Senior Finance Manager - Customer Finance

Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 122,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Coke Canada Bottling is seeking a Senior Finance Manager in Toronto to lead the Customer Finance team and own end-to-end P&L for major retail accounts.

In this hybrid role, you will drive pricing strategy, trade investments, forecasting and long-range planning while building a high-performing finance team and partnering with cross-functional leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• MBA/CPA/CFA or equivalent designation preferred.
• 7+ years finance experience in CPG/retail.
• Proven leadership and coaching of teams.
• Strong ability to translate data into strategic insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level financial leadership for customer P&Ls and partner with leadership teams.
• Lead and develop a team of Finance Managers and drive high performance.
• Ensure TPM data integrity and alignment with financial systems.
• Oversee performance analyses including forecast-to-actual reviews.
• Own customer profitability modelling, ROI assessments, and scenarios.
• Lead annual customer revenue and business planning with strategic alignment.
• Shape pricing and trade investment strategies with RGM and analytics.

Skills

Finance leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Financial storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

MBA/CPA/CFA preferred

Job description

Toronto, Ontario | Hybrid

Human Powered. Customer Centric. Future Ready.

For more information about Coke Canada Bottling and our products, visit cokecanada.com/our-product.

Role Details

• Work Location – Toronto, ON
• Hybrid Environment – This position currently offers a hybrid work schedule. Subject to change. The in-office requirement is a minimum of three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), with the flexibility to work remotely on the remaining days.
• Salary – $121,500- $135,000 annually
• Initial Posting Close Date – October 21, 2026

The starting base salary is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, role complexity, experience and internal equity.

About This Opportunity

We are recruiting a Senior Finance Manager to join our Customer Finance team. This role will serve as the strategic finance lead for a portfolio of major retail customers, partnering closely with Senior Sales Directors, National Account Directors, and cross-functional leaders to drive profitable growth.

The Senior Finance Manager will have end-to-end ownership of customer-level financial performance, including P&L management, trade investment governance, forecasting, pricing strategy, and long-range financial planning. They will also lead and develop a team, ensuring strong business partnership, high-quality financial support, and operational excellence.”

This is an exciting opportunity to shape high-impact financial decisions, influence senior leaders, and build a high-performing finance team while driving meaningful results across some of the organization’s most important customer partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level financial leadership for customer P&Ls, delivering insights, strategic recommendations, and decision support to Senior Sales Directors and customer leadership teams.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Finance Managers by setting priorities, reviewing deliverables, building capabilities, and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Ensure the integrity of Trade Promotion Management (TPM) data and its alignment with financial systems, partnering with IT, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), and Sales to maintain accurate trade spend, promotional calendars, and customer investment tracking.
• Oversee customer performance analysis, including rigorous reviews of forecast-to-actual results across volume, rate, mix, gross profit, and trade spend, with clear explanations of key business drivers.
• Own customer profitability modelling, including full P&L builds, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and ROI assessments for trade investments and promotional programs.
• Lead annual customer revenue and business planning, aligning customer strategies, promotional calendars, investment levels, and financial targets while balancing customer growth ambitions with internal profit and margin objectives.
• Shape customer pricing and trade investment strategies by evaluating pricing architecture, trade spend classification, and promotional effectiveness in partnership with RGM and Advanced Analytics.
• Review and approve pricing and trade spend submissions, ensuring alignment with business plans and supporting customer requests with robust financial justification.
• Deliver accurate and timely revenue rate forecasts for Rolling Estimates and other financial planning cycles.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting that highlights variances to plan and forecast, identifies risks and opportunities, and recommends clear actions.
• Ensure compliance and audit readiness for pricing, trade spend documentation, and trade investment governance, proactively resolving discrepancies.
• Support senior-level customer presentations by developing clear financial narratives, profitability insights, and strategic recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required.
• MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent designation preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally in CPG, retail, or customer finance.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams through coaching and performance management.
• Strong financial acumen, with a proven track record of translating complex data into strategic insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and collaborating with Sales, RGM, Supply Chain, Customer Solutions, and other cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and financial storytelling skills.
• Strategic and proactive mindset, with experience navigating ambiguity, mitigating risk, and identifying opportunities for process improvement and value creation.
• High integrity and commitment to accurate and ethical financial practices.
• Proven capacity to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Why join Coke Canada Bottling?

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada’s Local Bottler. We’re Made Local.

Proudly independent, Canadian and family-owned, we make, distribute, merchandise and sell some of the most-loved beverages Canadians enjoy. Our more than 6,000 employees work coast-to-coast across over 50 sales and distribution centres and five manufacturing facilities.

Here, You Can

• Influence meaningful people and business decisions.
• Develop your capabilities through experience, coaching and learning resources.
• Access a comprehensive benefits package supporting your physical, mental and financial well-being.
• Participate in retirement and savings programs, paid vacation and floater days.
• Give back through employee volunteer opportunities in the communities where we live and work.
• Help advance our vision of becoming the World’s Greatest Bottler, Built by the Best People.

Bring your perspective

Coke Canada Bottling has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers for Diversity. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong.

Research shows that women-identifying candidates and members of other marginalized communities may hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification.

Our hiring process is human-driven and does not use AI tools to make screening, assessment or selection decisions. If you require accommodation or support during the recruitment process, please call 1-844-383-2653 or email [e-mail].

Background clearance

All offers of employment with Coke Canada Bottling are conditional upon successful background clearance completed through our contracted third-party provider. Requirements vary by position and may include criminal, employment and education verification, as well as a driver’s abstract where applicable.

Please speak with the Talent Acquisition team if you have questions once you are contacted for further consideration.