Finance Business Manager, Cost Accounting & Materials

CONA Services•Toronto, ON

53d•Hybrid

About The Position

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada’s Local Bottler, a proud independent, Canadian, family-owned business. We make, distribute, merchandise, and sell the most-loved beverages Canadians enjoy. With over 6,000 diverse employees across Canada, we operate in every province through 50+ sales and distribution centres and five manufacturing facilities. We are committed to being the leading beverage partner in Canada, creating a better future and delivering optimism by bringing sustainable value to our employees, customers, consumers, and communities. Advancing a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive culture is at the core of our vision to be the World’s Greatest Bottler, Built by the Best People. This role serves as a key finance partner to cross-functional teams, including Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain & Commercial Finance, Master Data, and Transportation. As a trusted business partner, you will support the integrity of standard costing for raw materials and finished goods by ensuring material master data and sourcing matrix information is accurately collected, reviewed, and submitted, and that cost variances are appropriately analyzed. You will play a critical part in collecting, analyzing, and reviewing product costs for new and existing products, while also contributing to monthly forecasting, reporting, and the annual business planning process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
2–3 years of experience in accounting and/or finance.
Cost accounting experience; exposure to SAP preferred.
Experience partnering with cross functional business stakeholders.
Experience supporting month end and year end close, including reconciliations and variance analysis.
Strong working knowledge of SAP, including MM, Product Costing, FI CO, and CO PA.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
Strong attention to detail, organizational, and problem solving skills.
Ability to work effectively in a team based, fast paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Flexibility to adjust workload and working hours based on business needs.

Nice To Haves

CPA designation is strongly preferred.
Exposure to a manufacturing, CPG, or inventory driven environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain and manage standard costs related to Bills of Materials (BOMs), sourcing matrix, marketing credits, activity rates, and purchased finished goods for new and existing products.
Perform standard cost validations, analysis, and audits to ensure the accuracy of material master data, sourcing matrices, and BOMs, and implement corrective actions as required.
Review and validate cost accounting data for new material masters related to innovations, partnering with cross functional teams to resolve discrepancies as needed.
Ensure costing updates are completed accurately and on time and clearly communicated to relevant stakeholders.
Review and analyze SAP cost rolls to identify and correct inaccuracies and support inventory revaluation estimates.
Ensure the accuracy and reconciliation of cost of goods sold (COGS) across systems, including SAP, Anaplan, and sales reporting tools.
Perform month-end and year-end closing functions that pertain to cost of goods sold and purchase price variances such as journal entries, forecasting, reporting, analysis, and account reconciliations while maintaining the integrity of the financial reporting process and financial controls.
Develop weekly reporting to proactively identify potential standard costing errors.
Perform volume, price, and mix (VPM) analysis, financial impact assessments, and change analysis related to standard costs.
Participate in the annual budgeting process, ensuring cost information is updated accurately and within required timelines.
Drive continuous process improvement, updating standard procedures and policy documentation as needed.
Build and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders across Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Revenue Growth Management, and Operations.
Maintain the highest level of confidentiality with respect to supplier pricing and cost structures.
Proactively resolve issues and communicate clearly with relevant stakeholders.
Lead and support ad hoc projects as they arise.