Finance Capabilities Senior Manager

**Focus, Scope, & Impact**:
As part of the ASEAN & South Pacific (ASP) Finance Leadership team, this role will play an important part in bringing the finance organization to the future state of operation, through:
Leading and supporting ASP Organizational Unit (OU)-wide or Finance projects and work that will transform Finance and align with Coke Finance vision and work of the future under the below main pillars:
A. Capabilities Building Programs

B. Operational effectiveness, ways of working and change management activities

C. Cultural and Engagement programs

Although a senior member of the OU Finance team, this role will be an individual contributor.

More specifically, what you will do for us:
Lead and support Capabilities Building Programs
- Work with the Global Capability Team and other Operating Units Capability teams across the world, to lead and co-develop Finance Capability Frameworks, trainings, and tools to ensure that Finance skills and capabilities are in place to successfully deliver against the future state model
- Impact beyond Finance population; be able to build and deliver together with other teams Finance programs and tailormade trainings to OU associates to increase Business and Financial acumen knowledge so that the Operating Unit can meet its long-term growth targets
- Support and/or participate in Operating Unit or Finance Special Projects

Operational effectiveness, ways of working and management change activities
- Collaborate and support other KO teams (e.g., centralized service teams as well as Controls & Compliance team) to ensure that interaction models between teams are in place. Identify opportunities and propose potential process changes to increase user experience and ensure a low-risk operating environment. Identifies gaps / risks to the processes and proactively works with Control and Compliance team to put actions to address them
- Drive change management activities (Finance and beyond) in the Operating Unit; Understand and liaise with digital transformation efforts such as new SAP ERP (SAP4/Hana) as well as other initiatives with Global teams e.g Data projects as led by Finance, system connections and automation etc
- Undertake key activities in the OU (such as local chart of authority update and design and representation in the financial systems)

Lead and support Cultural and Engagement programs
- Create and lead a team to develop engagement programs and initiatives for Finance associates with aim to create associates’ positive experience at work, engagement and professional development.
- Lead and support projects relating to current and future collaboration tools (digitizing ways of working) as part of the broader Capability building agenda and with aim to further enhance processes around collaboration across Finance team agenda

**Key requirements**
- Be a key communication content creator and communicator to effectively cascade key updates, monthly priorities to the team, drive engagement and adoption in the Finance team for processes and Capabilities work.
- Be the role model in develop diverse network/resources to leverage "best in class" knowledge, approaches, and processes. Be internally and externally focused - shares and adopts ideas and best practices in and outside the Company and embraces change introduced by others.
- Have a robust knowledge around financial processes and systems

**Knowledge and Experience**
- More than 5 years of relevant experience in finance/change management roles
- Leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
- Experience managing multiple inputs and juggling many priorities

**Qualifications and Requirements**:

- Bachelor University degree
- Extensive experience in Finance and change management roles
- Leadership and Management experience
- Project management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels

**Skills**
- Financial and business acumen/ Accounting Principles
- Robust knowledge around financial processes and systems
- Organizational effectiveness
- Project Management
- Capability development
- Design Training programs
- Taking initiatives
- Communications
- Presentations
- Digital collaboration

**Communication Focus**

The Finance Capability Lead role must have outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal). Key audiences and partners include:

- OU President
- OU Leadership Teams (cross-functional)
- Centers of Excellence within Global HR, Global PAC, etc.
- VP, Future of Finance
- Global Director Finance Capabilities

**Skills**

Leadership; Business Analytics; Forecasting; Business Processes; organization; Project Management; Storytelling; Agile Methodologies; Data Modeling; Data Management; Strategic Thinker; Communication; Compliance; Influence; Problem Solving; System Economics; Financial Forecasting
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