Senior Director, Finance - aRTD and New Ventures

Location(s):

Singapore

City/Cities:

Singapore

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

November 26, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Reports to the ASEAN & South pacific operating unit CFO

KEY WORKING PARAMETERS

A successful Senior Finance Director - aRTD and new ventures for ASEAN & South Pacific OU is one who can create and execute a strong finance resource allocation strategy within the OU to accelerate sustainable growth, enhance margins and drive profitability.

What you’ll do for us:

• Partner with the OU senior leaders to orchestrate and execute the resource allocation strategy, including:
  • Implement the global resource allocation strategy in the OU
  • Develop and execute along with OULT the local resource allocation strategy
  • Analyse/benchmark/rationalize the strategy based on local considerations.
  • Provide guidance on cost allocation across all resources (DME / OPEX / DFR…)
  • Assess all on-going projects and prioritize them based on current allocation guidelines
  • Assess, develop and monitor a clear asset strategy

• Manage strategic investments and support innovation within the OU, including:
  • Partnership with strategy on profit pools, with marketing on portfolio strategy/brand contributions,
  • Implement category model framework/playbooks
  • Review and assess market opportunities, acceleration plans, etc
  • Lead financial assessment and support all new product ideas,

• Shape and simplify business economic models and partner with franchise finance directors, to drive:
  • Strategic thinking on business models optimization and frameworks, new business models (alcohol and new ventures)
  • Develop, implement margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
  • Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
  • Track and be accountable for margins objectives at OU level

• Drive OU business development (M&A) agenda
  • Lead, coordinate and execute transaction processes, in partnership with subject matter experts and local operations clients in key geographies. Includes understanding the operating environment, support opportunity/synergies identification process, targets valuation, leading due diligence, participating in negotiations and recommendations to management.
  • Gather input from the tax, legal, marketing, human resources, treasury, and environmental representatives of the deal team to ensure their approval of the agreement
  • Collaborate with franchise units to create a strategy and set of criteria to continuously evaluate value creating opportunities
  • Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment at OU level

Qualifications & Requirements: 

• >10 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or commercial finance roles
• Leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
• Holistic understanding of business performance inside the Franchise
• End-to-end business planning and working cross-functionally inside the organization
• Fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across the OU
• Experience in deliver unparalleled core financial strategies, practices and leading-edge 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 with a focus on communication with Franchise VP, OULT members and Senior Leaders of the bottler teams.

What We Can Do for You:

You will be part of the ASP OU Finance Leadership 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 NETWORK
• Make our CULTURE inevitable
• Build superior CAPABILITIES
• Be ADAPTABLE

Skills:

Account Closing, Budgeting, Business Analytics, Cash Flow, Communication, Corporate Finance, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Performance, Financial Performance Management, General Ledger (GL), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Group Problem Solving, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Leadership, Microsoft Office, Preparation of Financial Reports, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Strategy Development, Teamwork, Waterfall Project Management

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.