France Operations Finance Director

Location: Paris (Issy)

A successful Franchise Finance Sr Manager is one who can create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Franchise to drive growth and profitability.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Zone Lead and OU 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:
  • Leading the planning process with the controller
  • Responsible for the Resource Allocation management
  • Manage franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level)
  • Coordinate the finance collaboration with RGB and Strategy
  • Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
  • Support Franchise long term planning
• Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including:
  • Strategic Customer Framework implementation
  • Develop and Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth
  • Key Customer tenders
  • Incidence Pricing 2.0 negotiations at Franchise level
  • Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
  • Ensure compliance with company standards and manage the financials for third party (including customer) contract negotiations.
  • Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
• Support Innovation within the Franchise, including
  • Build System value Chains for brands and projects
  • Lead portfolio optimization and System ROI analysis
• Manage Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management:
  • Lead M&A analysis and assessment at Franchise level
  • Support Financially all RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level
  • Determine pricing strategy and objectives
  • 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: Country Director)

• The role will be also part of a dynamic, flexible and agile Franchise Finance talent pool, focused on the highest priority initiatives in other or across (all) Franchises.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• >8 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles
• Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
• Holistic understanding of business performance
• End-to-end business planning and working cross functionally inside the organization
• Fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating
• Experience in delivering core financial strategies, practices and solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way
• Ability to partner internally as well as externally to effectively drive financial outcomes, as well as to build alignment on key initiatives and metrics

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

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

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