Location(s):

France

City/Cities:

Issy Les Moulineaux

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

January 12, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

A successful Operation Finance Senior Manager  helps to create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Franchise to drive growth and profitability, acts as a Finance Business Partner to Netherlands  Team. Supports finance organization on system thinking related to financial decisions, marketing investments, long-range goals. Creates and analyses System value chains with a holistic view of the value creation across the system, customer and marketing related financial analysis and insights. This role also focuses on providing financial support /insights at market level in Netherlands. 

 

What You’ll Do for Us: 

 

Partner with the Franchise Operational Finance team/leaders to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the market level, to help driving alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including: 

Monthly performance analysis focusing on volume and revenue in close collaboration with financial planning manager /country team. 

Input to the planning process (volume/pricing assumptions) 

Risks & Opportunities management – includes risk mitigation analysis, recommendation and action. 

Supporting Resource Allocation management and funding requests 

Supporting Country team to manage Bottler and customer relationships at market level. 

Provide support to manage all Business Models/Margins within the countries, including: 

Updating System Profitability Analysis and review of incidence pricing at country level, including alignment with Bottler Finance team 

Strategic Customer Framework implementation 

Incorporate the Margin Strategic Framework into operational business decisions. 

Ensure compliance with company standards and manage the financials for third party (including customer) contract negotiations 

Support Innovation within the Franchise, including: 

Assessment of project profitability (System/Botter/KO value chain analysis), alignment with Country team and Bottler Finance team, update of relevant tools/applications 

Act as financial representative in all discussions with tax, treasury, accounting and legal departments, with external bodies and others about any topic related to Netherlands operations.

Ensuring high governance/compliance with Company Standard Policies and Procedures 

  

Qualifications & Requirements:    

 

Relevant working experience, in particular in Commercial Finance, Commercial Controller, or Marketing controller roles 

In depth understanding different business systems and business processes  

Ability to influence key stakeholders 

Self-motivator/proactive  

Ability and desire to build strong relationships across the Franchise System  

Advanced excel skills  

Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a team 

Capable of articulating complex problems in a simple manner  

Presentation skills  

Strong written and verbal communication skills  

Excellent English & French level 

 

What We Can Do for You: You will be part of the Europe finance team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders that are inclusive orchestrators. Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, we will:  

 

Leverage our BOUNDERLESS NETWORK  

Make our CULTURE Code inevitable  

Build kick ass CAPABILTIES  

Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE  

 

Travel requirements:  

 20% of travel required  

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Business Analytics, Communication, Data Modeling, Financial Forecasting, Group Problem Solving, Leadership, Strategy Development, Valuation Modeling, Waterfall Model

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 what’s 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.