Current Vacancies at Diageo

1) Job Title:    Treasurer

Level:       L4

Reports To: Financial Controller

Context/Scope:

The Guinness Nigeria Treasury function carries out a full range of Treasury activities, including funding, investment of funds, FX and interest rate risk management, cash management, risk financing and

corporate finance. In addition, Treasury is an advisor for wider business decision-making. The team seeks to add value to the Guinness Nigeria through the design and implementation of appropriate policies, procedures controls, the reduction of volatility, and within policy guidelines, the minimization of funding and other related costs.

Dimensions:

1. a.   Financial

Support the company to achieve its financial objectives through controllable cash target, working capital management, optimization of capital structure and maximisation of return on investment

1. b.  Market Complexity

The role holder will ensure that the functional/ business agendas in the market are closely aligned. Role has a strong interaction with the Central Treasury team in Budapest and has overall accountability for about 23 banking relationships.

1. c.   Leadership and Functional Responsibilities

Role holder leads a team of full time employees and provides leadership on all treasury matters. The role has relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Banks, finance institutions and government authorities

Key Accountabilities

• ·   Ensure optimum and adequate funding of business operations at minimal costs
• ·   Ensure optimisation of capital structure
• ·   Ensure the delivery of timely and accurate reports including internal forecast updates, groupreporting requirements and annual budgeting exercises.
• ·   Establish and train best in class cash and working capital forecasting capabilities
• ·   Manage assets, earnings and liabilities in a cost effective manner
• ·   Ensure harmonisation of Treasury operations with Diageo's Treasury Policy
• ·   Build and manage relationship with banking partners in a mutually beneficial manner.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications Required

• ·   Graduate calibre, higher educational qualifications (e.g. MBA/M.Sc.) would be an added advantage
• ·   Relevant professional qualification is essential (ACCA/CPA/ACA/CFA)
• ·   Minimum of 10 years relevant post graduation experience in a mid/big sized multinational
• ·   Strong treasury experience in a mid – big sized multinational
• ·   Good project management skills
• ·   Good problem solving and decision making ability
• ·   Strategic thinking and excellent analytical
• ·   Good interpersonal and leadership skills
• ·   Good verbal and written communication skills
• ·   Detail oriented, integrity and self-motivated individual

Barriers to Success in Role

• ·   Lack of deep treasury experience/capabilities
• ·   Lack of accounting knowledge
• ·   Inability to move between strategy and operations

Work Location

• ·   Lagos based with some travel within and outside the country

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2) 

Job Title:    Tax and Payroll Manager   Level:   L4   Reports To:    Financial Controller >  <>  Purpose of Role Tax and Payroll Manager will support the company’s business financial objectives by ensuring that the company maintains a compliant position on tax; ensures provision of adequate insurance cover for company’s assets and manages the prompt and accurate processing of payroll activities. Key Accountabilities: <  q  Steers, advices and supports the company’s financials from tax and insurance perspective q  Responsible for the prompt payment of all taxes due to the state and federal government – including Excise Duty, Company Income & Education Tax, Value Added Tax, Withholding Tax and Personal Income Tax (PAYE) q  Manages relationship with tax consultants to ensure company tax objectives are delivered to time and in line with appropriate legislation q  Ensures satisfactory compliance with tax controls as required by the Controls Audit and Risk Management (CARM) guidelines q  Ensures all relevant aspects of local tax legislation are fully embedded in the company’s tax declaration and continuously monitor compliance of same q  Ensures that all tax related risks are captured in the tax risk matrix and prompt completion of tax Magnitude Validation Model in conjunction with designated tax consultants q  Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of insurance policy & procedures for the company q  Negotiates the company to a position of strength on all insurance policies and ensures compliance with local insurance legislation q  Oversees the risk management process and ensure adequate insurance cover for the company’s assets q  Responsible for prompt processing and reporting of insurance claims as well as the reconciliation of tax related accounts q  Coordinate payroll activities to ensure accurate and timely salary payouts in accordance with local laws and internal procedures Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required: <>  · Graduate caliber. Masters degree is an added advantage · Professional qualification (ACCA/ACA) is mandatory · Minimum of 8 years post qualification relevant work experience Ability to take commercial insights and translate into the Organisation & People Agenda including good customer service Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions. Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills Excellent coaching and relationship building skill Good communication and presentation skill Good team player with good coaching skills Working knowledge in accounting package-SAP (All modules). Barriers to Success in Role: §  Inability to manage and influence a spectrum of key stakeholders and elicit buy-in and support §  Inability to learn fast, adaptation to a new, flexible role and manage relationships with varied stakeholders §  Inability to plan work and work under tight deadlines. §  Lack of functional depth >  Work Location: §  Lagos based with some travels within/ outside Nigeria

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3) 

Job Title:     Business Performance Measurement (BPM) Manager – Balance Sheet (BS) /Cash Flow (CF) Level:    Level 5 (M1) Reports To:  Head of Finance Planning & Analysis (HFP&A) u> Purpose of Role The role holder is required to provide financial analysis and support to Guinness Nigeria’s business leaders and the wider Diageo teams. Key Accountabilities 1.    Business Performance Measurement (BPM) reporting and analysis on a monthly basis, including: i)     Ownership for the compilation and review of detailed analyses of Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Risks/Opportunities for Nigeria Beer business results ii)    Explanation of key performance drivers iii) Be the ‘expert’ for Nigeria market who is able to identify  insights and value creating opportunities 2. Responsible for preparing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) including: i)     Modelling for Debtors, Creditors and Inventory ii)    Rigorously challenging the numbers and assumptions from finance and non-finance teams iii) Managing the collation of other inputs into the Balance Sheet (BS) /Cash Flow (CF) iv) Ensuring completeness, speed and accuracy of data 3. Working Capital Management including: i)     Organising relevant challenge and build meetings ii)    Continuous process improvement iii) Reviewing and aligning with Line Manager and other key business stakeholders 4.  Controls and Risk Management (CARM) compliance: i)     Assist  Head of Finance Planning & Analysis (HFP&A)in ensuring Controls and Risk Management (CARM)  compliance on Business Performance Measurement (BPM) involving performing key reconciliations and controls, testing controls and assessing results and potential improvements Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required q  Graduate Calibre. Professional qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) is mandatory q  Minimum 8 years post qualification experience in financial and/or management accounting role in an FMCG company. q  Experience with SAP and Magnitude would be an added advantage q  Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills q  Excellent project management skills q  Advanced Microsoft office proficiency q  Self starter, high commitment, delivers against goals with minimal supervision q   Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions q  Clear and succinct communicator u> Barriers to Success in Role q  Lack of attention to detail. q  Inability to challenge people and outputs. q  Little influencing ability across many levels of the organisation q  Not building relationships across the Finance and non-finance community q  Lack of creativity to identify new approaches to business issues. q  Inability to plan work or deliver to high quality in tight deadlines Work Location q  Lagos Based

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Job Title:       Finance Decision Support Manager Level:    L5 M1 Reports to:      Head of Finance Planning & Analysis (HFP&A) Purpose of Role The role holder will drive key decision support initiatives and work alongside project teams to develop financial models/insights on the highest value priorities that will deliver business growth. >  Key Accountabilities 1.    Responsible for developing Pricing and Tax models that show scenarios and sensitivities to support decision making, this includes: q  Generating insights from parity pricing across sales divisions q  Owning and generating insights from volume-price elasticity model 2.     Developing investment appraisals and financial models as well as driving alignment with key stakeholders before presentation for approvals. 3.    Responsible for evaluating non-capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects including: q  Evaluating viability of non-capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects q  Continuously reviewing and aligning  with key stakeholders 4.  Business Strategy implementation tracking & environmental scan including: q  Route-to-Market (RTM) strategy analysis q  Measurement and Evaluations (M&E) Effectiveness q  Divisional performance effectiveness q  Generating insights from competitive intelligence q  Macroeconomic and market analysis 5.   Controls and Risk Management (CARM) compliance q  Assist the Head of Finance Planning & Analysis (HFP&A)in ensuring Controls and Risk Management (CARM)  on Strategy documents and Project evaluations, testing controls and assessing results and potential improvements Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required q  Graduate Calibre. Professional qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) is mandatory q  Minimum 8 years post qualification experience in financial and/or management accounting role in an FMCG company. q  Experience with SAP and Magnitude would be an added advantage q  Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills q  Excellent project management skills q  Advanced Microsoft office proficiency q  Self starter, high commitment, delivers against goals with minimal supervision q   Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions q  Clear and succinct communicator u> Barriers to Success in Role q  Lack of attention to detail. q  Inability to challenge people and outputs. q  Inability to influence key stakeholders q  Inability to build relationships across the Finance and non-finance community q  Lack of creativity in identifying new approaches to business issues. q  Inability to plan work or deliver to high quality in tight deadlines Work Location - Lagos based

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