Latest Job Vacancies at The Coca-Cola Company

Position Overview:

• B2B Digitization Senior Manager will work collaboratively with the Operating Unite Functions, franchise, and bottling partners to drive the digitized RTM strategy implementation and Olympian level execution.

What You’ll Do for Us 

• Provides thought leadership and fact-based insights and methodologies to identify, develop, and execute the best possible growth paths through the analysis of business drivers, current reality and future trends, competitive landscape & dynamics in our and adjacent business/categories, as well as internal capabilities and external factors that affect or could affect the business 
• Integrates with other functions & processes and provides oversight and management to multiple initiatives, connecting and bring synergy to ensure that work is completed efficiently, adjusting priorities, effectively track progress and identify issues 
• Works closely with our bottling partners to activate in-market initiatives to experiment and learn how segmentation solutions can drive incremental business growth 
• Collaborates with the strategy and insights community on linking consumer segmentation with market segmentation efforts to maximize efforts 
• Leads the strategy definition and implementation of super / hyper channel strategies across the system in balance with the system’s served channels, vs. other growing channels and competitors to protect our business base and profitability 
• Builds an understanding of the channel and customer business model, needs and expectations and assess our opportunity to connect with these for un-parallel value creation 
• Leads development of a long-term super & hyper channel strategy, based on strategic analysis, opportunity identification via revenue mapping, and identification and alignment on key profit pools over the medium to long term. Develop an investment plan against identified strategic imperatives with financial analysis, breakeven and ROI estimations. 
• Collaborates and drives buy-in with the bottling team on the strategic imperatives and required investment plans, with aligned milestones and KPIs, as well as investment sharing arrangements. 
• Leads the Reliability Growth Management (RGM) process in the channel to optimize volume / revenue mix by pack and brand and identifies future opportunities. 
• Leads the development and implementation of specific incidence & frequency driving programs. 
• Leads key channel specific shopper/customer insight development to build a strong insights and analytics base for channel planning and execution. 
• Drives the development of business case, and the launch of region-specific new product/package launches, new off-take driving programs, as well as, ensures the successful execution of national innovation projects

Qualification & Requirements:

• 5 + years of Leadership experience in Commercial Planning and Commercial Execution with strong skills in Route-To-Market, Value to Market, Innovation, and Channel Strategy.
• Experience in a cross-functional or highly matrixed organization.
• Experience having owned/shaped/led growth and marketing strategy for global product line. 
• Deep marketing expertise in market & customer insights, segmentation, product commercialization and branding 
• Ability to motivate and work well with diverse, global and cross functional teams.  
• Candidate must have a proven track record of delivering results through leadership and growth behaviors and strategy building experience.

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Role Overview

A successful Performance Insights Manager is one who can efficiently manage & analyze performance insights to facilitate the right decision-making process and performance management for his/her franchise. He / She will play a key role to facilitate communication between the franchise & Africa Operating unit under the area of Financial & Strategic Planning on daily basis.

What You will Do for Us

Partner with senior leaders, franchise & Africa Operating unit teams to support the Business Plan, Long Range Plans and Business Performance at the Franchise level, to drive alignment across multiple senior stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:

• Coordinate with Financial Planning team to prepare & provide local business plan insights & assumptions on volume growth.
• Provide valuable insights of business trends.
• Localize business plan volume targets and strategy as extension of global.
• Analyze execution of strategy monthly and communicate insights.
• Business Performance analysis, narrative, and presentations to support local and global performance management routines.
• Develop & discuss insights with stakeholders & plan takeaways.
• Meet with stakeholders to discuss business performance and implications, capture takeaways.

Delivery of volume, transactions, revenue and execution performance stewardship tools and reports to provide insights to Franchise performance. Accountable for creation of dashboards, reports and tools that provide a clear view of performance vs. goals, the identification of gaps and opportunities.

• Use a fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to assist in creation of business plan, collaborating across Africa Operating unit and receiving approval from Group/Center.
• Provide holistic understanding of business performance inside the Africa Operating unit, including defining Africa Operating unit volume budget targets, operational metrics, and requirements by region/brand/channel, etc.
• Creating stakeholder value through provision of easy-to-use effective tools. Through a high degree of technical aptitude with our tools/systems, a robust knowledge and curiosity about our business & its drivers and in collaboration with end users, develop tools that enable action to be taken to improve business performance.
• Partnership for insights: Collaborate with other performance team members in the Franchises, within Finance and at key Bottlers to support and conduct analysis, build capability, gain clearer understanding of performance, track course correction actions and planning assumptions.
• Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition
• Supports broader Finance organization in insights generation, storytelling and impactful presentations.
• Support the development of the Africa Operating unit performance team's capabilities by proactively learning new skills and technologies and embracing experimentation to learn how we best incorporate these into our routines.

Role Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree majoring in one of the following Statistics, Finance, Economics, Engineering or another analytical discipline. MBA preferred.
• 8 years of experience in financial/strategic planning area.
• Experience in a strategy consulting environment is a plus given the skills required.
• Strong technical & analytical skills – advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint, background in data modeling/data analytics and/or data mining.
• Ability to extract insightful “so what’s” from the analysis, ability to perform analysis at high speed.
• Experience of sales, financial & execution data – both internal and syndicated – and the creation of dashboards and scorecards to visual the data.
• Very strong communication skills (solid understanding of top-down story lining, ability to create powerful slides that adhere to our best practice template, ability to generate slides at very high speed, solid verbal presentation skills)
• Solid problem-solving skills.
• Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative.
• Project management skills
• Other: Experience analyzing industry trends/competition, developing forecasts, developing powerful presentations, developing business strategies/plans etc…

Skills:

• Leadership; Agile Methodology; Communication; Business Analytics; Strategy Development; Forecasting; Valuation Modeling; Problem Solving; Project Management; System Economics; Data Modeling; Financial Forecasting

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Position Overview

This role supports these essential strategic priorities and leads the organization in developing and providing strategic consultation on company goals and priorities. We’re looking for someone with a strategic mindset that wants to make a global impact.

What You’ll Do for Us 

• Oversees the detailed, quantitative analysis work associated with developing meaningful insights to address business biggest challenges.
• Partners and collaborates inside and outside the department with Functions/Operating Units/Platform Services based on the priorities of the enterprise and the department.
• For priorities identified, support the process to deliver expectations (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning) 
• Leverage analysis and insights produced by Platform Services/Operating Units/Functions and produces ad-hoc analysis required to support rotating priorities (Enterprise Strategy, Enterprise-Wide Initiatives or Enterprise Learning).
• Assist in the development of communication plans designed to ensure transparent communications with key internal and external stakeholders during the strategic planning process.
• Assistance in establishing a strategic planning process structure for how to best receive and incorporate input from leadership and stakeholders on the strategic plan.
• Provide guidance on key elements and structure of the related implementation plan, including performance indicators and accountability systems.
• Identify opportunities and implement recommendations to leverage knowledge sharing.
• Provide recommendations to aid in organizational effectiveness through the strategic planning process and implement approved recommendations to improve the organizational efficiency.

Qualifications & Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, or related field
• 5+ years’ experience focused on Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategy, Commercial Strategy, and Business Transformation.
• Experience working with senior executives crafting and implementing strategies for growth and margin improvement at the corporate, business, or brand level.
• Superior critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, team-building, and oral and written communication skills; outstanding integrity, initiative, creativity, and passion.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
• Problem solving, process mind-set and analytical skills with great attention to detail
• Ability to rotate across priorities, leverage relationships with key business partners, comfortable in working closely with OUs/Functions/Platform Services.
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal).

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What You will Do:

• Extract information from SAP, archives and liaise with Africa Operating Unit departments and Financial Services teams to obtain supporting information required for tax audits and Revenue Authorities’ requests for information.
• Analyze, compile and present supporting information required by routine Revenue Authority information requests and audits in collaboration with Corporate Tax and EY
• Preparation of monthly VAT, WHT and Withholding VAT (as applicable) Computations, Returns and payment requests and prepare related journal vouchers for posting into the ledger
• Preparation of Quarterly tax computations for income tax and deferred tax and related journal vouchers for posting into the ledger
• Prepare provisional tax computation and return for review by Local Entity Controller.
• Prepare annual tax calculation, return and accompanying tax schedules for review by Local Entity Controller
• Maintain listing schedule of all provisional tax /additional assessment payments made to Revenue Authorities with supporting documentation.
• Support monthly reconciliation of tax related GL accounts and follow up of reconciling items.
• Ensure correct categorization of payments made to Revenue Authorities for all taxes by reviewing Revenue Authorities’ statements of accounts and following up with Revenue Authorities on errors identified
• Quarterly update of the Deferred Tax listing of permanent and temporary difference for all balance sheet accounts
• Follow up with Revenue Authorities on tax clearance certificates by completing and submitting the relevant on-line forms
• Prepare SPP 13.1 tax forms and supporting documentation to Corporate Tax within 3 weeks of filling the annual tax return
• Work with Local Entity Controller and Legal to close / liquidate any dormant legal entities in the jurisdiction
• Research on and respond to ad hoc tax queries and related assignments as may be allocated by the Local Entity Controller
• Monthly Balance Sheet Reviews as part of the USGAAP closing process. This also includes actioning queries identified during balance sheet reviews.
• Reconciling of GL accounts monthly – e.g.: Prepayments, Leases.
• Reconciling of Vendor accounts specific to Controllership– e.g.: Kaplan & Stratton and EY.
• Creation of Purchase Requisitions for Controllership and follow up on queries and ensuring GRV’s are done on time.
• Compiling and submitting ALL government requested statistical forms.

Required Experience:

• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience
• University degree preferably in Finance, Accounting, Tax or related.
• Cross cultural exposure is required and an ability to interact across functions and hierarchies. 
• Ability to communicate with confidence and influence diverse stakeholders is crucial.

Technical Skills:

• Tax Compliance requirements
• Advanced SAP and Excel analytical skills
• Collaboration skills