Role Purpose
At The CocaCola 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 Senior Manager, Finance, GB&I (Ireland) plays a critical role in supporting the financial strategy, decision‑making, and operational performance of the GB&I market. As a strategic business partner to Operations, Commercial, Marketing, and Bottler leadership, this role strengthens system alignment, unlocks sustainable value, and ensures the financial discipline needed to deliver predictable growth and long‑term profitability.
This is a hands‑on, high‑impact finance role, responsible for insight‑led financial analysis, business planning, value‑chain optimization, and supporting Bottler & Customer engagement. Operating in a networked environment, the Senior Manager partners across functions and geographies to orchestrate end‑to‑end outcomes for the Ireland business.
What You’ll Do for Us
Partner on Strategy, System Alignment & Performance
Partner with Country Leadership, Operations, Commercial, Marketing, and Bottlers to align on shared business priorities, ensuring financial insights shape strategic choices.
Act as a key point of connection within the system, strengthening alignment between TCCC, bottler finance teams, and OU finance leadership.
Provide quantitative and qualitative financial insights to inform negotiations, customer plans, route‑to‑market decisions, and value‑chain optimization.
Support the execution of GB&I growth strategies through robust financial modelling, scenario planning, and investment evaluation.
Lead Financial Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management
Lead core Market planning cycles, ensuring high‑quality inputs into ABP, LRP, monthly forecast, and business routines.
Drive forward‑looking performance management by identifying risks, opportunities, and clear actions—not retrospective reporting.
Deliver holistic, insight‑driven views of market performance, connecting revenue drivers, category trends, customer economics, and brand investments.
Ensure financial discipline, strong governance, and adherence to CocaCola financial policies and frameworks.
Drive Value Chain, Margin & Business Model Optimization
Support the optimization of business models, customer terms, and bottler value‑creation models across the GB&I system.
Assess financial implications of new RTM approaches, incidence pricing shifts, pricing architecture, and revenue models.
Develop and implement margin‑enhancing strategies across the value chain, supporting both topline and system profitability.
Track margin performance at customer, channel, and bottler levels, providing actionable insights to improve long‑term economics.
Support RGM & Commercial Finance Priorities
Partner with RGM teams to financially assess pricing, pack architecture, promo strategy, and elasticity‑driven insights.
Evaluate RGM interventions and innovation performance, ensuring strong NSR, GM, and system returns.
Provide financial leadership for customer joint business planning, promo ROI reviews, and channel investment decisions.
Lead Insight‑Driven Decision Support & Strategic Analysis
Conduct adhoc financial analyses to evaluate opportunities, assess risks, and support strategic choices.
Build and maintain advanced financial models to simulate scenarios, support negotiations, and guide commercial strategies.
Leverage data, analytics, and digital tools to elevate insight quality and speed of decision‑making.
Partner with Platform Services and cross‑functional finance teams to improve processes, tools, and automation.
Represent Finance Across Internal & External Stakeholders
Communicate clearly with Senior Management, OU Finance, Bottler leadership, and customer‑facing teams to drive alignment.
Foster strong relationships across the GB&I system to support negotiations, commercial initiatives, and operational decisions.
Act as a trusted advisor—translating complex financial concepts into simple, actionable insights.
Qualifications & Requirements
7+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Commercial Finance, Customer Finance, or related finance roles.
Strong analytical and financial modelling skills; ability to simplify complexity into insight‑led recommendations.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and partner effectively in a complex, multi‑partner system environment.
Experience supporting commercial, RGM, customer, or operational finance initiatives.
Strong communication, relationship‑building, and negotiation skills.
Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within cross‑functional teams.
Agile mindset, proactive problem‑solving orientation, and ability to handle multiple priorities.
High proficiency in Excel, financial tools, and analytics platforms.
Experience with value‑chain analysis, incidence or margin models, and customer economics preferred.
Travel: Periodic travel across GB&I 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 across the GB&I market.
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.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 15%—Annual Incentive reference value is a market‑based competitive value for your role, indicating performance at target.
Confidentiality
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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 or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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