Diageo’s Business Shared Services strive to bring to bear the Finance Operating Model by supporting standard processes and systems with effective and efficient shared services across Diageo Finance and other service lines, provided by internal services regionally. Business services have an employee base of more than 2000 FTEs providing various services from back office transactional processing to statutory reporting activities. It also encompasses a significant part of the group’s
Financial Planning and Reporting activities and Treasury activities. Diageo Business Service (DBS) is increasingly playing a central role in governance and compliance for Diageo and has been charged by the CFO to be Diageo’s control exemplar accountable for the execution of control in shared services including SOX/ CARM compliance, irrespective of whether delivered from Budapest or elsewhere.

GCA Risk & Control AVP role is to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance through global Control Assurance and Risk Management processes.

This role reports into the Senior Director – Global Controls Assurance based in Bangalore.
Purpose of Role
The overall purpose of the role to provide control oversight and SOX governance over Diageo’s business shared services and support the Management in delivering best-in-class control environment, increase control and compliance awareness and coordinate / ensure smooth delivery of internal control procedures. In addition provide support to DBS Compliance and Ethics lead in delivering regional C&E activities.

Experienced and versatile finance executive with significant international and operational experience. A transformational leader with knowledge across a wide variety of industries and an expert in driving efficiency and effectiveness through organizational transformation and technology utilization. A leader with tried capability in assembling teams to deliver results and a leader with a “make change happen” personality effective at breaking down barriers and silos and driving action through passion, clear and effective communication and demonstrated knowledge.

• Lead the global delivery of controls assurance program in partnership with third party service provider
• Contribute in capability building of first line functions on risk, controls and SOX
• Maintain strong relationship with collaborators across the globe
• Maintain strong relations with external auditors on the SOX program
• Coordinate and maintain relations with Global audit/ other assurance functions
• Develop a best in class team
• People manager: leading a geo -distributed team of 8-12 people

Experience

• 11-14 years
• Qualification
• CA / MBA / ACCA/ CPA / Other equivalent degree in accounting/knowledge of automation/BOT implementation
• Area of Expertise
• Audit (Statutory / Internal), and /or SOX experience, Risk Assessment, ICOFR, shared services process understanding, knowledge of automation/BOT implementation.

• Balance between strategic thinking and attention to detail
• Collaborative mindset
• Passion to leverage data to drive decision/ generate insights
• Ability to build and develop teams
• Maturity in collaborator management
• Problem solving attitude
• Attitude to simplify and automate
• Strong SOX Knowledge including SEC/PCAOB requirements