Job Description :
Job Title-
Assistant Manager, Financial Reporting
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, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the crucial 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’sa phenomenalt place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.
About the team:
This role supports the design and development of beverage liquids for innovation and renovation projects. The role focuses on assisting formulation, accomplishing trials, and contributing to delivering liquids that meet consumer expectations and sensory standards.
Global Diageo Business Services (GDBS) is a global multi-functional shared service entity that processes DIAGEO-wide transactions across various world regions.
Diageo Business Service India (DBSI) is a Diageo Business Shared Services Centre (BSS) servicing the Diageo Africa, APAC, Europe, America markets. Processes in scope at DBSI are Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Record to Report, Data Management & Financial Controllership.
Dimensions
Assistant Manager reports to the Reporting Manager. Liaises with other internal & external stakeholders.
Market Complexity:
DBSI currently provides services to 250+ legal business entities in different geographies and works very closely with other shared service centres.
The role covers operations in the sophisticated markets of North America Region. The geographie sophisticated complex, covering demand and/or integrated supply businesses producing beer, spirits, RTDs and Consumer Soft Drinks.
Purpose of Role:
Ensure smooth and accurate month-end closes
Ensure that management and statutory reporting is completed accurately and on time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are technically adhered to.
Give ideas, energy, enthuspassionupport to the continuous
improvement of the financial and operational process
Leadership Responsibilities
Executional perfection – should prepare reports and provide solutions on a simple and straight forward way
Challenge to improve – should focus on improvement opportunities by positively challenging existing forms and ways of working
Control focus – a controlling approach is inevitable togivee to the design and operation of our control environment
Positive intent and personal impact – interact with various departments with a positive outlook when looking for solutions.
Has the self-confidence to present own ideas and convince other in a motivating way.
Top 3-5 Accountabilities:
Posting accruals and support accruals calculation
This role is a Lead for group of entity owners (Demand Business) and will be responsible for leading, performing and reviewing BFC reporting.
Work closely with NAM Demand Business (FC, Market teams, & FP&A)
Review League table commenting of the team members
Align with controls, applicable control is C0177, C0169,C0174
Perform and review BS GL reconciliations, Variance analysis and work with FC Team for FSR calls.
Help the team to prepare for external & internal audit (both group and statutory)
Update annual statutory reports (BS, CF, PL and appendix).
Responsible for daily operational accounting and financial activities. Solves arising issues, liaises with stakeholders and with other financial colleagues to solve specific issues.
Participate to the month-end close, BFC reporting and reconciliation process in accordance with the agreed internal and group timetable. Ensure the completeness and the accuracy of financial records.
Working closely with other in-house and local financial teams (Commercial Finance, Costing, BPM, FP&A, Compliance, Cash Cycle, Treasury, Tax, etc…)
Liaise with outsource providers and actively participate on the captive migration RTR project.
Driving issue resolution, pro-actively seek out better ways of doing things and drive implementation of “simpler, faster, better” processes and ways of working.
Proactively suggests improvements/additional control points to build in and takes an active part in operational improvement projects, in implementation, and in the follow up.
Qualifications and Experience Required:
Graduate in Finance or Accounting
9+ years experience in accounting, technical accounting skills is required
Financial Reporting (end to end view of Financial Statement Preparation)
Legal entity controllership
Stakeholders management
Process Expertise and improvement
Capable of working in a deadline driven environment.
Experience of working in a multi-national SSC environment
Has customer focus to be able to build excellent relationships with relevant internal and external customers
Hard working personality, flexibility
International (part) qualification (IAS/UK/US GAAP) is an advantage.
Shift time: North America Market timings - 3.30 PM to 12.30 AM and extended hours during Month End Close
Language skills
Good business English, able to communicate optimally
PC skills/System knowledge
MS applications
Proven experience with SAP FI /CO modules
Strong Excel knowledge
Barriers to Success in Role (Optional):
Inability to work as part of a team
Lack of communication and language knowledge skills
Lack of positive attitude
Lack of personal motivation/drive
Insufficiently open-minded and not flexible
Not willing to take ownership
Flexible Working Options:
Depending on market needs
Rewards & Benefits 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 :
Regular
Primary Location:
Bangalore Karle Town SEZ
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-05-26
