Global Audit Operations Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

12/12/2024

Job Description

Job Title - Global Audit Operations Manager

About The Function

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organisation, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we’re utilising 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.

Controls Audit And Risk Excellence (CARE) Is a Key Component Of Diageo’s Governance Framework, Promoting The Improvement Of Governance, Risk Management, Controls And Compliance By

• Giving independent assurance over the quality of management of key risks.
• Supporting Diageo to enforce clear standards on governance, risk management controls and compliance, and to maintain excellent management assurance processes.
• Supporting the Audit Committee and Executive management to understand Diageo’s key risks and risk management activity across the business.
  
  

The role will be a part of a global, diverse and inclusive team of approximately 60+ individuals based across hubs including London, New York City, Bangalore, Budapest, Bogota and Shanghai.

• CA / MBA / ACCA/ CPA / CIA Other equivalent degrees
• Minimum 10 years of work experience
• Good understanding of Audit (Statutory / Internal), and /or SOX, Risk management processes
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• A collaborative approach
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to work independently and proactively drive tasks through to completion
• Ability to use technology to drive efficiencies
• Ability to work across cultures
• Ability to prioritise, move with urgency and overcome challenges / obstacles
  
  

Role

The purpose of the role is to embed elements of operational excellence in the CARE team ways of working. This includes but is not limited to:

• Producing papers for various Committees / key partners including the Audit Committee, CFO, AC Chair etc
• Knowledge management for the Global CARE Team (Charter, Policies, Procedures, WOW)
• Audit calendar and resource & capacity planning
• Defining and tracking KPIs for all value streams (audit, controls, and risk)
• GRC Tool management for CARE (archer/ other)
• Supporting new tool acquisition & implementation
• Monitoring and helping drive initiatives to improve CARE processes through the use of KPIs
• Audit report communication
• Governance over AC/ARC papers
• Budget/AOP Monitoring
• Managing 3rd party resourcing (Sourcing, monitoring, billing and assessment)
• Managing organisational charts and oversight on open positions/ recruiting
• Monthly CARE meetings and communications
• Internal & external communications including the Business Insight paper
• Support on the continuous CARE Learning Agenda
  
  

Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type

Regular

Primary Location:

1HQ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date

2024-12-12