Diageo - Senior Manager - Unit Finance Business Partner

Position Name : Unit Finance Business Partner

Level : L5A

Reports to : General Manager - Supply Finance

Purpose Of The Role : The role is responsible for Unit Finance function of respective unit - bottling, Special spirit plant and HBS operations. Unit Finance BP will support Unit head in achieving financial performance of the plant and drive key processes and productivity projects. He will be a part of Unit Leadership Team and actively contribute in Operational Excellence of the Plant.

Typical Role Requirements

Qualification : CA/MBA

Experience : 4 to 7 years of post-qualification experience of working in manufacturing industry.

Knowledge & skills :

- Good Communication and Presentation skills

- An eye for accuracy and detail

- Stakeholder management

- Knowledge of Indian Accounting and Tax

- Knowledge of Accounting systems (e.g. SAP) & Advanced Excel

Best Suited for Someone who :

- High level of professionalism, integrity and commitment

- Ability to get into plant operations and actively contribute

- Decision Making skills

- Strong in business partnering and collaboration, ability to navigate a large organization and liaise with relevant stakeholders

Areas Of Responsibility :

Bottling :

- Own and drive rigorous Monthly Finance Reviews with Finance leadership and Generate Insights around all aspects of unit operations like Make overheads, freight, inventory, fixed assets, line manning & drive conversations with various stakeholders at unit and Head office.

- Manage Unit Overheads and ensure budgetary control, drive savings agenda at unit.

- Review Unit MOR on a monthly basis with the unit leadership team with specific focus on wastages

- Ensure inventory management with minimum SLOB and waste generation, Physical verification of inventory and material balancing

- End to End Capex management including business case preparation for new Capex, continuous monitoring of assets to ensure optimal sweating & payback as well as Physical verification of Fixed Assets

- Own and Drive various productivity initiatives including tax productivity and Focus Improvement including Loss & Waste analysis for the unit

- Preparation of unit budgets and ensuring stringent budgetary control throughout the year.

- Actively participate and contribute to all projects assigned, cross functional & at head office.

- Support in statutory audits and internal audit & drive all audit points to closure

- Support in Month End Closing activities and SOX compliance and ensure pristine governance and controls on the financials. team.

- Manage Scrap sales process on pricing validations, and debtor's credit management of the unit.

- PO Management of the unit process on pricing validations & delivery.

- Partner with Snop, DBSI & Treasury for daily ED funding for the operations, governance on Advances made to RM, Capex and local supplies.

Special Spirit & HBS Spirit :

- Own and drive End to End Operational Analysis of Malt spirit plant and be a part of Overall business & control inventory, drive conversations with various stakeholders at unit and Head office.

- Manage HBS, Special Spirit & HBS Sales /Transfer process on pricing validations, and debtor's credit management of the unit.

- Ensure inventory management, partner with plant team on Maturations wastes, Physical verification of inventory and material balancing.

- Partnering with unit' on machine efficiency, cost of intermediate product like steam cost, Assets utilisations. bring visibility around process costing.

Diversity statement :

- 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, asit 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.