Job Description :

Job Title: Financial Controller - Uganda market

Location: Budapest

Contract: Permanent

About us

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.

 

 About the Role

The Financial Controller of Africa is based in Budapest but requires leading and coordinating and coaching people both in an immediate team under the FC structure, across region and in country, but also in other functions such as tax, group accounting, local accounting and tax providers when it comes to financial controls matters for the geography.

Role is the one point contact and business partner for the Cluster Director / Country Director and Cluster / Country Commercial Finance Director when it comes to all point financial controls related for the geography. This position reports to the EABL Group Financial Controller while it's responsibility managing a team for the respective territory.

 

Key Accountabilities

Provide high quality financial support to the Region and the respective territory

Provide accurate monthly forecasts for Overhead, A&P and Working capital / Cash agenda

Manage overhead, A&P and cash planning annual exercise

Driving agenda to identify opportunities to deliver Overhead, A&P annual budgets and to improve the Working Capital position in co-operation with Country Commercial Finance team

Create and maintain high quality and effective internal control area. Deliver successful internal & external audits. Ensure RTR processes are SOX compliant

Manage / coach a team for the respective territory

 

About you

University / College degree in finance / business/ accounting

Fluency in English

Minimum of 4-6 years working and management experience in a multinational corporate environment, with exposure to some of the following areas: Financial and Management Accounting, Controlling & Reporting processes

Accounting standards (IFRS/ statutory reporting experience & knowledge)

Internal / external audit experience and/or SOX

Senior stakeholder management.

MS office applications, Expertise in SAP FI and SAP BW

ACCA qualification or similar ongoing studies is an advantage

Benefits of working here

Unique Family Leave opportunity

We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

You will deal with world class brand portfolio

Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities

Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop

We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym

Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

 

Inclusion & Diversity

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.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying!

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Budapest

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-01-22