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Diageo Commercial Finance Head Brazil and Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico
Job Description :
The Company
From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!
At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.
Context
The Role
The Head of Commercial Finance will lead commercial and financial insights to help drive business performance. This Head will be a key leader within the Brazil & Mexico Finance team and will serve as a crucial financial interface between Finance and senior leadership. This position directly reports to the LAC Commercial Finance Director and will play a meaningful role in improving the Commercial Finance organization with streamlined processes and capabilities to enable the company's strategy.
This Head will be responsible for delivering forward-looking, valuable business analysis, as well as defining and reporting significant financial and operational metrics that lead to insightful, accurate business decision-making. They will directly coordinate the commercial finance regional team and have indirect oversight over FP&A and the in-market commercial finance organization. This team will possess a comprehensive understanding of all key business drivers and sophisticated financial models to deliver insightful, valuable analysis across the company. The Head of Commercial Finance Brazil & Mexico is also responsible for leading the company-wide strategic planning process through the 3-year plan.
Responsibilities
Lead the Commercial Finance & FP&A team in the markets, partnering with the Market´s Commercial Finance team to provide valuable insight into the business.
Enable the 3YP process through clear, concise plan and commitments for process calendar, LAC President updates, and hands on support to business leads and initiatives.
Prepare a monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting package that includes consolidated financial statements, comprehensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, operational dashboard reporting, analysis of key business trends, actual versus budget/forecast variances and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.
LAC Resource allocation TS, A&P and OVHDS
Lead transformational and ad-hoc financial projects.
Elevate the capability of the entire regional commercial finance Organization.
Business partner with General Manager to deliver financial and commercial AOP goals
Have deep understanding of business drivers to identify areas of risk and opportunities and build plans to mitigate/attack.
Partner with NRM lead to imbed NRM best practices and deliver pricing targets
Analyze profitability and trends of market portfolio in order to lead our mix to deliver NSV/GP targets
Understand volume trends in order to provide objective viewpoint on volume projections for S&OP and innovation builds
Requirements
10 or more years of dynamic experience in Finance and Strategic Planning
Strong critical thinking and results orientation with a track record of meeting or exceeding business objectives.
Track record of enabling the business to deliver on revenue growth demonstrating data-based insight of consumer and customer behavior.
Proven executive presence and interpersonal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to positively influence senior leadership.
Ability to operate as a vital team member and inspiring leader in driving, defining andrivingng the company's financial planning strategy and can give to delivering value to business teams.
Strong demonstration of ability to successfully manage and lead a team and create an engaging environment.
Aspires to build a 'best in class' commercial finance organization by introducing industry best practices and recruiting/developing the best talent possible. Quality and results are always top of mind. Demonstrates a passion for talent development.
Clear evidence of demonstrating Diageo’s dial up behaviors.
High standards of accuracy
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 Diageo to succeed and 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.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Sao Paulo
Additional Locations :
Mexico City
Job Posting Start Date :
2024-03-06
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
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