Manager, Franchise Finance Operations – Turkey

Location(s):

Türkiye

City/Cities:

Istanbul

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

February 7, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

A successful Operations Finance Manager is one who can support a strong finance strategy within the Franchise to drive growth and profitability.

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

• Partner with Franchise operational finance leader and team to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the Franchise Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:
  • Support franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
  • Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
  • Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info
  • Assess Financial implications and models on new Route to Market and optimization of current value chain (use of third party, plant closure…)
     
• Financial Analysis & Decision Support:
  • Lead the financial management of Turkey On-Premise channel, Water business and Northern Cyprus operation.
  • Provide financial analysis and insights to capture business development opportunities and support decision making process.
  • Prepare financial analysis and insights on the new initiatives, product launches and brand financials
     
• Informed investment decisions and resource allocation
  • Asses On-Premise channel investments and perform post-completion evaluations.
  • Inform critical investment decisions by conducting thorough financial analysis, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the business context, as well as deep understanding on the implications between the Company and its bottling partners.
     
• Beyond the above-mentioned responsibilities -for the respective Franchise to which role reports to- the role will be also considered part of a dynamic, flexible and agile Franchise Finance talent pool, focused on the highest priority initiatives (of a similar scope) in other or across (all) Franchises.

Knowledge & Experience

• >3 years of leadership experience in financial planning or commercial finance roles
• Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels

Work Focus

• Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
• Provide holistic understanding of business performance inside the Franchise,
• Execute end-to-end business planning inside the Franchise, working cross functionally inside the organization and coordinating with the Operational Finance Lead.
• Use a fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across Franchise/Operating Unit
• Deliver core financial strategies, practices and solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way

Skills:

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

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.