The Coca-Cola Company is a 135+ years old total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. We're constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We're also working to reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.
Position Overview:
Our vision is to love brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. We strive to provide cutting-edge excellence in ingredients, innovation, design, and marketing. As a Senior OPEX Planning Manager, you will be responsible for the financial planning (business plan and rolling estimates) of Operating Expenses (Employee Costs and All Other Costs) for Europe OU, supporting the Global and Operating Units who are ultimately accountable for the Profit and Loss (P&L) results of their respective functions/markets.
We are looking for people that have a passion for building relationships and will be proud to be a representative of our brands, are results-driven, and have financial planning experience.
What You'll Do for Us:
* Responsible for the financial planning (business plan and rolling estimates) of Operating Expenses (Employee Costs and All Other Costs) for a specific geography/OU/group of OUs/Function/group of Functions, supporting such geography/OU/group of OUs/Function/group of Functions who is/are ultimately accountable for the P&L results of their respective operations.
* Oversees a team of OPEX (Operating Expense) managers/analysts at a third-party MSP (Managed Services Provider) who handles the financial planning activities, including constructing the operating expense plan/budget/forecast based on business direction and input, financial systems administration of the plan/budget/forecast, variance analyses across relevant comparative periods, communication with various stakeholders, and generating insights about OPEX that influence decision-making.
* Maintains the primary business relationship with the Financial Planning team and/or Finance Director/Finance Leadership to inform the plan/budget/forecast for the OPEX line in the P&L, and leads OPEX discussions with them.
* Reviews periodic OPEX plans/budgets/forecasts, ensuring completeness, reasonable accuracy, and relevance of information, supporting the Operating Unit/Center Function in effectively monitoring and controlling their respective OPEX results.
* Manages issue escalations coming from the team or from the Operating Units/Center Functions, with the goal of resolving the issues reported within a reasonable timeframe.
* Provides data and process guidance to production teams and the Operating Units/Center Functions as needed to comply with standards, reporting rules, submission requirements, and timelines.
* Tracks service levels and key metrics to ensure effective performance management, and drives actions resulting from them, for the resolution of issues or process/performance improvement.
* Ensures adherence to SOPs (standard operating procedure) and as appropriate, recommends changes to improve the effectiveness of business support processes, enhancing quality, speed, and efficiency of output.
* Enforces guidelines/protocols and ensures compliance with them, including data confidentiality where applicable.
* Leads the implementation of necessary controls, as well as system or process changes to address service delivery gaps or issues.
* Coordinates as necessary with relevant parties to action solutions delivery.
* In partnership with the MSP, identifies opportunities to globally standardize and simplify processing and reporting activities under the service scope.
Internal and External Communications:
* Communicates primarily with senior management internal company stakeholders regarding OPEX performance and the underlying processes and activities supporting the generation of OPEX plans/budgets/forecasts.
* Also communicates with various senior leaders/functional leaders as needed to resolve issues pertaining to OPEX financial planning.
* Communicates with and manages an external MSP team responsible for the execution of financial planning activities.
* Communicates with peers in Global Finance and Platform Services teams to facilitate collaboration, alignment, and the optimization of processes and service delivery.
Summary of Innovation and Complexity Required:
* Manages the OPEX financial planning activities pertaining to a specific geography/OU/group of OUs/Function/group of Functions.
* Managing the OPEX financial planning activities requires an understanding of the employee/associate headcount, the nature and sources of operating expenses across multiple countries, foreign currency implications, risks and opportunities, as well as the financial systems and data elements that support financial reporting.
* To be effective in the role, this manager must be able to influence and partner with various stakeholders to align expectations, timelines, deliverables, and priorities amidst multiple demands, time pressures, and business changes.
* Requires broad knowledge of finance policies and systems as well as shared services operations and structures.
* Demonstrates strength in solving complex problems, ability to drive actions from multi-variable analyses and insights, good judgment, and decision-making competencies.
Qualifications and Requirements:
* At least 7 years of solid related work experience leading business planning, financial planning, or management accounting areas.
* Virtual management across cultures and time zones.
* Experience in a multinational company with a global footprint.
* Strong demonstration of business acumen, financial competency, effective communication, systems proficiency, change adaptability, flexibility, and people management.
What We Can Do For You:
You will be part of the Finance Hub team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders are expected to be role models, set the agenda and help people bring their best. We are delivering against our global purpose of refreshing the world and making a difference.
* Career growth and development: Access to educational platforms and coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
* Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice.
* International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams.
Skills: Business Analytics; Agile Methodology; Communication; Leadership; Waterfall Project Management; Strategy Development; Group Problem Solving; Valuation Modeling; Financial Forecasting; Data Modeling.
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