Job Description :
Job Description
Assistant Manager - Accounting & Controls (Entity Reporting)
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 improvements in execution.
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, collaborator 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 field required with demonstrated ability
SUCCESS MEASURES
Timely and accurate submissions, a clean balance sheet with substantiated GLsimportantul P&L ccommentary,smooth audit closure; compliant process outputs and strong controls.
Job Title: Asst Manager - Finance Experience-3
About us:
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. 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:
Finance at Diageo is about more than the numbers, it’s about shaping the decisions behind them.
From guiding investment to unlocking growth, this team plays a critical role in how we perform today and how we plan for tomorrow. You’ll work with data, insight and digital tools to influence strategy and help drive a business that operates at global scale.
It’s a fast-moving environment where no two days are the same, and where you’ll be supported to build your skills, grow your career and make a real impact.
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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 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 most respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights 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.
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Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Bangalore Karle Town SEZ
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Job Posting Start Date :
2026-08-03
