Job Description Summary:
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 Director, Finance, Great Britain (GB) serves as a strategic finance leader for Great Britain (GB), orchestrating end‑to‑end financial planning, decision support, and value creation across these markets. This role partners with Country leadership, Bottler Finance, Operating Unit (OU) central Finance, and cross‑functional teams to translate strategy into financial choices, enable predictable performance, and optimize system economics across the value chain. The role balances hands‑on analytical rigor with leadership in a networked environment, shaping finance routines, elevating insights quality, and strengthening financial discipline across the system.
While ultimate Profit & Loss (P&L) ownership sits with country/system leaders, this role carries shared accountability for revenue, margin, and cash outcomes by guiding investment decisions, margin architecture, and performance routines in Great Britain (GB).
Scope
- Geography: Great Britain (GB).
- System: Works closely with Bottler Finance and The Coca‑Cola Company (KO) cross‑functional partners.
- Team: Operates through a networked leadership model, orchestrating virtual teams across Markets, Commercial, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Marketing, Strategy & Insights (S&I), and Platform Services.
What You'll Do for Us
Lead Country Strategy, Alignment & Performance
- Partner with Country leaders, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Bottler Finance to align on shared growth priorities and translate them into financial choices and investment guardrails.
- Work actively on Great Britain (GB) finance performance routines, driving forward‑looking, action‑oriented reviews (risks, opportunities, interventions) across revenue, Net Sales Revenue (NSR) / Unit Case (UC), Gross Profit (GP), transactions, share, and cash.
- Provide insight‑led recommendations on portfolio, channel, Route to Market (RTM), and resource allocation, ensuring decisions maximize system value and long‑term profitability.
- Elevate governance and financial discipline in decision‑making; ensure adherence to policies, standards, and strategic guardrails.
Own Planning, Forecasting & Decision Support
- Work on end‑to‑end Annual Business Plan (ABP), Long‑Range Plan (LRP), and rolling forecast processes for Great Britain (GB), ensuring accuracy, scenario planning, and market‑relevant assumptions.
- Build and maintain advanced financial models to assess strategic options, commercial investments, and value chain economics (incidence, margins, customer Profit & Loss Statements (P&Ls)).
- Drive predictability and pace by strengthening inputs, routines, tools, and cross‑functional accountability with Bottler and Operating Unit (OU) stakeholders.
- Translate complex analytics into clear executive narratives and recommended actions.
Drive Value Chain, Margin & Business Model Optimization
- Lead margin improvement across the entire value chain, including incidence pricing, customer terms, Route to Market (RTM) economics, and investment efficiency.
- Support business model optimization and system growth plays, co‑designing structures that improve both top‑line and system profitability.
- Coordinate and support complex negotiations with system partners and key customers in collaboration with Commercial and Country leadership.
- Track and steer country margin objectives; define corrective and acceleration plans where needed.
Support Revenue Growth Management (RGM) & Commercial Finance Excellence
- Partner with Revenue Growth Management (RGM) to financially assess Occasion, Brand, Package, Price, Channel (OBPPC), pricing guardrails, promotion architecture, and elasticity‑based interventions; ensure Net Sales Revenue (NSR) and Gross Profit (GP) improvements.
- Evaluate innovation performance and portfolio/package choices; inform scale, hold, or stop decisions with clear financial logic.
- Enable customer‑specific financial planning and promotion Return on Investment (ROI) reviews to enhance trade spend productivity and channel returns.
Advance Insights, Tools & Ways of Working
- Leverage data, analytics, and digital tools to improve speed and quality of insights and decision‑making across markets.
- Partner with Platform Services to simplify and automate planning, reporting, and performance management where possible.
- Role‑model Leadership in the Network, driving collaboration, speed, and accountability across markets and system partners.
Stakeholder Communication & Representation
- Communicate proactively with Country General Managers (GMs), Market Operations, Operating Unit (OU) Finance, and Bottler senior leadership to align on performance drivers, trade‑offs, and next actions.
- Represent the Great Britain (GB) financial perspective in country, Operating Unit (OU), and Franchise Operations (FO) forums; ensure clarity on market dynamics and execution needs.
- Act as a trusted advisor, simplifying complex finance topics into practical, action‑oriented guidance.
Qualifications & Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Commercial/Customer Finance, or Operations Finance, ideally in franchise/system environments.
- Proven leadership in planning, forecasting, performance management, and strategic decision support.
- Strong technical foundation in financial modelling, value chain economics, incidence/margin models, and investment evaluation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and lead through networks across complex, multi‑partner systems (The Coca‑Cola Company (KO) and Bottler).
- Experience partnering with Commercial and Revenue Growth Management (RGM) on pricing, Occasion, Brand, Package, Price, Channel (OBPPC), promotion Return on Investment (ROI), and customer economics.
- Exceptional communication skills; able to craft clear narratives and drive alignment across senior stakeholders.
- Agile mindset and continuous improvement orientation; comfort with ambiguity and multiple priorities.
- Advanced Excel and fluency with finance and analytics tools; experience with automation and dashboards is a plus.
Travel: Periodic travel for business routines, customer visits, and bottler engagements, with occasional broader travel.
What We Can Do for You
- Join our team and contribute to driving the growth of some of the world's most iconic and innovative brands.
- Impact at Scale: Lead and influence high‑visibility finance initiatives in one of the Top 3 markets in Europe.
- Growth & Learning: Access 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.
Skills:
Analytics, Business Partnerships, Business Planning, Data Analysis, Data Planning, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Influence Across the Network, Organizational Effectiveness, Process Improvements, Relationship Management, Revenue Growth Management, Storytelling, System Economics, Systems Thinking, Value Chain Economics
Location(s):
United Kingdom
City/Cities:
London
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
August 31, 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.