Senior Director, Finance - Northeast Bottlers (Abarta, Liberty, Coke Northeast)

Coca-Cola•Boston, NY

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

A successful Senior Director, Franchise Finance, is one who can create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Franchise Operations team to drive growth, profitability, capability, and performance. The leader will direct financial planning and performance management at the Franchise level, including efficiently providing guidance and insights into volume and financial performance drivers for Franchise Operations teams. The leader will also provide critical Finance leadership support to key Operations initiatives across the System, including alignment and execution with Bottler CFOs and Finance teams. Applicant must reside within 55 miles of one of the specified bottler locations and be in the market or the office at least three days per week. This role focuses on partnering with Franchise Operations leaders and the Operations/Commercial Finance team to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the Franchise Unit level, driving alignment across multiple stakeholders, and developing key insights to inform strategic priorities. This includes managing franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships, supporting insights and brainstorming with customers/Bottlers on local business issues, preparing stakeholders for negotiations, assessing financial implications and models for new ARTM and value chain optimization, supporting Bottler Joint Business Planning (JBP) activities, executing business model optimization and system top-line growth, assessing and segmenting by Franchise Unit, developing and implementing margin optimization strategies, managing investment funding spend, and supporting the franchise profit-sharing model. The role also involves managing and stewarding financial and marketplace performance, acting as the main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A at the Franchise Legal Entity level, supporting RGM initiatives deployment, providing financial input into new product/service development, and analyzing and supporting working capital and cash management.

Requirements

> 7 years of leadership experience in Franchise finance, financial planning or commercial finance roles
Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
Extensive leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
Extensive System (NAOU and Bottler) knowledge of financial plan development, key performance indicators, drivers of performance and analytical approaches for management and stewardship of results
Role models the “Leadership in the Network” definition
Provide holistic understanding of NAOU and Bottler business and financial performance.
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/ Commercial/ OU
Deliver core financial strategies, practices and solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way
Lead Financial Planning and Performance Management at the Franchise level with partnership from Commercial/RGM
This role is responsible for partnering across the System to effectively manage Operations performance and will play a key role in leading Operations financial performance routines.
Key partners and focus of communications will be: NA OU COO, NAOU CFO, NAOU Chief Commercial Officer, NAOU Franchise VPs, NAOU Franchise VPs and extended team, NAOU Finance VPs, Broader NAOU Finance and Commercial teams, Bottlers CFOs and other Bottler associates (Finance and/or RGM focus), Cross functional OU (Operating Unit) leadership (e.g., Strategy, Retail, SC)
This role will be a key member of any Franchise Leadership team
Applicant must reside within 55 miles of one of the following bottler locations and be in the market or the office at least three days per week: 725 E Erie Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134; 60 Deans Rhode Hall Rd, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852; 240 West 37th, Building 6E, New York, NY 10018; 1 Executive Park Drive, Bedford, NH 03110; 200 Alpha Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238; 9 B St, Needham, MA 02494.
The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Budgeting
Communication
Decision Making
Economics
Financial Analysis
Financial Modeling
Forecasting Process (Inactive)
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Group Problem Solving
Internal Auditing
Microsoft Office
Preparation of Financial Reports
Teamwork
Value Chain

Responsibilities

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
Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain (use of third party, plant closure…)
Support and lead Bottler Joint Business Planning (JBP) activities and financial processes
Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth
Assessment and segmentation by Franchise Unit
Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
Track margin objectives at Franchise level
Manage investment funding spend and support the franchise profit-sharing model
Manage and Steward Financial and Marketplace Performance
Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A at Franchise Legal Entity level
Support Financially all RGM (Revenue Growth Management) initiatives deployment at Franchise level
Provide Financial input into new product / service development process
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)