Financial Services Manager I - Customer Agreement Team

Job description

DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS:

Position Overview:

· Supports National Foodservice & On-Premise cross-functional account teams on customer negotiations on contract renewals/renegotiations, investment spending, new business opportunities and category expansion.  This encompasses providing business consulting, value chain development and financial analysis, ensuring customer portfolio equity and channel integrity, and working with a cross functional negotiating team (Sales, Marketing, Legal, Operations, Bottling Partners, etc.) to help drive towards value-based customer agreements.
· Financial Analysis: perform value-chain analysis and economic validation of proposed customer program variables within a customer deals model to model key outcomes and metrics (i.e., Operating Income, Economic Profit); synthesize information, aggregate & present information in a common format,:  etc.
· Develop, maintain, and use financial models, templates, strategic and operational measures and software programs/systems in order to perform financial analysis.
· Perform analysis that requires application of financial concepts and/or tools (e.g., NPV, IRR, Discounted Cash Flow, statistical analyses, economic analyses, line item walk-forwards, volume building blocks).
· Identify and analyze variances between plans and/or results and business unit commitment.
· Prepare rolling estimate by collecting and evaluating all available actual, forecast, risk/opportunity information, operating management direction and revising as appropriate.
· Ensure that contracts with customers and bottlers are executed in compliance with the established terms of the agreement (e.g., funding levels, performance requirements, marketing reciprocals, looks of success).
· Review and approve documents in compliance with Chart of Authority.
· Identify, research and make recommendations for resolution of data integrity issues.
· Ensure all accounting entries and authorizations are in compliance with Company Accounting Policy and GAAP.
· Prepare supplemental reports, information, and documentation as required for internal and external auditors and the Tax Department.

Education: Bachelor's degree requred, CPA or MBA preferred

Experience: Minimum 3 -5 years relevant experience required

Skills:

· Financial Reporting: Knowledge and application of the Company's financial reporting processes, procedures, and systems 
· Financial Systems and Processes. Ability to research financial systems and processes (e.g., journal vouchers, expense reports, vendor file) to resolve issues (e.g., missing expense checks, missing journal vouchers). 
· Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Knowledge of international, U.S. or local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This includes the ability to apply these principles and determine compliance with the principles.
· Reconciliation. Ability to compare data from various data sources and identify inconsistencies or variances.

Honesty and integrity have always been cornerstone values of The Coca-Cola Company. Our passion for people of integrity mirrors our spirited drive for total quality in our brands. These and other elements allow the company to sustain strategic practices and drive business performance. The Personnel Integrity Assurance Program is another step toward making The Coca-Cola Company the premier workplace. This process includes a pre-employment background investigation that applies to all applicants employees and contractors of the company. The scope of this inquiry may cover such elements as education employment history a criminal history check reference checks and a pre-employment drug screen. Designated countries or sensitive positions within the company may have more stringent standards.

At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.