Commercial Finance Manager

Job Summary

Job Title : Commercial Finance Manager

Level : 5A

This role maintains relationships with a range of business partners - including Commercial (and wider multi-functional selling) teams, Marketing, FPA, Internal audit, Supply and our various DBS Shared Services teams across the world.

You will lead the performance agenda for your customers and support in promoting Diageo s best interests in all regions and channels. This includes contributing to monthly cluster meetings, understanding the key dynamics of all functions within the business and holding business partners to account for strong performance in their areas of responsibility.

Responsibilities

Key Business Partner to GTs Account Controllers and their respective commercial teams:

1) Performance Management: Embeds a strong performance culture within the team, tracking performance against the financial plan (NSV, Operating Profit, Cash) and other critical metrics (including market share and supply chain effectiveness) and proactively managing associated risks and opportunities. This entails:

• Managing the BPM cycle with commercial business partners
• Proactively driving commercial partners to understand external influences and trends and their impact on current/future performance
• Driving possibility thinking in commercial discussions, and managing the development of new customer and brand opportunities
• Quantifying risks and opportunities to the Annual Operating Plan ( AOP ), and communicating these clearly to key stakeholders

2. Act as a key business partner to the Account Controllers (Commercial Team) to:

Drive the commercial performance agenda including planning and customer negotiation strategy that will secure continued value-creating growth

Drive an effective measurement and evaluation process for investment in the customer alongside the CPA team

Support the productivity agenda, including RGM and AP effectiveness

3. Maintain an exemplary controls and compliance environment, working with the Account Controllers and Head of Commercial Finance to:

• Ensure accountability for, and ownership of, the controls environment across the customers
• Ensure all globally mandated CARE requirements are adhered to
• Ensure full visibility of risks and mitigation

Key functional capabilities

Commercial Competence and Decision Making

• Ability to drive value through commercial knowledge/insight and understanding of the impact of decisions on the business

Strategic Analysis and Financial Modelling

• Ability to develop, review and present financial analysis/models to address ongoing investment opportunities
• Ability to create insightful analysis, develop/use pricing and margin tools and be a master in how to use these to create and protect value

Business Performance Management

• Ability to transition effectively between both operational detail and strategic goals in reviewing ongoing performance
• Ability to identify and track key underlying performance trends - and assess the potential impact of these on performance commitments

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