Director, Commercial Finance,Africa at The Coca-Cola Company

Welcome to The Coca-Cola Company, where we are not just a beverage company, but a global institution that cherishes innovation and leadership. We are on the lookout for a seasoned Director of Finance with a sharp focus on System Economics. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker that is ready to provide guidance and insights in the areas of System Economics for the Operating Unit.

What You will Do:

• Responsible to generate insights and scenario planning in the areas of System NSR, Value Chain and P&L in service of the Operating Unit’s performance management and decision-making processes. Partner with senior leaders, Planning, Competitive Analysis and Insights Lead as well as Business Insights Lead and FP&A Lead to manage the financial quantification of Long-Range Plan, Annual Business Plan, Monthly Rolling Estimates grounded and integrated in the overall Business Planning at the Operating Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple senior stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic and operational actions, including:
  • Coordinate with Business Insights and FP&A leads to prepare and provide local business plan insights assumptions for Long Range Plans, Annual Business Plans and Rolling Estimates.
  • Financial forecasting: analyze forecasts, develop and discuss insights with stakeholders, and plan takeaways for System NSR and System P&L.
  • Actively involved and contribute (co-lead) to the Operating Unit Monthly/Quarterly Performance review routines with franchises, Operating Unit Leadership Team and Center.
  • Comprehend and leverage bottler financials implications as a result of Scenario Planning Modelling, contingency, what if? To drive decisions.
• Responsible for stewardship and optimization of information in the areas of System Value Chain, P&L and Scenario Planning within the OU, including:
  • Design and implement information sharing protocols with all bottlers in the Operating Unit.
  • Drive the Operating Unit Finance Digitalization agenda with regard to System Economics (i.e. System Revenue dashboards, System Economic Tools) as well as integration of those with the other digitalized platforms (e.g. TFS, Hyperion) to support decision-making and productivity. Partner and leverage PS for the deployment and advancement of these tools
  • Secure System P&Ls and insights are purposefully provided and disseminated across all Functions and geographies.
• Responsible for stewarding existing economic models and to drive strategic thinking and roadmap on economic model optimization across all Africa OU bottlers and geographies:
  • Proactively steward and educate the broader organization on the existing economic models to maximize System’s and KO’s returns.
  • Provide thought leadership on the evolutions of existing value sharing models, with bottlers aiming to strike the best possible balance between harmonization and for fit-for-purpose models.
  • Lead discussions with anchor (multi-franchise) bottler on evolution of economic models or any other model with regard to new businesses.

Role Requirement

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics or related fields
• >10 years of leadership experience in either senior financial planning/commercial finance roles or in senior strategy roles.
• Extensive leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Experience in managing bottling relations
• Profound understanding of existing business and economic models.