A successful Franchise Finance Manager is one who can execute a strong finance strategy within the Franchise to drive growth and profitability
· Partner with Franchise operational finance leaders, Operational Finance Lead and OU 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:
o Support franchise (bottlers) and customer relationships at the local level
o Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
o Quantitative and qualitative local Bottler/Customer info
o Assess Financial implications and models on new ARTM and optimization of current value chain
· Support all Business Models and Margins within the Franchise, including:
o Execution of business models optimization and system top line growth
o Assessment and segmentation by Franchise Unit (Fixed vs hybrid vs incidence)
o Incidence Pricing 2.0 negotiations at Franchise level
o Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
o Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
o Track margins objectives at Franchise level
o Leverage the network and execute locally Global margin strategy
· Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management:
o Support ad hoc M&A analysis and assessment at Franchise level
o Support the financial implementation of new business models (Milk JV…)
o Support Financially all RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level
· Analyze and Support Working Capital and Cash Management:
o Support Working Capital Optimization initiatives at Legal Entity / Franchise level
o Cash management optimization Analyses
o Support Optimization actions
o 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:
· >4 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
· 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 Europe 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 CAPABILTIES
· Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE
· 20% of travel required
Business Growth, Business Performance, Finance Strategy
Hungary
BUDAPEST
00% - 25%
No
October 8, 2026
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