About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Join our Finance Team

Our Finance team plays a critical role in helping the business make informed decisions through strong financial management, accurate reporting and meaningful analysis. The team works closely with business partners and stakeholders to ensure financial performance is understood, risks are managed and opportunities for improvement are identified.

About this role

As a Junior Manager – Overhead Accounting & Reporting, you will take ownership of day-to-day overhead accounting, reporting and analysis. You will work closely with Overhead Business Partners and stakeholders to understand financial movements, provide meaningful insights and ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.

You will be responsible for:

• Owning monthly overhead accounting, reporting, variance analysis and financial causals for your allocated areas.
• Working closely with Overhead Business Partners and stakeholders to understand overhead movements and their underlying business drivers.
• Ensuring overhead financial information is accurately reflected in financial and statutory reporting.
• Leading the annual planning and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) activities for overheads.
• Supporting smooth and accurate month-end close activities while ensuring deadlines and internal controls are met.
• Investigating financial issues, identifying root causes and driving them towards appropriate resolutions.
• Responding to stakeholder queries promptly and accurately.
• Ensuring financial processes are completed efficiently, accurately and in line with internal policies, controls and regulatory requirements.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and supporting the standardisation and efficiency of overhead processes.
• Supporting internal and external audit activities.
• Taking ownership of assigned areas while collaborating with wider team members to deliver shared priorities.

This is an opportunity to build strong commercial and financial expertise while working closely with business stakeholders and contributing to continuous improvement across Finance.

Experience / skills required

This could be the right opportunity for you if you have:

• 6–8 years of experience in controlling, accounting and management reporting.
• Strong knowledge of finance, accounting and cost controlling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand financial movements and communicate key insights clearly.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
• A proactive, customer-focused and solution-oriented approach with strong ownership and accountability.
• Experience working in an international or multicultural environment.

Education & qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting.