Finance Business Manager

at  CocaCola Canada Bottling Limited

Facility Location- Calgary
Work Location - Calgary
Posting Locations - Calgary
Department - West OU Finance
Job Function - Finance and Accounting
Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree
• CPA /MBA preferred
• Minimum 5 years post qualification experience in a similar role preferably in mid-size /Large CPG distribution company
• Strong Analytical Skills, Familiar with the Accounting Policies and practices, Hands on with ERP and MS Office
• Strong Commercial Acumen to take quick decisions, assertiveness to challenge the internal stakeholders and provide solutions
• Ability to travel 10-15%

ABOUT US: PROUDLY CANADIAN AND INDEPENDENTLY OWNED, WE ARE COKE CANADA!

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centers, and 5 production facilities nationwide. For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com

• Perform Holistic Business Performance Analysis of the Sales Centres by conducting critical review of the Profit and Loss Account and provide detailed analytics on Revenue performance (Vol/Rate/Mix, Channel/Customer) and Opex (FS and PSS) management
• Identify gaps in Revenue/GP on weekly basis and work with GM on the plans to grow or recover the lost Revenue/GP if any
• Provide updates on What’s working and what’s not working and work with the GMs to devise the plans to mitigate the financial impact if any
• Work with DCMs to review their Opex Performance on monthly basis especially on Labour efficiency and other major cost drivers, explore and work out the financial impact of the cost saving opportunities, track and report on these opportunities and other Productivity initiatives built in the Plans and RE
• Build profitable and sustainable Regional Strategy (Short Term and Long Term Plans), Prepare Financial Plans(ABP/RE) for the Sales Centres and Distribution centres in line with the OU strategic priorities and by using ZBW and PACE methodologies
• Work with GM to identify business opportunities at the customer and Channel level, ensure validation of Financial justification provided and ensure all approvals in line with COA
• Conduct post spend evaluation of all major commitments to the customers/DME, work on the alternative plans for any deviations and report the same to OU Management team
• Ensure that the Financial Statements with the detailed analytics on actual performance, BP/RE are prepared and submitted to the OU Management team and HQ in line with the agreed timelines
• Ensure compliance with Accounting Principles, Chart of Authority, Internal Control Guidelines. Work with the GMs, DCMs and other functional heads on the gaps identified during the self-assessment process or by the Internal Audit Team
• Work closely with the General Managers, DCMs, DSMs within the Operating Unit and communicate with the Senior Leadeship Team (i.e., OUVPs, OU Fin Director, other Function leads) and will report the Financials to the HQ based Finance Team on Monthly basis.
• Perform Holistic Business Performance Analysis of the Sales Centres by conducting critical review of the Profit and Loss Account and provide detailed analytics on Revenue performance (Vol/Rate/Mix, Channel/Customer) and Opex (FS and PSS) management and work with the GMs to deliver the Revenue and OI targets of the Sales Centres
• Provide detailed analytics to the General Manager on the Performance of the sales Centres on Revenue/GP on weekly basis, give guidance to help take decisions by the GM to deliver the Revenue and OI targets, quantify the financial implication on opportunities /exposures and provide monthly analytics on the business performance on Revenue/Opex/OI.
• Ensure that Plans are prepared in line with the Operating Unit priorities
• Understand the dynamics of the locations, ensure self-assessment of the process and system compliance and provide innovative solutions to ensure robustness of the processes and systems