Job Description :

Job Description

Manager - Finance Experience

Company

Team

Location

Diageo

Accounting and Controls

Bangalore

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

· Robust 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.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

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 embrace 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, mindsets, 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 new heights and build current ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore Karle Town SEZ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-08-20

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