Who is Swire Coca-Cola? We are a family-owned bottling company with a story spanning over two centuries. We are one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola in North America and distribute more than 50 beverage brands and flavors creating joy for our customers every day. Our 8,000+ driven employees work hard as part of a team that delivers refreshment to over 30 million consumers across 13 states. Begin a journey with us at Swire Coca-Cola and belong to a community of dedicated team members who think big and believe in winning together.
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Why you’ll love working at Swire Coca-Cola:
Swire Coca-Cola is committed to providing balance to support you in all aspects of your life, both at work and beyond. We offer the benefits you need for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- Health coverage (3 medical options, dental and vision). 401(k) Retirement Plan w/company match
- Health Savings Accounts w/company match
- FREE virtual primary care, acute care and physical therapy
- FREE Employee Assistance Program
- Company paid (vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, jury duty, maternity/parental, disability leave and volunteer time)
- Discounted & free product
- Tuition reimbursement
- Opportunities for career advancement
In addition to health benefits, Swire Coca-Cola is proud to offer you opportunities where you help give back directly to the communities and causes you care about. Note: Enrollment in a Swire Medical Plan is required for some benefits.
What does a Lead Finance Business Partner do at Swire Coca – Cola?
The Lead Finance Business Partner serves as a strategic advisor to the Fruitland manufacturing plant leadership, supporting a high‑volume Coca‑Cola operation with annual case production and OPEX spend in the tens of millions. This role provides financial leadership and rigorous business case analysis to optimize cost, profitability, and overall plant performance, while driving cross‑functional continuous improvement initiatives. As a key member of the Manufacturing Finance and Plant Leadership teams, the Finance Manager (Lead Finance Business Partner) applies strong managerial accounting expertise within manufacturing processes to deliver actionable insights and achieve 3–5% annual productivity gains. Reporting to the Sr. Finance Manager, Manufacturing, with a dotted line to the Plant Director, this role is a critical subject matter expert accountable for enabling location-specific enterprise targets through analytical rigor, strategic influence, and operational partnership
Responsibilities:
- Drives process excellence, efficiency, and effectiveness through the application of operational excellence/lean approach, including KPI insights
- Leads business planning and forecasting leveraging business requirements, and improved productivity by leveraging internal and external insights
- Finance leader in functional and/or regional management routines
- Drives proactive solutions based on trend analysis, risks, and opportunities, and utilizes management routines to review deviation and trend analysis, risk, opportunities
- Partner with functional and/or regional management to develop business objectives and key results
- Cross functional finance business partnership to ensure alignment
- Promote a clear understanding of financial metrics and operational levers to develop financial acumen across the organization
- Ensure effective internal controls are in place and properly executed
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis that guides business decisions
- Protection of the organization and its assets
- Create efficient and effective processes
- Maintain integrity in financial reporting
- Empower leaders to make accurate and fast decisions
- Influence the strategic direction of the business
- Leverage financial and non-financial insights to drive transformation
- Build a world-class finance organization
- Enable the business to make the best decision by delivering the right information at the right time
- Drive change with a sense of urgency to identify opportunities and achieve continuous growth
- Collaborate to leverage the talents and knowledge of others
- Deliver a differentiated experience by identifying who my customers are and what they value
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, business or related field
- 6+ yrs in a Finance or Accounting Role, preferably 2+ in manufacturing environment
- 6+ yrs experience in Financial Reporting/Analysis/Management
- 4+ yrs Management or leadership role
- Comfortable in a high speed, dynamic manufacturing environment
- Experience building financial acumen across diverse teams
- Proficient with Financial systems, data visualization tools including Power BI, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience partnering with business leaders multiple plant departments (Quality, Safety, Production, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, Site Leadership) and being comfortable in a production plant setting are key to success in this role
- This role requires on-site presence at a minimum 5 days a week
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field
- 6+ years of experience in a finance or accounting role
- At least 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- 6+ years of experience in financial reporting, analysis, or management
- 4+ years in a management or leadership role
- Comfort working in a high-speed, dynamic manufacturing environment
- Experience building financial acumen across diverse teams
- Proficiency with financial systems, Power BI, and Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience partnering with leaders across multiple plant departments
- Comfort working in a production plant setting
- Ability to work on-site at least five days per week
Swire Coca-Cola Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Swire Coca-Cola and has not been reviewed or approved by Swire Coca-Cola.
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Healthcare Strength — The offering includes three medical plan options with dental and vision plus free virtual primary/acute care, virtual physical therapy, and virtual behavioral health counseling. An EAP and basic life insurance at no cost are also part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and an HSA with company match provide meaningful savings support. Free financial coaching and tuition reimbursement further bolster long‑term financial wellbeing.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, company‑paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid volunteer time are offered alongside paid maternity and parental leave. Additional paid leaves such as bereavement and jury duty are also available where applicable.
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What We Do
With revenues of $3 billion, Swire Coca-Cola, USA produces, sells and distributes Coca-Cola and other beverages in 13 states across the American West. The company’s territory includes parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Employing more than 7,200 associates the company's headquarters is in Draper, Utah. Swire Coca-Cola, USA is part of JS&S (Beverages) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Swire & Sons Limited.
