Director, Commercial Finance- Africa OU

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.

Work Focus

• Support end-to-end business and financial planning cycles of the Operating Unit integrating of insights and foresights of System NSR, Value Chain and P&L.
• Holistic understanding of bottlers business performance inside the OU.
• Digitalization agenda: responsible for development, data integrity and reliability of System Economics Tool (SET) and projection models and integration with all other platforms (e.g. TFS).
• Stewardship and strategic thinking on economic models’ agenda across all bottlers and regions. Advisory and partnership in country specific business model negotiations with bottlers.

Travel requirements

• 20% of travel required

What We’ll Do For You

• Empower your Career: Join a team where you can lead critical financial operations, offering ample opportunities for growth in a global and dynamic work environment.
• Collaborative Culture: We work cross-functionally, across business units to ensure you’ve got the tools, resources, and thought-leadership to create the most comprehensive financial business modules, which enables us to make sound business decisions.
• Global Reach: We have the most advanced financial modeling that allows for global financial analysis which leads the industry.