About this role
Job Description Summary:
Position Overview: A successful Senior Manager, Operations Finance is one who can create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Franchise to drive growth and profitability
Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities:
• Manage the Franchise’s P&L, including pro-actively managing risks & opportunities, providing predictability and to the extent possible, stability to the operation’s key financial performance metrics. • Partner with senior leaders and manage all Franchise and/or Customer activities at the Franchise level, to drive alignment across multiple senior stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including: • Manage Senior franchise (bottler) and customer relationships • Gain insights and brainstorm with customers/Bottlers on business issues; Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations • Rebate and deduction negotiations with external parties • Implement global/OU resource allocation strategy • Set spend objectives and requirements (joint planning with bottlers / customers) • Set rebate and deduction strategy, manage financial negotiations • Quantitative and qualitative Bottler/Customer info • Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain (use of third party, plant closure…)
• Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including: • Strategic thinking on business models optimization and system top line growth • Assessment and segmentation by market • Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain • Margins center of excellence across the system • Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions • Set, track and be accountable for margins objectives • Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
• Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management: • Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment • Lead the financial implementation of new business models • Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A • Support Financially all RGM initiatives • Determine pricing strategy and objectives • Provide Financial input into new product / service development process
Enable an agile way of working partnering with OU, Platform Services and Genpact teams
Analyze and Execute Working Capital and Cash Management:
• Analyze Working Capital (CPS/SC/OU) for Optimization • Identify and set optimization actions • Cash management optimization Analyses • Identify and set Optimization actions • Interact with stakeholders and influence
Education Requirements:
• University degree in Finance, Economics or Business
Related Work Experience:
• >3 years of leadership experience in financial planning or commercial finance roles • Ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
Functional Skills:
• 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 FO, working cross functionally inside the organization and coordinating with the RFD • Use a fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across OU • This role is responsible for partnering internally as well as externally to effectively drive financial outcomes, as well as to build alignment on key initiatives and metrics • This role will need to lead through influence leadership and members of the OU Finance and Platform Services teams
Travel requirements 20%
Skills:
Location(s): Kazakhstan City/Cities: Almaty Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: July 9, 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.