Finance Specialist (Reporting & Controls)

About us

Irish Brand Homes is Diageo’s Premier collection of Visitor Experiences in Ireland where our world Class teams share the stories of our brands to all our guests. The largest brand home, the Guinness Storehouse anchors the St James Gate campus with the Guinness Open Gate Brewery and the Roe & Co Whiskey Distillery as neighbours whilst our Smithwick’s Experience takes pride of place on the site of the original Smithwick’s Brewery in Kilkenny. Each of our brand homes include a visitor experience, World Class Bars, Restaurants and retail stores.

The role

We’re looking for a motivated and thorough Financial Specialist to support our Commercial Finance Manager and play a key role in strengthening our finance operations. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, partnering with colleagues across the business, and driving improvements in how work is carried out, this opportunity is for you.

This role offers hands-on responsibility in month-end reporting, credit control, purchasing, and continuous improvement projects, giving you a strong platform for professional development in a global organization.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Control (Journals & Reconciliations Focus)

• This role is central to the month-end close process, with a strong focus on journal ownership and balance sheet integrity.

• Own and deliver month-end journal postings (revenue, COGS, overheads, stock) in line with WD2 deadlines

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and strong financial control

• Support monthly Management Accounts, reporting, and performance analysis

• Reconcile revenue and cash/card transactions across systems

• Provide day-to-day finance support to partners and build strong business relationships

Accounts Receivable & Payable

• Run the debtor ledger, including collections and aged debt reporting

• Supervise end-to-end AR processes (invoicing, allocations, reconciliations)

• Lead the AP process and PO cycle, supporting budget owners and ensuring compliance

• Handle key supplier accounts and P-card transactions

Continuous Improvement & Control

• Drive improvements in processes and financial controls

• Support audit requirements and compliance initiatives

• Partner with stakeholders on cost control and financial discipline

• Contribute to systems and process enhancements

About You

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field

• 5+ years of experience in a hands-on, analytical finance/accounting role

• Strong practical experience in month-end close activities, with a particular focus on journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations

• Confident in preparing and reviewing P&L elements, with a solid understanding of how they link to the balance sheet

• Good working knowledge of cash processes, accounts receivable, and accounts payable cycles

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills and high numerical accuracy

• Advanced Excel skills and overall strong systems affinity

• Comfortable working with both internal stakeholders and external partners

• Experience in a multi-site, retail, or visitor-experience environment is a plus

Benefits of working here

• Unique Family Leave opportunity

• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

• You will deal with world class brand portfolio

• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities

• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop

• We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym

• Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

Inclusion & Diversity

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

Character Is Everything