Centralized A&P Analyst

Diageo Americas; United States; On-site; USD 66,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement benefits

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Wellness program

Parental leave

Stock awards

Annual incentive

Job summary

Diageo, a global leader in premium drinks, is seeking a Centralized A&P Analyst to provide analytical and operational support for our centralized advertising and promotions funding model. You will help ensure budgets, POs, invoices, and reporting are accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with controls.

This execution-focused role collaborates with Managers and the Director to support disciplined spend management at scale, with opportunities to influence governance and process improvements across

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years in analytics, finance, budgeting, operations, or reporting within a matrixed org.
• Exposure to PO, invoicing, accrual, or budget tracking is preferred.
• Experience with spreadsheets, financial trackers, and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day spend operations across centralized A&P budgets with accuracy and compliance.
• Create and open Purchase Orders with required information and approvals.
• Support budget tracking, maintain trackers and system views by brand, market, activity and supplier.
• Support spend reporting, data pulls, validation, and variance checks.
• Assist with reconciliation, including GRing support, accrual tracking and invoice validation.

Skills

Analytics

Finance

Budgeting

Operations

Reporting

PO & Invoicing

Data accuracy

Tools

Spreadsheets

Reporting Systems

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

Our Marketing team are creators, helping to build and nurture some of the world’s most loved brands. We craft amazing connections with people around the world to celebrate our brands’ legacies and reimagine them for the world today, and into the future. Everything we do is underpinned by a deep understanding of our consumers, behaviours, trends, and technologies. Using our genius and creativity, we unlock our brands’ uniqueness, understand their purpose, and put them at the heart of celebrations everywhere. Together, we’re celebrating diversity and challenging stereotypes through our advertising and marketing. Wherever your talents lie, from Design to Consumer Planning, you’ll be celebrated and supported in our inclusive culture.

About the role

The Centralized A&P Analyst role provides critical analytical and operational support to Diageo’s Centralized A&P funding model. This role is responsible for the day‑to‑day administrative, reporting, and coordination work required to support disciplined spend management and financial governance. The Analyst works closely with Managers and the Director to ensure budgets, Purchase Orders, invoices, and reporting are accurate, up to date, and compliant with established controls. This role is execution‑focused, detail‑oriented, and essential to keeping centralized spend operations running smoothly at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Support day‑to‑day spend management operations across centralized A&P budgets, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution.
• Create and open Purchase Orders, validating required information, coding, and documentation prior to submission and approval by Managers or the Director.
• Provide administrative and analytical support for budget tracking, maintaining spreadsheets, trackers, and system views by brand, market, activity, and supplier.
• Support spend reporting and reconciliation, including data pulls, validation, variance checks, and preparation of regular reporting materials.
• Assist with reconciliation processes, including GRing support, accrual tracking, invoice validation, and documentation to support approvals and issue resolution.
• Support CPS and activity setup, including accurate use and validation of WBS codes prior to spend activation.
• Coordinate with agency partners to collect required billing documentation, confirm spend details, and resolve basic invoice or PO discrepancies.
• Maintain organized documentation and audit trails to support financial governance and compliance requirements.
• Support Managers by preparing insights, summaries, and materials used for roll‑ups and updates to the Director.
• Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, or process inefficiencies and flag them to Managers for resolution.

Experience / skills required

• 1–3+ years of experience in analytics, finance, budgeting, operations, or reporting, preferably within a matrixed organization.
• Exposure to PO, invoicing, accrual, or budget tracking processes is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with spreadsheets, financial trackers, and reporting systems.
• Comfort working cross‑functionally with Commercial, Brand, Finance, Operations teams, and external partners.
• Strong attention to detail with a demonstrated ability to manage high volumes of data accurately.

Skills & Attributes

• Detail‑Driven Executor: Highly accurate, organized, and disciplined in managing data and administrative tasks.
• Analytical Mindset: Comfortable working with numbers, reconciliations, and reporting to support decision making.
• Supportive Team Player: Thrives in a support role, enabling Managers and Directors to operate effectively.
• Process‑Oriented: Follows established controls and governance while flagging gaps or risks early.
• Clear Communicator: Able to clearly document, organize, and communicate information to internal teams.
• Adaptable & Reliable: Comfortable operating in evolving ways of working and handling recurring operational tasks with consistency.
• 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.

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

Job Details

Worker Type: Regular

Primary Location: 3WTC

3 WORLD TRADE CENTER, NY

SALARY RANGE IS FROM $66.413 TO $110.688 (ANNUAL)

At Diageo certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual incentive payment and stock awards. US‑based employees are eligible for healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits and industry leading parental leave, among others. (Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Diageo and the country where you work.)

With more than 200 brands sold in over 180 countries, we are home to a diverse portfolio of drinks enjoyed around the world. Every day, our talented colleagues bring creativity, expertise and passion to the brands people know and love. From established favourites to exciting new launches, the brands we build are shaped by culture, connected to local communities and made for life’s moments. By understanding our consumers and building strong, trusted relationships with our customers, we help our brands remain relevant, distinctive, and accessible.

Our founders, including Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose ambition and ingenuity helped shape the drinks industry. Today, that pioneering spirit lives on through our people.

Join us and you’ll work alongside talented colleagues from around the world, bringing together different perspectives, experiences and specialist skills. Together, you’ll challenge convention, explore new possibilities and help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future. You’ll be empowered to learn, grow, thrive, and make a lasting impact.

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