Senior Manager, Franchise Finance Operations - Middle East Region

What You'll Do for Us:

• Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Lead and Operating 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:
  • Support franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
  • Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
  • Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info
  • Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain
• Support 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)
  • Pricing negotiations at Franchise level
  • Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
  • Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
  • Track margins objectives at Franchise level
  • Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
• Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management:
  • Support ad hoc M&A analysis and assessment at Franchise level
  • Support the financial implementation of new business models
  • Support Financially all RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level

• 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: franchise general Managers)

• 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.

• More than 9 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
• Preference for Saudi Nationals
• In depth understanding different business systems and business processes
• Ability and desire to build strong relationships across the Franchise System
• Advanced excel skills
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a team
• Capable of articulating complex problems in a simple manner
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent English level

• Leverage our BOUNDERLESS NETWORK
• Make our CULTURE Code inevitable
• Build kick ass CAPABILTIES
• Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE

• 5% of travel required