Director, Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

March 6, 2026

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

The Director of Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis develops comprehensive business and financial/P&L analytics for the NAOU leadership team and extending business team. Key focus areas include analytics for performance against plan and prior year for volume, price realization, revenue mix, cost mix, marketing/operating expense and the interpretation and insight of this information to North America leadership with Best In Class and transformational communications. This role is responsible for maintaining and evolving a standardized, analytical framework to support monthly, quarterly, and annual performance management routines with executive leadership, and for applying insights to transform outcomes. Working collaboratively across the FP&I team, this role will work flexibly to deliver on the highest priorities of the team.  A strong accounting background is required to support the broader FP&A and NAOU team’s priorities.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Provides historical and forward-looking business and financial analytics (volume, price realization, price mix, cost mix, marketing operating expense, margin), and resulting insights to North America leadership, supporting the development of both internal & external dialog on performance
• Interprets forecasts and supports the NAOU leadership team to deliver quarter and annual volume & profit goals for NAOU operating unit
• Maintains and evolves a standardized, analytical framework to support weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual performance management routines with executive leadership
• Develops strong partnerships across the organization with Commercial, Strategy and Planning, OU Finance and Finance Leadership
• Serves as subject-matter expert on accounting policy, business and financial analytical tools, data sources, research, insights & best practices
• Lead the development, governance, and continuous improvement of financial planning, actuals and forecast processes, policies, and standards.
• Establish and maintain strong financial controls, ensuring accurate financial reporting and proactive identification of business risks and opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing clear, insight driven outcomes that serve as guidance on financial and strategic decisions.
• Provide leadership across FP&A and partner teams in the OU, Center and Fin Hub to deliver business critical outcomes with pace and discipline.
• Drive a step change in performance reporting and insights by reimagining tools, streamlining processes, and leveraging advanced analytics, digital capabilities, and AI where appropriate.
• Design and deliver best inc lass, forward looking reporting and insights that anticipate trends and inform strategic choices.
• Develop and deliver high impact analytics on key financial measures and value drivers that influence operating performance.
• Oversee short and long term financial planning and analysis to forecast, evaluate, and optimize future business performance.
• Manage the preparation and distribution of internal and external financial reports and ensure the integrity of corporate financial systems.
• Configure, maintain, and enhance finance information systems to ensure accurate, reliable, and timely reporting.
• Lead strategic discussions to evaluate investment opportunities, tradeoffs, and productivity initiatives in close partnership with stakeholders.
• Develop valuation models grounded in value drivers, economic conditions, cost structures, pricing dynamics, and market insights.
• Build deep understanding of system revenue performance and champion automation by digitizing finance workflows and deploying multidimensional models anchored in a single source of truth.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a relevant field, with a CPA and /or MBA or equivalent preferred.
• 5 + experience in Forecasting, Data Modeling and Visualization, Automation, and Business Analytics, Business Planning.
• Proven expertise in leading operational strategies within finance, as well as managing projects and resources.
• Experience leveraging skills in project management; change management; process development/improvement; and strong negotiation and collaboration is needed. 
• Experience with data management methods, analytics deployment and orchestration tools, database and visualization tools for customer facing applications is needed. 
• Experience synthesizing large, complex data sets from various sources and building machine learning models, data science methods, and analytics is needed. 
• Must possess exceptional communication skills (story telling) evidenced by good verbal/written presentation ability.

What We’ll Do for You:

• Empower your Career: Join a team where you can lead critical financial operations, offering ample opportunities for growth in a global and dynamic work environment.
• Collaborative Culture: We work cross-functionally, across business units to ensure you’ve got the tools, resources, and thought-leadership to create the most.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills:

Analytical Tools, Analytics, Automation, Business Analytics, Business Operations, Business Planning, Change Management, Collaborating, Communication, Data Management, Data Modeling Tools, Data Science, Data Visualization, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Leadership, Negotiation, Process Development (PD), Storytelling, Synthesizing Complex Information

Pay Range:

$148,000 - $169,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

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.

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.

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. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.