Finance Analyst - Marketing at Diageo

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive management of over close to Kes 8b Kenya Breweries marketing and advertising investment.
• Support in formulation of marketing business plans to ensure alignment to overall strategic objectives.
• Own and drive planning and forecasting of brand budgets and translate activity calendars into detailed financial plans
• In collaboration with marketing leadership teams drive allocation of advertising budget to various spend items and priorities
• Handle queries relating to advertising and promotions across the organization
• Support timely and accurate financial reporting of advertising spend
• Partner with the Marketing leadership teams to drive and monitor efficiency on spend in line with Global and local guidelines
• Ensure all activity costs are accurately captured by internal orders and the same do not surpass the budgets.
• Spearhead strategic brand investment using bespoke business tool to ensure both short term and long-term returns.
• Finance lead for strategic marketing projects

Experience / skills required:

• Degree level with strong academic record
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in similar roles. 
• CPA qualification
• FMCG and SAP Systems experience

Key success characteristics

•  Self-starter with ability to take initiative.
• Open to learning and receiving coaching.
• Highly analytical and high level of curiosity