**Director, Operation Finance** **Reports to: Senior Director. Operations Finance Lead** **Kenya** A successful Cluster Operational Finance Lead is one who can create and execute a strong finance strategy within the Cluster to drive growth and profitability. **Focus, Scope, & Impact:** * Manage the Cluster P&L, including proactively managing risks & opportunities, providing predictability and to the extent possible, stability to the clusters' key financial performance metrics. * Partner with Franchise Senior Finance Director and Cluster Senior Director Operations to manage all Cluster and/or Operational /Customer activities to drive alignment across multiple senior stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including: + Responsible for managing relationship with Bottling Partners and leading and influencing decisions on investments, financials support, value sharing models, pricing strategies, new product launches and system economics + Support the Senior Director Operations and team in defining the Franchise Long Range Plans, Business Plans as well as managing day to day operations + Responsible for end-to-end PL management of the cluster including preparing, analyzing and delivering financial forecasts and results + Gain insights and brainstorm with customers/Bottlers on business issues; Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations + Implement Africa Operating Unit (OU) and Franchise resource allocation strategy + Set spends objectives and requirements on resource allocation for the cluster (joint planning/tracking with operations team and bottling partners) + Quantitative and qualitative Bottler/Customer info * Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Cluster, including: + Strategic thinking on business models optimization and system top line growth + Incidence Pricing Calibrations + Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain + Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions + Optimization of current value chain + Set, track and be accountable for margins objectives + Leverage the network and execute locally OU margin strategy + Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management + Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment for the cluster + Lead the financial implementation of new business models where applicable + Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A + Support Financially all RGM initiatives + Determine pricing strategy and objectives + Provide Financial input into new product / service development process + Working Capital and Cash Management for the cluster **Knowledge & Experience** + Minimum 8-10 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or commercial finance roles + Extensive leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels **Skills:** Business Finance; Finance Strategy; Forecasting; Financial Performance; Finance Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:30 Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.