Sales Finance Manager
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). But we can only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to map content to appropriate headings.
We have "About Us" - could be "About the role"? Actually "About Us" is company description. Could be "About the role"? Not exactly. But we can treat "About Us" as maybe "About the role"? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So they expect those headings. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- About Us (company overview) - could be "About the role"? Not exactly but maybe we can treat as "About the role"? However "About the role" would be description of the role. We have "About The Team" which describes the team and role purpose. Could be "About the role". Also "Purpose Of The Role" is similar.
We have "Top Accountabilities" which is responsibilities/duties -> could be "Responsibilities".
We have "Key Interactions" maybe part of responsibilities.
We have "Critical Finance Capabilities" maybe skills.
We have "Qualifications And Experienced Required" -> Qualifications.
We have "Flexible Working Statement" -> maybe Benefits? Actually it's about flexibility, could be part of Benefits or Schedule? Not exactly. Could be omitted if not specific? It says "Flexibility is key...". Not specific benefit. Might be considered as Benefits? But we should only include sections with real specific content. It's a statement but not specific benefit like health insurance etc. Might be considered as "Benefits"? Might be thin. Better to omit if not concrete.
We have "Rewards & Benefits Statement" - generic statement about competitive package, not specific. Might be omitted.
We have "Worker Type", "Primary Location", "Additional Locations", "Job Posting Start Date" - these are metadata; we should fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a short paragraph with location and worker type etc. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No job title given explicitly but it's Sales Finance Manager. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove boilerplate etc. Thus we need to extract substantive content: - About Us: description of company: "With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. 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 build a career worth celebrating. Which company will you join? From Arthur Guinness to Johnnie Walker, our business was founded on people of outstanding character, and in 250 years, nothing has changed. We’re the world’s leading premium alcohol company! Our brands are industry icons including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our success is thanks to the strength of our people, in every role. It’s why we trust them with our legacy and why we reward them with the career-defining opportunities that they deserve. Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the very best people! At Diageo, our purpose is to craft iconic drinks chosen for life's moments. To do that, you will join an organization that is passionate about customers and consumers, and proud of what they do. Diageo teams constantly set high goals and then try hard to exceed them. We are also an incredibly diverse organization, and we value each and every one’s talent and personality." That's a lot of prose. We'll put in
. - About The Team: description of role: "The Sales Finance Manager is a key finance business partner to the Sales organization, helping translate commercial strategy, and insights into financial plans, and actions. As North America evolves to a customer-led operating model, the role will partner closely with Sales and cross-functional teams to support execution of our Route to Consumer, improve commercial performance and ensure resources are deployed effectively. The role combines strong financial fundamentals with commercial understanding. It uses customer, channel, market, and financial insights to find opportunities and risks. It also improves decision making and supports delivery of our financial commitments. The Sales Finance Manager will also help maintain a strong control environment while maximizing Diageo’s finance processes, systems, data and capabilities to improve efficiency and drive growth." We could treat as "About the role" or "Purpose Of The Role". We'll have a section "About the role" with that prose. - Purpose Of The Role: "Partner with Sales teams to drive business performance through strong financial and commercial insights, supporting delivery of financial targets and an effective control environment. Support the execution of commercial and Route to Consumer priorities by translating customer, channel and financial performance into clear opportunities, risks and recommended actions. Provide robust analytics and decision support across planning, forecasting, investment and performance management." That's also purpose; could be part of About the role. But we can combine? Might be redundant. However we need to avoid filler. We could keep one section "About the role" that includes both About The Team and Purpose Of The Role content. But we must preserve all substantive information; we can merge them into one
or multiple
. That's fine. - Top Accountabilities: list of bullet points. We'll turn into
- .
List items:
1. Support delivery of the financial plan across P&L, cash and balance sheet metrics for the assigned area of responsibility, providing clear access to performance, risks and opportunities.
2. Partner with Sales teams to translate commercial priorities into annual operating plans and forecasts, providing financial insight and recommended prioritization.
3. Support execution of Route to Consumer and customer plans through robust financial analysis, scenario modeling and performance tracking.
4. Manage and optimize trade investment, including budget management, systems updates, investment tracking and assessment of returns.
5. Drive the performance management process for the assigned business, identifying gaps to plan and partnering with commercial teams to develop and evaluate corrective actions.
6. Identify commercial opportunities and risks through customer, channel, competitor and financial analysis, translating insights into clear recommendations.
7. Support customer and distributor decision making through analysis of pricing, promotion, mix, investment and profitability.
8. Leverage analytics, forecasting tools and data to improve forecast accuracy and enable faster, higher-quality commercial decisions.
9. Partner across Sales, Revenue Growth Management, Marketing, Supply, Innovation and the expanded Finance Team to ensure decisions incorporate the right commercial and financial perspectives.
10. Maintain strong financial controls and governance, ensuring commercial decisions operate within Diageo’s financial and compliance framework.
11. Find opportunities to simplify and improve Finance processes, eliminating low-value activity and growing time spent on commercial insight.
We'll output as
- each.
- Key Interactions: list of bullet points? It's prose: "Business partner with regional Sales leaders and teams, building strong relationships and providing financial and commercial insight to improve performance.Works closely with the Sales Finance Director and broader Finance organization to support delivery of regional priorities and financial commitments.Partners cross-functionally with Revenue Growth Management, Marketing, Supply, Innovation and other teams to support integrated commercial decision making."
We could treat as responsibilities as well, maybe include in same Responsibilities section or separate? Could be part of Responsibilities. But we already have Responsibilities list; we could add these as additional bullet points. However the instruction: use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Key Interactions is not a list but could be turned into list. We'll add as bullet points under Responsibilities.
- Critical Finance Capabilities: list: "Business Performance ManagementFinancial Planning & ForecastingCommercial Decision SupportCustomer & Channel EconomicsTrade Investment ManagementDepletion / Demand PlanningAnalytics & InsightsInternal Control & Financial Stewardship". These are capabilities, could be Skills section. We'll output as
- each.
- Qualifications And Experienced Required: list: "Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or equivalent experience.5+ years of relevant Finance, Commercial Finance, Sales Finance or related experience, preferably within FMCG/CPG or another complex consumer environment.Strong commercial and financial competence with experience in budgeting, forecasting and performance management. Proven ability to translate financial and commercial data into actionable insights and recommendations.Strong analytical capability and experience using data, forecasting and visualization tools to support decision making.Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Finance, Sales and other functions.Availability to travel up to 10%". We'll turn into
- each.
- Flexible Working Statement: prose: "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." This is not specific benefit; could be omitted or placed in a
under maybe Benefits? But we said only include sections with real specific content. This is vague; maybe we can omit. - Rewards & Benefits Statement: generic; omit. - Worker Type: "Regular". Primary Location: "3WTC". Additional Locations: (blank?). Job Posting Start Date: "2026-09-28". We'll fold into a short
maybe: "
Worker Type: Regular. Primary Location: 3WTC. Job Posting Start Date: 2026-09-28.
" Additional Locations empty so ignore. Now decide sections headings: We have: - About the role (combining About Us? Actually About Us is company overview, not role. Could be "About the company"? Not in allowed headings. But we could put it under "About the role"? Might be misaligned. However we need to include company overview somewhere. The allowed headings list includes "About the role". Could we use "About the role" for company overview? Not ideal but maybe acceptable. However we also have role description in About The Team and Purpose. Could combine both. Alternatively we could have two sections: "About the role" for role description, and maybe "About the company" not allowed. But we could omit company overview? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information. So we must include company overview. If we don't have a matching heading, we could still usewith a custom heading? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for those sections. It might be okay to use other headings if needed, but better to stick to given ones. Could we treat company overview as "About the role"? Not accurate but maybe acceptable. However we also have role details; we could put company overview in a
before any heading? The instruction says output only HTML fragment; we could start with a
for company overview, then
About the role
etc. That would preserve info without a heading for company overview. That seems acceptable: we are not required to wrap every piece in a heading; we can have proseat top. Thus
- each.
- Flexible Working Statement: prose: "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." This is not specific benefit; could be omitted or placed in a
- each.
- Qualifications And Experienced Required: list: "Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or equivalent experience.5+ years of relevant Finance, Commercial Finance, Sales Finance or related experience, preferably within FMCG/CPG or another complex consumer environment.Strong commercial and financial competence with experience in budgeting, forecasting and performance management. Proven ability to translate financial and commercial data into actionable insights and recommendations.Strong analytical capability and experience using data, forecasting and visualization tools to support decision making.Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Finance, Sales and other functions.Availability to travel up to 10%". We'll turn into
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Key Interactions is not a list but could be turned into list. We'll add as bullet points under Responsibilities.
- Critical Finance Capabilities: list: "Business Performance ManagementFinancial Planning & ForecastingCommercial Decision SupportCustomer & Channel EconomicsTrade Investment ManagementDepletion / Demand PlanningAnalytics & InsightsInternal Control & Financial Stewardship". These are capabilities, could be Skills section. We'll output as
- each.
- Key Interactions: list of bullet points? It's prose: "Business partner with regional Sales leaders and teams, building strong relationships and providing financial and commercial insight to improve performance.Works closely with the Sales Finance Director and broader Finance organization to support delivery of regional priorities and financial commitments.Partners cross-functionally with Revenue Growth Management, Marketing, Supply, Innovation and other teams to support integrated commercial decision making."
We could treat as responsibilities as well, maybe include in same Responsibilities section or separate? Could be part of Responsibilities. But we already have Responsibilities list; we could add these as additional bullet points. However the instruction: use
- .
List items:
1. Support delivery of the financial plan across P&L, cash and balance sheet metrics for the assigned area of responsibility, providing clear access to performance, risks and opportunities.
2. Partner with Sales teams to translate commercial priorities into annual operating plans and forecasts, providing financial insight and recommended prioritization.
3. Support execution of Route to Consumer and customer plans through robust financial analysis, scenario modeling and performance tracking.
4. Manage and optimize trade investment, including budget management, systems updates, investment tracking and assessment of returns.
5. Drive the performance management process for the assigned business, identifying gaps to plan and partnering with commercial teams to develop and evaluate corrective actions.
6. Identify commercial opportunities and risks through customer, channel, competitor and financial analysis, translating insights into clear recommendations.
7. Support customer and distributor decision making through analysis of pricing, promotion, mix, investment and profitability.
8. Leverage analytics, forecasting tools and data to improve forecast accuracy and enable faster, higher-quality commercial decisions.
9. Partner across Sales, Revenue Growth Management, Marketing, Supply, Innovation and the expanded Finance Team to ensure decisions incorporate the right commercial and financial perspectives.
10. Maintain strong financial controls and governance, ensuring commercial decisions operate within Diageo’s financial and compliance framework.
11. Find opportunities to simplify and improve Finance processes, eliminating low-value activity and growing time spent on commercial insight.
We'll output as