Plant Finance Manager, Southern Hub

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 role

As Finance Manager for Southern Hub, which includes Shelbyville, Stitzel-Weller, Lebanon & Tullahoma sites, your role will be to provide finance and business performance management support to the manufacturing operation, which includes distillation and maturation of whiskey as well as bottling activities.

This is a newly created role with a reporting line to the Finance Director Supply Operation. The Finance Manager will be supported by a Senior Financial Analyst. The role will be based out of Shelbyville plant. This role requires regular visits to Southern Hub sites.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the financial reporting, accounting, and analysis of the financial performance of all four southern hub sites.
• Lead the development of the annual operating plans (AOP), latest estimates (LE) and delivery of financial results.
• Partner the development and implementation of critical initiatives.
• Drive performance and decision-making process by providing financial support and leadership.
• Identify performance enhancement opportunities and work with the site leadership to implement them.
• Maintain a strong internal control & compliance environment.
• Simplify reporting and decision-making processes by bringing to bear digital tools.
• Identify and pro-actively handle risks and opportunities and provide performance insights.

The role will:

• Partner with the leadership of Southern Hub sites, including Shelbyville, Stitzel-Weller, Lebanon & Tullahoma sites for day-to-day operation.
• Direct activities and monitor the performance of Senior Financial Analyst of the Southern Hub
• Work with the Business Shared Services for timely and accurately closing the Books and performing various financial analysis.
• Effectively collaborate across the finance community (Tax, Insurance, Supply, FP&A, etc.).
• Business partner with other Supply organizations including Planning, Blending, Technical, Procurement etc, and coordinate the flow of information between multiple levels of management.

What will you need to succeed in this role?

• Solid end-to-end supply chain and cost accounting understanding.
• Ability to effectively busi