Director, Internal Controls Assurance

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to build a career worth celebrating.

Which company will you join?

From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people!

At Diageo, our purpose is to celebrate life everywhere, every day. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality.

About the Function:

Finance

• To be used for the Job Profiles of: Audit and Risk, Finance Business Partnering, Financial Accounting and Control, Financial Planning and Reporting, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury, Change Management, Project Management, Strategy
• Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organization, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.
• Whether we’re using our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future — no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we’ll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

About the role:

• The role serves as the NAM organizational lead for the internal controls agenda partnering closely with global & external collaborators as well as senior management to ensure the overall control environment is operating effectively and efficiently

Role Responsibilities:

• Organizational lead for controls agenda across NAM market working in partnership with local leadership teams, business divisions and global customers to deliver the controls agenda across NAM – Diageo’s largest business unit with $8B NSV
• Exposure to North American executive team, business leadership teams and global process owners
• Leverage Functional Experts within the organization for key insight and support; ability to work the global financial support matrix seamlessly
• Ability to work with pace and agility while driving clarity and closure of control activities
• Ability to identify and anticipate issues in the control environment before they have a significant business impact

Key Outputs/Deliverables

• Partner with financial and operational management to optimize the internal control environment and risk mitigation activities
• Manage and deliver advisory reviews for strategic projects and risk areas to ensure internal controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively
• Manage relationships with senior partners across the region a