Senior Manager - Finance Forecasting and Performance Management

Welcome to The Coca-Cola Company, where we are not just a beverage company, but a global institution that cherishes innovation and leadership. We are on the lookout for a Senior Manager of Finance with a sharp focus on Financial Planning and Analysis and Forecasting.

Key Responsibilities

Forecasting

• Tune statistical models generated in the forecasting platform as often as necessary (minimum weekly) to provide a clear starting point for cross-functional stakeholders to collaborate and align on.
• Project Total (Net of Stat +/- Puts & Calls) Unit Case volume for the short-, mid-, and long-term, using input from internal stakeholders, such as Brand, Sales, Franchise, Finance, Cat Comm, and RGM by leveraging stat modeling and value-add capabilities in the forecasting platform (e.g., Anaplan).
• Provide a clear POV on volume risks and opportunities based on an understanding of key inputs and objective assessment of the range of possible outcomes.
• Drive alignment through robust collaboration and analyses to provide the best demand signal for both financial forecast and supply chain planning for US Ops.
• Ensure databases and systems have accurate volumes for the various internal routines such as Weekly Volume Call, Monthly Rolling Estimate, and Annual Business Planning.
• Own the final volume forecast coming out of the monthly Forecast Alignment routines with clear assumption documentation and tracking.

• Drive the monthly Unit Case Forecast Alignment sessions with Brand, Finance, and RGM partners, with inputs from Franchise and Sales (NRS + AO) with the ultimate outcome of feeding the RE and supply chain planning processes.
• Provide clear insights and misses/beats to the BP, RE, and Aligned Forecast in order to continuously improve the process and forecast accuracy/attainment across the organization.
• Actively collaborate with Product Commercialization, Sales and Marketing to capture brand initiatives and campaigns driving incremental volume vs. statistical baseline.
• Drive accountability by updating Puts & Calls and Risks & Opportunities as often as necessary (minimum monthly) in order to have the latest assumptions and resulting volume in the RE.

• Analyze shipment and consumption/sell-through data to identify forecast variances and root causes to drive forecast process and accuracy improvement.
• Provide insights, volume risks and opportunities, and scenarios in order to drive aligned forecast for the downhill periods.
• Actively manage exceptions in the forecasting platform to identify and resolve high-error BPPs.

• Track, analyze, and improve forecast performance by leveraging multiple data sources (shipments, orders, primary vs. secondary vs. consumption/sell-through sales, etc.).
• Track forecast attainment, bias, MAPE and WAPE to identify high-error exceptions and drive improvement through various methodologies.
• Improve stat forecasting model capabilities in Anaplan, as well as Dashboard and other capabilities by continuous learning, testing, and experimenting.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education

• 5+ years' experience in area of sales forecasting, demand planning, and S&OP.
• Statistical modeling
• Direct experience in forecasting applications

• 5+ years of relevant or related industry experience preferred.

• Strong analytical skills
• Expertise Level with Excel
• Strong oral and written communication skills (executive-level interactions)
• Basic understanding of P&L and financial acumen
• Proficient in PowerBI/Databases (e.g., SAP-related BI/BW applications)