Finance Business Manager

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC; London, Brampton; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in Ontario seeks a Finance Business Manager to oversee financial performance across sales centers. This role involves conducting in-depth financial analyses, collaborating with senior management, and ensuring compliance with accounting principles. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, CPA/MBA, and a minimum of 3 years of relevant finance experience, preferably in a large CPG environment. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of finance experience in mid-size/large CPG distribution.
• Proficient in SAP and advanced Excel/Access skills.
• Strong planner with excellent critical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic financial performance analysis of sales centers.
• Identify revenue gaps and develop recovery plans.
• Prepare financial statements and ensure accounting compliance.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on financial reporting.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Critical Thinking

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

CPA/MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Job description

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• Facility and Work Location - Brampton, Hybrid- 3 days in office. Travel to London, ON two times a month required.
• Shift/Hours - Monday to Friday, Days
• Initial Posting Close Date - October 22nd 2025

About This Opportunity

As a part of the management team, the Finance Business Manager is a key business partner that provides holistic performance and analysis to the General Manager (GM, Sr. Director level), to drive the Revenue, Operating Income and other business metrics of the Sales Centers. Building regional strategy (i.e., Long Term and Short Plans), Financial Plans (BP/RE), conducting regular business reviews, providing updates on headwinds and tailwinds with the financial impact and providing creative business solutions are some of the key responsibilities of this position.

The Finance Business Manager will work on new opportunities like potential customer acquisitions and channel level promotions by providing detailed data on the potential business and profitability while ensuring compliance with the accounting principles, company policies and procedures and other governance guidelines issued by the Internal Control Department and the Head office.

The Finance Business Manager’s scope at Coke Canada includes specific roles for Supply Chain Finance, Inventory, Operating Units, Customer Excellence, and Customer Finance.

Responsibilities

• Perform Holistic Business Performance Analysis of the Sales Centres by conducting critical review of the Profit and Loss Account and provide detailed reporting on Revenue performance and Opex management
• Identify gaps in Revenue/GP (Gross Profit) on weekly basis and work with GM (General Manager) on the plans to grow or recover the lost Revenue/GP if any
• Responsible for regular 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 (Distribution Centre Managers) 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
• Build profitable and sustainable Regional Strategy (Short Term and Long Term Plans), Prepare Financial Plans for the Sales Centres and Distribution Centres in line with the OU (Operating Unit) strategic.
• 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 (Chart of Authority)
• Conduct post spend evaluation of all major commitments to the customers, work on the alternative plans for any deviations and report the same to OU Management team
• Ensure that the Financial Statements on actual performance 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 (District Sales Managers) within the Operating Unit and communicate with the Senior Leadership Team (i.e., OUVPs, OU Finance Director, other Function heads) and will report the Financials to the HQ based Finance Team on Monthly basis.
• Provide detailed analytics to the General Manager on the Performance of the sales Centres on Revenue/GP on weekly basis, provide guidance to 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• CPA /MBA preferred
• 3 Years of Finance experience, preferably in mid-size /Large CPG distribution company
• Strong Commercial Acumen to take quick action, challenge the internal stakeholders and provide solutions
• Proficient in SAP and above average Microsoft Excel and Access are required
• Excellent critical thinking, planning, interpersonal and communication skills

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

Important

All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.

Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653 or email [e-mail].