Commercial Finance Manager at Diageo

Job Description :

For the commercial function as a whole:

• Drive the short-term forecasting while constantly finding opportunities to improve accuracy and efficiency
• Limit risk in the commercial environment by ensuring all controls and routine data processes are completed timely and to the required standard
• Play a business process integration role by ensuring that commercial finance outputs are standardised internally, and business processes or commercial projects that stretch across functions (NRM, Commercial, Sales, Sales Operations and Marketing) interact seamlessly
• Co-ordinate continuous improvement in short-term forecasting, target setting and performance management

For sales teams specifically:

• Provide Off trade and Reserve channel with financial and commercial challenge and builds in order to drive channel strategy objectives
• Proactively input into and take responsibility within the planning cycle to deliver grounded fiscal forecasts
• Review and analyse customer profitability models and enhance / expand our capabilities in this area
• Make recommendations to the Business to balance risks & opportunities to meet company’s fiscal targets
• Build personal commercial and finance capabilities and demonstrate leadership potential