barriers to Success in Role
Job Description :
Diageo Enterprise Operations is part of the Diageo Business Service Organization that is a global multi-functional business that provides shared service offering across DIAGEO globally. It provides services in the scope of Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Record to Report, Financial Controllership and Data Management.
The Credit Control Stream is part of the Sell To Cash process of the DBS that entails all credit control and collection activities for DBS served markets.
Significant cross-market functional responsibilities with the aim to deliver a seamless end-to-end OTC service. It ensures proper operation of processes from incoming fund allocation to customer ledger maintenance, order release, outstanding follow-up and overdue management, including credit limit control and reporting.
Service Delivery entails issue resolution and close business partnering with the credit risk, customer service and commercial market teams.
Dimensions
The role is responsible for Customer Service Management across a number of markets within the Africa region served by the Diageo Enterprise Operations.
Market Complexity
The role would entail responsibility for step-change, standardization and process harmonization of Customer Service Management across Enterprise Operations served countries.
Africa Region comprises various markets. Current markets supported within Enterprise Operations include: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Reunion, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya incl. EAML.
Each market has specific nuances including: Market-specific Ways of Working, government regulations, different currencies, infrastructure challenges, local language requirements.
Financial
OTC deals with some 25.000 customers resulting in some 400.000 orders and collection of around 9 billion GBP an annual base.
Cash Cycle is also interacting with some 55.000 vendors treating some 550.000 invoices per year.
Purpose of Role
Top Accountabilities
Qualifications and Experience Required:
Essential
Desirable
Flexible Working Options
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