Job Description Summary:
Senior Manager, Operations Finance (SAF)
Reports to Senior Director, Operations Finance Lead (SAF)
A successful Senior Manager, Operations Finance – South Africa is one who will support financial operations of the South Africa Franchise Finance team in support of a financial strategy to drive growth and profitability. This role operates on a team of six (6) finance associates and reports to the South Africa Franchise Head of Finance.
Focus, Scope, & Impact:
Partner with stakeholders across the Franchise and System (RGM, Marketing, Technical, Operations, Strategy, etc.) to develop insights to inform and execute strategic priorities. Responsibilities include:
Decision support for: investments, business model development, pricing strategies, new product launches and System financial health.
Business case development in partnership with System and Franchise stakeholders
Integration of complex financial, execution, and consumer data to deliver comprehensive business insights and recommendations for actions to improve business performance
Support comprehensive routines to review business performance and System financial outcomes
Support after-action reviews of all investment activity
Support end-to-end financial planning processes from forecasting to actuals reporting and rolling estimates, all from SKU-level through to aggregate P&L, ensuring adherence to global and local financial reporting timelines
Monitor business performance and trends to anticipate P&L Risks and Opportunities and proactively generate business insights and recommendations to achieve business targets
Monitor market dynamics across channel and category to determine implications to business strategy and financial outcomes
Team Priorities:
Promote a culture of trust, transparency, and collaboration
Continually strengthen team capabilities with strong focus on development of processes, systems, and tools
Knowledge & Experience
5+ years of experience in financial planning or commercial finance roles
Desire and ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
Functional skills
Horizon Scanning – Continuously monitors business and macro environments (including consumer preferences, competitive landscape, and financial markets) for impact to strategy.
Descriptive & Predictive Analytics – Utilize data science tools and infrastructure to derive meaningful, actionable insights that inform decision-making processes.
Data-Driven Storytelling – A creative way of consolidating data, analyzing for insight, and translating into a clear and compelling story.
Disciplined Decision Support – Identifies actionable business insights and facilitates alignment of decision-makers to ensure prioritization of the most critical projects.
Skills:
Location(s):
South AfricaCity/Cities:
JohannesburgTravel Required:
00% - 25%Relocation Provided:
NoJob Posting End Date:
August 18, 2026Our 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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in financial planning or commercial finance roles
- Experience with FP&A, forecasting, rolling estimates, and SKU-level through aggregate P&L
- Proven ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders and provide disciplined decision support
- Experience using descriptive and predictive analytics and data science tools/infrastructure to generate insights
- Strong data-driven storytelling and business case development skills
- Excellent communication and influencing skills in diverse cultural environments
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%
The Coca-Cola Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Coca-Cola Company and has not been reviewed or approved by The Coca-Cola Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout, combining a 401(k) match with a company-funded cash-balance pension and an employee stock purchase plan match that together materially increase long-term package value.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and feature-rich, including national medical coverage plus specialized add-ons like virtual care, second opinions, oncology navigation, fertility support, and chronic-condition programs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are outlined with structured vacation accrual that increases with tenure and a holiday program that includes both set and floating days.
The Coca-Cola Company Insights
What We Do
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. In addition to the company’s Coca-Cola brands, our portfolio includes some of the world’s most valuable beverage brands, such as AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea, Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee, Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, innocent smoothies and juices, Minute Maid juices, Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater and ZICO coconut water.
