Job Description

Job Description

At the Coca-Cola Company, we are a center of excellence who work collaboratively to find new and innovative ways to strategically move the business forward by balancing the short-term results and long-term sustainability while proactively leading, shaping, and creating system value. We set the standards and policies for the Company and were looking for candidates with a proven ability to analyze and interpret financial data in order to make a global impact for some of the most recognized brands in the world.

A successful Franchise Finance Senior Manager is one who can create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Zone/Franchise to drive growth and profitability.

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Zone Lead and OU CFO to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the Franchise Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:

* Manage franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
* Support insights and brainstorm with customers/Bottlers on local business issues; Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
* Rebate and deduction negotiations with external parties
* Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
* Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info

Manage all Business Margins within the Franchise, including:

* Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
* Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
* Track margins objectives at Franchise level
* Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy

Analyze and Support Working Capital and Cash Management :

* Support Working Capital Optimization initiatives at Legal Entity / Franchise level
* Cash management optimization Analyses
* Support Optimization actions
* Interact with local stakeholders (I.e: franchise general Managers)

KEY SUCCESS PARAMETERS

Knowledge & Experience

* >6 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles
* Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels

Work Focus

* Role model the Leadership in the Network definition
* Provide holistic understanding of business performance inside the Zone/Franchise,
* Execute end-to-end business planning inside the Franchise, working cross functionally inside the organization and coordinating with the Operational Finance Lead.
* Use a fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across Franchise/Zone/OU
* Deliver core financial strategies, practices and solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way

Communication Focus

This role is responsible for partnering internally as well as externally to effectively drive financial outcomes, as well as to build alignment on key initiatives and metrics, with a focus on communication to:

* Franchise GM and Market Execution Directors / Managers
* Bottlers local management leadership (finance, commercial etc)
* Marketing leadership at the Zone / Franchise
* OU finance leadership and teams (planning, resource allocation, customers and commercial fin ops)
* Other OU teams under network organization (Customer and Commercial Leadership, Stills, Marketing teams)
* Other Key Regional Stakeholders (customers, JVs, suppliers etc)

As a member of the Zone Finance Leadership team, this role will likely have a limited number of direct reports

KEY Knowledge REQUIREMENTS

Mastery of (REQUIRED)

* Analytics
* KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHTS
* Communication
* AGILE WAYS OF WORKING
* Advanced Technical skills

Broad expertise in (GOOD TO HAVE)

* Risk management
* STRATEGIC THINKING
* Enterprise-wide / Transversal initiatives
* Portfolio strategy
* FLEXIBILITY

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to whats possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors curious, empowered, inclusive and agile and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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