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Job description

Reports To: FC CARM Manager

Context/Scope

Diageo’s Business Shared Services aim to leverage the Finance Operating Model by supporting standard processes and systems with effective and efficient shared services across Diageo Finance and other service lines, provided by internal services regionally. Business services have an employee base of more than 1,000 FTEs providing various services from back office transactional processing to statutory reporting activities. It also encompasses a significant part of the group’s Financial Planning and Reporting activities and Treasury activities. Diageo Business Service (DBS) is increasingly playing a central role in governance and compliance for Diageo and has been charged by the CFO to be Diageo’s control exemplar accountable for the execution of control in shared services including SOX/ CARM compliance, irrespective of whether delivered from Budapest or elsewhere.

Main Responsibilities Of The Role Are

• FC CARM Lead role is to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley s404 compliance through global Control Assurance and Risk Management processes.
• To lead the Control & Audit compliance agenda (mainly focusing, but not limited to FC related controls) within Diageo Business Shared Services
• To support the Management in delivering best-in-class control environment, increase control and compliance awareness and coordinate / ensure smooth delivery of internal control procedures.
• Provide management support during internal (GAR) and external audit (PWC)

Dimensions

Market Complexity

This role is required to collaborate closely with stakeholders at various seniority levels across DBS organisation and stakeholders outside DBS such as Global Risk & Compliance team or internal & external auditors.

Leadership and Functional Responsibilities and Capabilities

Leadership

• Relationship building (business partnering)
• Communication and aware of impact the team leader has on others.
• Influencing - Knows how to make things happen in immediate environment
• Problem solving/ coordination - Identifies root cause of issue and potential solutions
• Deliver on promises - Leading by example on delivering results, ensures operational standards are met within his/her immediate responsibility.

Functional

• Accounting Principles
• Managing Risks
• Internal Controls
• Analytical thinking - Analyse available information and trends and act accordingly.

Purpose of Role

The overall purpose of the role to provide control oversight and SOX governance over Diageo’s business shared services and support the Management in delivering best-in-class control environment, increase control and compliance awareness and coordinate / ensure smooth delivery of internal control procedures. In addition provide support to DBS Compliance and Ethics lead in delivering regional C&E activities.

Top Accountabilities

• Support and hold to account DBS to achieve timely and flawless delivery of Control Assurance and Risk Management cycle steps:
• Ensure aligned and streamlined CARM methodology / communications structure / market reporting in DBS
• Support new migration/project pipeline

Skills, Qualifications And Experience Required

• University/College degree in accountancy/finance/business
• Excellent English knowledge
• 2 – 4 years audit (internal/external) and/or SOX experience which can be replaced by thorough shared service process understanding
• Strong knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)

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60491BR