**Job Description :** **Job Title: Financial Controller - Uganda market** **Location: Budapest** **Contract: Permanent** **About us** Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value. **About the Role** The Financial Controller of Africa is based in Budapest but requires leading and coordinating and coaching people both in an immediate team under the FC structure, across region and in country, but also in other functions such as tax, group accounting, local accounting and tax providers when it comes to financial controls matters for the geography. Role is the one point contact and business partner for the Cluster Director / Country Director and Cluster / Country Commercial Finance Director when it comes to all point financial controls related for the geography. This position reports to the EABL Group Financial Controller while it's responsibility managing a team for the respective territory. **Key Accountabilities** + Provide high quality financial support to the Region and the respective territory + Provide accurate monthly forecasts for Overhead, A&P and Working capital / Cash agenda + Manage overhead, A&P and cash planning annual exercise + Driving agenda to identify opportunities to deliver Overhead, A&P annual budgets and to improve the Working Capital position in co-operation with Country Commercial Finance team + Create and maintain high quality and effective internal control area. Deliver successful internal & external audits. Ensure RTR processes are SOX compliant + Manage / coach a team for the respective territory **About you** + University / College degree in finance / business/ accounting + Fluency in English + Minimum of 4-6 years working and management experience in a multinational corporate environment, with exposure to some of the following areas: Financial and Management Accounting, Controlling & Reporting processes + Accounting standards (IFRS/ statutory reporting experience & knowledge) + Internal / external audit experience and/or SOX + Senior stakeholder management. + MS office applications, Expertise in SAP FI and SAP BW + ACCA qualification or similar ongoing studies is an advantage **Benefits of working here** + Unique Family Leave opportunity + We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world + You will deal with world class brand portfolio + Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities + Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop + We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym + Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar **Inclusion & Diversity** Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying! **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** Budapest **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-01-22 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential. **DRINKiQ** What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. You can discover everything you need to know at DRINKiQ (https://www.drinkiq.com/en-gb/)