Director FP&A SDL Africa OU Topline

At the Coca-Cola Company, we are a center of excellence who work collaboratively to find new and innovative ways to strategically move the business forward by balancing the short-term results and long-term sustainability while proactively leading, shaping, and creating system value. We set the standards and policies for the Company and we're looking for candidates with a proven ability to analyze and interpret financial data to make a global impact for some of the most recognized brands in the world. In this role you'll steward internal control environments, developing productivity initiatives and reviewing capital projects/strategy, as well as be accountable for the annual business planning and monthly rolling estimate process.

What You'll Do for Us

• Responsible for monthly financial close activities, financial statement preparation, balance sheet analysis, weekly forecasting of operating expenses and monthly rolling estimate.
• Interpret and communicate results to appropriate levels of management, assessing for risk and opportunity trends.
• Develop and deploy solutions to mitigate risk and execute opportunities
• Steward internal controls review to ensure compliance with required controls & processes. Partner with bottling partners to ensure financial/controls acumen.
• Provide financial leadership by identifying productivity improvement opportunities and analyzing/recommending productivity initiative pipeline projects. This would include capital investment recommendations and analysis
• Provide strategic direction for business planning process and play a tactical role as needed.
• Produce and review completed analyses that require application of financial concepts and/or tools.

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field with MBA and/or CPA preferred
• 7+ years of relevant financial experience with a large global company and manufacturing or supply chain experience preferred
• Strong organizational and planning abilities, teamwork, and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and execute strategies.
• Change management leadership across multiple business functions with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization
• Advanced financial analysis and problem-solving skills - the ability to explore strategic options, developing creative solutions to complex business issues, and/or supporting decision-making.
• Perform analyses that require the application of single or multiple financial and non-financial concepts and tools, e.g. NPV, IRR, Discounted Cash Flow, loss projection as well as exposure and risk assessment
• Working knowledge of internal control principles
• Must be highly proficient in use of SAP, Excel, and Access

• Career Growth: We are committed to your professional development, offering opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Innovation: We embrace a culture of experimentation and innovation, providing you the opportunity to contribute to new, different, or better ways of doing things.