Director Finance, Germany

The Coca-Cola Company

Berlin, GermanyPosted about 1 month agoDiscoveredMatch locked

Accounting and Finance

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.

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:

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.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30 Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

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Skills

agileexcel

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