Manager, Franchise Finance SCCL

Job Description Summary:

At The Coca-Cola Company, our Finance team enables the business to function efficiently and effectively, providing the financial understanding on which key decisions are based. In this role, you will be heavily involved in reporting, analysis, consolidation, and management of annual budgets. We are looking for candidates with prior experience in Finance or Accounting and have a drive for process improvement and digitization.   

What You’ll Do for Us 

• Leads the overall financial consolidation and reporting across SCCL(Swire Coca-Cola), CBL(Cofco Beverage), and ZH(Zhuhai bottler), with a strong focus on monthly financial closing, management reporting, and Rolling Estimate (RE) analysis. Ensures all related financial submissions for both the planning cycle of business plan and rolling estimates, plus also the financial month-end closing requirements. 
• Acts as a key business partner with the franchise and functional directors, plus Operating Unit finance team members, in maximizing the performance of the Operating Unit operations. 
• Drives the planning, analysis and reporting of budget spend across all franchise operations and Operating Unit functions. 
• Supports and drives functional level budget management and controls through robust budget review routines providing deviation and trend analysis, identifying risks and opportunities to support the engagement and discussions with function leads and ensure updates are implemented based on planning scenarios. Own overall DME/OPEX management for the SCCL, ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, compliance, and post‑event reviews.

• Prepares holistic monthly and quarterly management reviews, including CFO meeting materials, consolidated dashboards, and clear executive level narratives across SCCL, CBL, and ZH.
• Provides ad hoc financial analysis and insights to support senior management and CFO level decision making, in addition to providing back up support to other finance team members.
• Partner-cross functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain on regional NPD launches, including pricing, trade spend, profitability, and post launch performance reviews.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned, in response to evolving business needs and market dynamics.

Qualification & Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required  
• 3+ years of experience in a finance/accounting role. 
• Prior experience with month-end closing, rolling forecasting and budgeting processes needed. 

• Must be able to work well under pressure and quick turn-around time to meet deadlines. 
• High ownership and commitment to deliver high quality work and results. 
• Must possess expert knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office and planning systems. 
• Strong knowledge of Budget Planning Process and Variance Analysis. 
• Possess the ability to compare data from various data sources and identify inconsistencies or variances, as well as the ability to analyze financial data are needed.  

• The ability to apply forecasting techniques and skills to develop and evaluate business goals and strategies, analyzing information to derive insights and implications to initiate planning and/or re-planning, and controlling actual results versus budget are required.  
• Knowledge of and understanding of standard Chart of Accounts are required.  
• Must possess the ability to research financial systems and processes in order to resolve issues. 
• Fluent in English and Mandarin, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across functions in a fast‑paced environment.

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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.