Senior Manager, Franchise Finance Operations - Middle East Region

The Coca-Cola Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a strategic finance leader to support Franchise operational finance, optimize margins, and analyze working capital. The ideal candidate has over 9 years of experience in senior financial roles and possesses advanced Excel and communication skills. This role emphasizes relationship building within the franchise system and requires a deep understanding of various business processes.

Benefits

Inclusive culture

Career development opportunities

Growth mindset focus

Qualifications

• More than 9 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Franchise operational finance leaders and Customer activities.
• Analyze and support Working Capital and Cash Management.
• Implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain.

Skills

Leadership experience

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Job description

Location

Location(s): Saudi Arabia

City/Cities: Riyadh

Travel Required: 0% - 25%

Relocation Provided: No

Job Posting End Date

September 29, 2025

Shift

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Job Description Summary

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Lead and Operating Unit CFO to support Franchise and/or local customer activities at the Franchise Unit level, to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:
  • Support franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
  • Prepare & support internal stakeholders on ongoing negotiations
  • Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info
  • Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain
• Support all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including:
  • Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth
  • Assessment and segmentation by Franchise Unit (Fixed vs hybrid vs incidence)
  • Pricing negotiations at Franchise level
  • Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
  • Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
  • Track margins objectives at Franchise level
  • Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
• Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue Growth Management:
  • Support ad hoc M&A analysis and assessment at Franchise level
  • Support the financial implementation of new business models
  • Support Financially all RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level

• Analyze and Support Working Capital and Cash Management:
  • Support Working Capital Optimization initiatives at Legal Entity / Franchise level
  • Cash management optimization analyses
  • Support Optimization actions
  • Interact with local stakeholders (i.e., franchise general managers)

• The role will be also part of a dynamic, flexible and agile Franchise Finance talent pool, focused on the highest priority initiatives in other or across (all) Franchises.

Qualifications & Requirements

• More than 9 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or senior commercial finance roles
• Leadership and management experience, as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels
• Preference for Saudi Nationals
• In depth understanding different business systems and business processes
• Ability and desire to build strong relationships across the Franchise System
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a team
• Capable of articulating complex problems in a simple manner
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent English level

What We Can Do for You

You will be part of the Eurasia & Middle East finance team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders that are inclusive orchestrators. Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, we will:

• Leverage our Bounderless Network
• Make our CULTURE Code inevitable
• Build kick ass CAPABILITIES
• Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE

Travel requirements:

• 5% of travel required

Skills

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.