Director Finance, Germany

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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, Germany serves as a strategic finance leader for Germany, orchestrating end‑to‑end financial planning, decision support, and value creation across these markets. This role partners with Country leadership, Bottler Finance, 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 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 Germany. Scope • Geography: Germany • System: Works closely with Bottler Finance and KO cross‑functional partners. • Team: Operates through a networked leadership model —orchestrating virtual teams across Markets, Commercial, RGM, Marketing, 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 Germany finance performance routines , driving forward‑looking, action‑oriented reviews (risks, opportunities, interventions) across revenue, NSR/UC, GP, transactions, share, and cash. • Provide insight‑led recommendations on portfolio, channel, 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 ABP, LRP, and rolling forecast processes for Germany—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 P&Ls). • Drive predictability and pace by strengthening inputs, routines, tools, and cross‑functional accountability with Bottler and 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, 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/acceleration plans where needed. Support RGM & Commercial Finance Excellence • Partner with RGM to financially assess OBPPC , pricing guardrails, promo architecture, and elasticity‑based interventions; ensure NSR and GP improvements. • Evaluate innovation performance and portfolio/pack choices; inform scale/hold/stop decisions with clear financial logic. • Enable customer‑specific financial planning and promo 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/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 GM, Market Ops, OU Finance, and Bottler senior leadership to align on performance drivers, trade‑offs, and next actions. • Represent the Germany financial perspective in country, OU and 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 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 (Company & Bottler). • Experience partnering with Commercial/RGM on pricing, OBPPC, promo 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/analytics tools; experience with automation/dashboards is a plus. • Business fluency in English and German 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 & innovative Brands. • Impact at Scale: Lead and influence high‑visibility finance initiatives I one of Top3 markets in Europe. • Growth & Learning: Access to 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: Agile Thinking, Commercial Finance, Finance, Financial Operations, Managing Ambiguity, Strategic Financial Leadership, System Economics Location(s): Germany City/Cities: BERLIN Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: September 3, 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.