Senior Manager, Finance Operations - Austria

Job Description Summary:

Coca-Cola is a global leader in the beverage industry. We are committed to investing in our people, our company, and the communities where we operate to help position the company for long-term, sustainable growth.

Role Purpose

At The Coca‑Cola Company, we are not just refreshing beverages—we are refreshing careers. Join our Finance organization and become part of a global system that values innovation, analytical excellence, collaboration, and inclusive leadership.

The Senior Manager, Finance, Austria plays a critical role in supporting the financial strategy, decision‑making, and operational performance of the Austria market. As a strategic business partner to Operations, Commercial, Marketing, and Bottler leadership, this role strengthens system alignment, unlocks sustainable value, and ensures the financial discipline needed to deliver predictable growth and long‑term profitability.

This is a hands‑on, high‑impact finance role, responsible for insight‑led financial analysis, business planning, value chain optimization, and supporting Bottler & Customer engagement. Operating in a networked environment, the Senior Manager partners across functions and geographies to orchestrate end‑to‑end outcomes for the Austria business.

What You’ll Do for Us

Partner on Strategy, System Alignment & Performance

• Partner with Country Leadership, Operations, Commercial, Marketing, and Bottlers to align on shared business priorities, ensuring financial insights shape strategic choices.
• Act as a key point of connection within the system, strengthening alignment between TCCC, bottler finance teams, and OU finance leadership.
• Provide quantitative and qualitative financial insights to inform negotiations, customer plans, route‑to‑market decisions, and value chain optimization.
• Support the execution of Austria growth strategies through robust financial modelling, scenario planning, and investment evaluation.

Lead Financial Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management

• Lead core Market planning cycles, ensuring high‑quality inputs into ABP, LRP, monthly forecast, and business routines.
• Drive forward‑looking performance management by identifying risks, opportunities, and clear actions—not retrospective reporting.
• Deliver holistic, insight‑driven views of market performance, connecting revenue drivers, category trends, customer economics, and brand investments.
• Ensure financial discipline, strong governance, and adherence to Coca‑Cola financial policies and frameworks.

Drive Value Chain, Margin & Business Model Optimization

• Support the optimization of business models, customer terms, and bottler value creation models across the Austria system.
• Assess financial implications of new RTM approaches, incidence pricing shifts, pricing architecture, and revenue models.
• Develop and implement margin‑enhancing strategies across the value chain, supporting both top‑line and system profitability.
• Track margin performance at customer, channel, and bottler levels, providing actionable insights to improve long‑term economics.

Support RGM & Commercial Finance Priorities

• Partner with RGM teams to financially assess pricing, pack architecture, promo strategy, and elasticity‑driven insights.
• Evaluate RGM interventions and innovation performance, ensuring strong NSR, GM, and system returns.
• Provide financial leadership for customer joint business planning, promo ROI reviews, and channel investment decisions.

Lead Insight‑Driven Decision Support & Strategic Analysis

• Conduct ad‑hoc financial analyses to evaluate opportunities, assess risks, and support strategic choices.
• Build and maintain advanced financial models to simulate scenarios, support negotiations, and guide commercial strategies.
• Leverage data, analytics, and digital tools to elevate insight quality and speed of decision‑making.
• Partner with Platform Services and cross‑functional finance teams to improve processes, tools, and automation.

Represent Finance Across Internal & External Stakeholders

• Communicate clearly with Senior Management, OU Finance, Bottler leadership, and customer‑facing teams to drive alignment.
• Foster strong relationships across the Austria system to support negotiations, commercial initiatives, and operational decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisor—translating complex financial concepts into simple, actionable insights.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Commercial Finance, Customer Finance, or related finance roles.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills; ability to simplify complexity into insight‑led recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and partner effectively in a complex, multi‑partner system environment.
• Experience supporting commercial, RGM, customer, or operational finance initiatives.
• Strong communication, relationship‑building, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within cross‑functional teams.
• Agile mindset, proactive problem‑solving orientation, and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• High proficiency in Excel, financial tools, and analytics platforms.
• Experience with value chain analysis, incidence or margin models, and customer economics preferred.

Travel: Occasional travel across Europe based on business needs.

What We Can Do for You

• Join our team and contribute to driving the growth of some of the world’s most iconic & innovative Brands.
• Impact at Scale: Lead and influence high‑visibility finance initiatives across the Austria market.
• Growth & Learning: Access to global best practices, modern finance capabilities, and continuous learning across the Europe Finance network.
• Empowered Culture: Work in an inclusive, agile environment that rewards innovation, collaboration and performance.

Base Salary: 
Austria: 80,205 EUR to 118,498 EUR
Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 15%
Annual incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Communication, Data Modeling, Financial Forecasting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Scorecards (Inactive), Strategy Development, Waterfall Model

Pay Range:

Austria: 0 EUR - 0 EUR

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Location(s):

Austria

City/Cities:

Vienna

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

August 22, 2026

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.