Head of Finance & Strategy, Diageo
Marketing
Office located in St James Gate, Dublin
Alcoholic beverage company
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Alcoholic beverage company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in St James Gate, Dublin
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be one of the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant or MBA with a strong academic record
- Successful management of senior stakeholders
- Strong business partnering experience, ideally in a commercial environment
- Exceptional ability to build and maintain genuine relationships based on mutual trust & respect
- Deep personal accountability for great performance
- Strong end to end commercial FMCG understanding
- Ability to manage change and process improvement
What the job involves
- The Head of Marketing Finance & Strategy leads finance for marketing, partners with the Marketing Director on investment decisions; and collaborates with the Diageo Ireland Executive team to develop strategy and drive growth and superior business performance
- Strategic leadership and business partnering with the Marketing Director
- Lead strategic planning for the market; collaborate cross-functionally across all levels of the business to model future growth drivers and translate them into a clear strategy that easily translates to execution and supports resource allocation
- Ensure agile and disciplined A&P investment decisions to unlock business performance; identify and prioritize investments which align to the market strategy and outcome-based ways of working in marketing; and deliver the best return on investment in the short and long term
- Champion a culture of M&E; leverage marketing effectiveness tools and econometric modelling for all investment decisions
- Decision support for innovation; and strategic projects
- Ensure appropriate governance and controls are in place for all investment decisions; and best in class process, data and tools are available to support marketing finance
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement in the finance function through collaboration with the wider Ireland finance community and our global shared services business partners
- Plays a critical role in driving business performance
- Drive cashflow initiatives and positively support delivery of cash ambition for the business
Our take
Multinational beverage company Diageo was the result of a merger between Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, a leisure and property conglomerate, in 1997. Spearheaded by then-Guiness executives Anthony Greener and Philip Yea, the merger sent stocks skyrocketing and by December of the same year, Diageo was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
As the owner of many of the global leaders in alcoholic beverages (think Ciroc, Smirnoff, and Tanqueray), Diageo has made a number of savvy acquisitions and sell-offs, expanding its portfolio beyond Europe and into the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.
Over the past decade, however, it has had to face the rise of craft and independent brewing, with companies like Brewdog becoming new competitors. Rather than acquiring these craft beer companies, Diageo has focused on branding Guinness in a way that fits the craft mould. This involved initiatives like The Brewers Project.
During the early 2020s, Diageo also weathered an alcohol sales decline and has bounced back with a renewed focus on cold brew coffee liqueurs and Guinness blends, as well as further acquisitions that have included that of actor Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin.
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Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$7.9m
GRANT
Total funding: $7.9m
Company HQ
Park Royal, London, UK
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Leadership
Debra Crew
(CEO)Currently a Board Member at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Previously Board Member at Mondelēz International, Newell Brands and previously a Board Member at Diageo before becoming its CEO.
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