Operations Finance Manager at the Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands.

At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Finance Manager

Reference ID: R-72029
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Travel Required: 00% - 25%
Relocation Provided: No

Position Overview

• This role is mainly centered on financial planning, performing complex financial analysis assignments; identifies and assesses merger and acquisition opportunities; responsible for providing advice on regulatory, tax and financial planning decisions, coordinating and consolidating annual budgets. Individual contributor who guides others in resolving complex issues in specialized area based on existing solutions and procedures; works independently with guidance only in the most complex situations.

Function Related Activities / Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Zone Lead and Africa Organization Unit CFO to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the Franchise Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including: 
• Manage franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level for growth, alignment and portfolio expansion
• Drive P&L across full portfolio and all routes to consumer, including volume, revenue, profit, margin analysis and market share .
• Support overall commercial strategy & objectives including RGM, channel strategy and trade spend.
• Support insights and brainstorm with customers/Bottlers on local business issues; Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations 
• Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including: 
• Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth 
• Assessment and segmentation by Franchise Unit (Fixed vs hybrid vs incidence) 
• Incidence Pricing negotiations at Franchise level  
• Manage Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management: 
• Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment at Franchise level 
• Lead the financial implementation of new business models
• Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A at Franchise level  
• Analyze and Support Working Capital and Cash Management.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and Postgraduate / Master's Degree / CPA or equivalent

Related Work Experience:

• 8-10 years of experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles 

Scope: Cluster of Markets within WIMA Franchise with Multiple Bottling Partners
Functional Skills:

• Analytics
• Knowledge and Insights
• Agile ways of working
• Advanced technical skills
• Strong communication skills.

Skills:

• Agile Methodologies, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Models, Communication, Data Modeling, Finance Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Franchise Financing, Leadership, Problem Solving, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy Development, Valuation Modeling, Value Chain

What We Can Do for You

• You will be part of the Africa team where teams are the new heroes, and our leaders are inclusive orchestrators.
• Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, we will:
  • Build winning CAPABILITIES
  • Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2022.