Senior Financial Analyst - Category Profitability 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: Senior Financial Analyst - Category Profitability

Location: Head Office
Job Schedule: Full-time (Hybrid)
Business Segment: Insurance & Asset Management

About the Role

• Provide value-added insights into the financial management of categories/brands, delivering category/brand topline and profitability targets.
• Drive business partnerships with Marketing, Supply Chain, Commercial teams, and other functions that play active roles in designing the category’s current and future performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the marketing and commercial teams to formulate medium to long-term financial and strategic plans.
• Act as operational finance liaison with Brand partners.
• Provide financial evaluation and scenario analysis for new market opportunities, innovation, and new business Partners.
• Finance Liaison for the marketing investment budget calculation, tracking, and reporting, including collaboration with the commercial team and brand partners.
• Support the annual business planning, rolling forecast, and Latest Estimates calculations for Product Categories.
• Identify areas of growth, risk, and opportunities via data analysis, and properly communicating with all stakeholders.
• Responsible for evaluating the financial performance of Category and brand profitability, and by comparing and analysing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Provides Brand P&Ls, Investment sharing, data exchange, and profit-sharing reconciliation with partners.
• Engagement with different stakeholders across functions and levels.

Are These Your Secret Ingredient?

• Very strong IT skills (Advanced modelling skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and business modelling are a must SAP/BW knowledge desirable.
• Proactive mentality, dynamic personality, unafraid of challenges.
• Project management skills.
• Strong financial and analytical skills.
• Financial Accounting skills.
• Cross-functional team player.
• Ability to present financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Intellectually curious and good business intuition.

Education & Experience

• University Degree in Business Administration / Finance / Economics or equivalent as a minimum.
• Postgraduate Degree in Business Administration / Finance / Economics or Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g. CFA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA) is desirable.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, preferably in FMCG Multinational Organization.
• Strong understanding of commerce, product costing, and sourcing.
• Operational experience in analysing actual performance and benchmarks.
• Excellent knowledge of NPD Processes.
• Proficiency in Advanced financial modelling skills in Excel.

Application Closing Date
6th October, 2023.