Guinness Nigeria Recruits

External Job Title              GAR Manager Africa

AutoReqId          31727BR

Function              Commercial

Type of Job         Full Time

Country                Nigeria

External Job Description               Job Title: GAR Manager Africa

Level: 4

Reports to: GAR Director Africa

Context/Scope:

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks.

In support of Diageo’s goals, Global Audit & Risk (GAR) has a number of priorities:

§  Providing excellent quality independent assurance and business insights to the Diageo Executive and Audit Committee on the control and compliance environment across Diageo

§  Ensuring Diageo has an effective approach to risk management and partnering with the business to identify and navigate risks

§  Working with the business to embed governance and control standards in the fabric of Diageo

Dimensions:

a) Financial

This role has no specific financial responsibilities; however, the individual will be expected to work closely with other Diageo Finance teams across the world.

b) Market Complexity

GAR is based in a number of locations and is responsible for providing a global service to all of Diageo’s business units, and with joint ventures, distributors and third party partners.

The role location is generally flexible (the preferred location for the Africa team is either Lagos or Nairobi); significant travel will be required to fulfil the role requirements - up to 70%.

c) Leadership Responsibilities

Should embody the Diageo leadership capabilities.

Purpose of Role

The primary focus is to deliver quality assurance across Diageo and risk management and business partnering within Diageo Africa.  However, the GAR audit team also works as a pool of resource and team members will work across the diverse world of Diageo.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

Lead and take part in audits across Diageo and ensure that own and team’s audit work is of excellent quality, following GAR’s methodology and that all reports are accurate, clearly written and issued on time.  Engage appropriately with stakeholders on audits.

Be a primary GAR business partner for Diageo Africa.  This includes providing the maximum support to embedding strong governance and control standards in the business, while maintaining appropriate independence. 

Lead and take part in other initiatives across Diageo Africa, particularly key business changes

Undertake other work as agreed in support of the GAR global agenda

Qualifications and Experience Required

Minimum 5 years’ experience, including in a multinational (ideally multicultural/multilingual) corporate environment, with exposure to some of the following areas:

·         Internal / external audit with detailed understanding of potential risks and controls

·         Risk management

·         Compliance or SOX experience (including CARM programme within Diageo or other similar programmes outside of Diageo)

·         Knowledge of business environment in Africa

Qualified Accountant and/or MBA, or professional qualification or equivalent experience in one of the above.

Relationship management and business partnering skills –with wide number stakeholders, including the ability to influence strategic decisions across the business.

Proven ability to move between ‘big picture’ and detail.

Positively motivated to make a difference within and outside of own area.

Barriers to Success in Role

Must be prepared to work in changing teams and locations.

Inauthenticity or poor communication skills, including difficulty in analysing detail or tell the ‘big story’ or dealing with different levels of management

Inability to appropriately prioritise and deliver, or manage key stakeholders

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