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Diageo; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo is seeking a senior people leader to guide a team of professionals and other leaders within the Finance Service Delivery function. You will shape team strategy, allocate resources, and drive performance improvements across global markets.

The role requires broad understanding of internal standards, strong leadership, and accountability for outcomes. You will partner with stakeholders to ensure effective financial processes and sustainable delivery across our organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams of professionals and/or other people leaders.
• Ability to translate business needs into effective teams and processes.
• Strong business acumen with a focus on delivering results within a global function.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of professionals and other people leaders.
• Provide leadership within the department and align with business objectives.
• Allocate resources and execute department plans to meet performance targets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across markets and time zones.
• Ensure governance, risk, and compliance in financial operations.
• Drive continuous improvement in service delivery and efficiency.

Skills

People leadership

Team management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Job description

Job Description :

About us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. 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 create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:

Global Business Operations keeps our business moving, connecting markets, streamlining processes and keeping everything running smoothly at scale. With teams across Bangalore, Budapest, Bogotá, Gurugram, and Manila, GBO delivers the essential services that support our day-to-day performance, from finance to operations and beyond. It’s a truly global environment, where collaboration across time zones and cultures is part of everyday life. You’ll gain exposure to different markets, build skills for the future and develop a broad understanding of how a business operates at scale. It’s a great place to learn, grow and see the bigger picture.

About the team:

About the role:

• Senior people leaders manage and lead a team of professional employees and/or other people leaders
• Requires a broad understanding of internal and industry standards and principles
• Applies in-depth understanding of the business dynamics of how own area integrates within the department
• Provides leadership to professional staff and other people leaders
• Is accountable for the performance and results of teams
• Allocates resources and executes department business plans for area
• Decision-making is guided by department objectives

Finance Service Delivery Job Family Description:

Finance Service Delivery roles plan and manage core financial processes. They are involved in credit control, cash management and the management of banking operations, as well as incoming and outgoing payments and internal allocations.

Role Responsibilities:

Experience / skills required:

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

Diversity statement:

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 new heights 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:Gurugram Additional Locations :Bangalore Karle Town SEZ Job Posting Start Date : 2026-09-21

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers - the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry.

And through our people, their legacy lives on.

Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born.

In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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