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Job Title-

Manager - Finance Experience

About us-

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating

About the Function:

Global Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running smoothly at scale.

With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It’s a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life.

You’ll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It’s a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.

About the team: (TE)

About the role:

Manager - Accounting & Controls (Entity Reporting)

ROLE PURPOSE

Own financial integrity for assigned Diageo entities by reviewing Trial Balance, Balance Sheet GLs and P&L;, and ensuring entity results are accurate, compliant and audit-ready. Partner with Group Reporting, P&L; owners and process operations teams to resolve issues and strengthen controls.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

· Review entity TB during month-end, quarter-end and year-end close; investigate unusual movements, misclassifications and open items.





· Manage Balance Sheet GLs for group reporting, ensuring reconciliations, substantiation, aging and movement explanations are complete.

· Review P&L; results, validate accruals/reclasses and provide clear commentary to P&L; owners on material variances.

· Act as key contact for Group Reporting on submissions, schedules, reporting queries and variance analysis.

· Coordinate external audit for assigned entities, including evidence review, query resolution and audit action closure.

· Review outputs from process operations teams such as R2R, AP, AR, Intercompany, Fixed Assets and other finance processes to ensure compliant accounting.

· Identify control gaps and drive remediation, root-cause fixes and process improvements.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Group Reporting / P&L; Owners / Process Operations / External Auditors / Tax/Treasury/Statutory Reporting

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

· Strong experience in financial accounting, group reporting, TB review, Balance Sheet control and P&L; analysis.

· Sound knowledge of IFRS, financial controls and audit requirements.

· Able to review reconciliations, journals, schedules and financial commentary with strong attention to detail.

· Strong communication, stakeholder management, challenge and influencing skills.





· Experience working with shared services/process operations and tight close timelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, MBA Finance or equivalent preferred; degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline required with 7 to 11 years of experience

SUCCESS MEASURES

Timely and accurate submissions; clean Balance Sheet with substantiated GLs; meaningful P&L; commentary; smooth audit closure; compliant process outputs and strong controls.

Rewards & Perks Statement: (TE)

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We accept diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you bring together this information when you submit your application.

Worker Type :

RegularPrimary Location:

Bangalore Karle Town SEZAdditional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-08-17

📌 Manager - Finance Experience (Bengaluru)
🏢 Diageo
📍 Bengaluru