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Our vision is both simple and ambitious: to put our drinks on every table.  

We are the leading global independent beverage solutions provider. We serve a broad range of national and international retailers as well as Global, National and Emerging (GNE) brands. Our products are distributed worldwide from our production sites in Europe, North America, and Australia. Although our own branding may not appear on the labels of the beverages we produce, there is a good chance you are reading this while sipping one of our drinks.

Our ambition is to continually improve and it’s what keeps us at the top of our game. We are solutions-based. We are innovative.  We seek out new challenges and conquer them.  This is our company ethos, but it’s our people’s too: Refresco is at the cutting edge of a fast-moving industry because we have passionate people pushing the boundaries of what’s best.

Stop and think: how would YOU put our drinks on every table?  

Position Description

The Sr. Manager, Corporate Finance & Business Analysis will be a critical partner to the Transformation Office and various functional leads.  This role is responsible for rigorously reviewing, challenging, and ultimately validating the financial benefit estimates (i.e. cost savings, revenue uplift, working capital improvements) associated with large-scale business transformation initiatives.  The goal is to ensure that benefit targets are realistic, measurable, and have a clear, traceable path to realization, thereby maximizing the return on investment for the company’s strategic programs.  The role will also lead the financial analysis of business performance and act as an independent business advisor to the business including responsibility for the evaluation of capital allocation effectiveness and deployment of resources.  The role will also manage the monitoring and benchmarking of key financial metrics relative to direct and indirect competitors in the industry.

This opportunity provides exposure to many functional departments, leading to a high level understanding of all areas of the business.  The responsibilities of this role are varied, creating a very challenging, dynamic and rewarding work environment.  This position reports to the VP of FP&A.

Duties: 

The following are essential duties and responsibilities for this position:

• Benefit Modeling & Review: Lead the detailed review and critical assessment of financial models developed by transformation initiative owners, focusing on assumptions, calculation methodology, and data integrity.  Challenge initiative owners on their underlying assumptions, drivers, and the probability of achieving the projected benefits.
• Validation & Sign-off: Provide independent, objective validation and formal sign-off on the financial viability and realization potential of all high-value transformation initiatives before they are approved for execution.  Establish and maintain standardized methodologies and templates for benefit estimation and documentation across the organization.
• Tracking & Governance: Work closely with the Transformation Office and Group Finance teams to embed validated benefits into the financial planning processes.  Monitor the actual realization of validated benefits post-implementation, reporting on variances and collaborating with initiative owners to develop course-correcting strategies.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary North American finance liaison to the Transformation Office, presenting validation findings and recommendations.
• Business Analysis including evaluation of profitability by customer, product, and production location as well as identifying opportunities to increase profitability and efficiency of the business.
• Coordinate capital allocation analysis and decisions including ROIC and network optimizations. Track the opportunity capital project pipeline and perform post implementation reviews and analysis on opportunity capital investments.  Partner with the FP&A planning team to ensure opportunity capital investments and returns are incorporated into financial projections.
• Partner with Commercial Finance to evaluate pricing and volume capture opportunities in order to maximize scale economics and associated economic benefits.
• Partner with the Commercial Strategy team to incorporate financial competitor analysis for the North American business, incorporating key financial metrics into the competitor database and reporting on internal performance relative to competitors on a quarterly basis.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerBI along with proficiency in PowerPoint and Word is required
• Strong finance and analytical skills, with demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong technical and data management skills are preferred. Experience with SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud Planning is preferred.
• Ability to summarize large amounts of information and communicate succinctly
• Excellent time management skills with ability to balance multiple tasks with changing priorities
• Advanced interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written
• Excellent presentation skills and comfort speaking in front of Executive Management and large audiences
• Team player who is able to work across multiple functions and develop strong working relationships
• Results oriented with a sense of urgency, able to work under deadline pressures
• Very organized and detail oriented

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field is required. An MBA, CPA, or CFA designation is highly preferred.
• Minimum of 6 – 8 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, financial planning & analysis, strategic consulting, or a similar role focused on business case development and financial modeling. M&A or other business analysis experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in validating, tracking, and realizing benefits from large-scale projects, process improvement, or business transformation programs.
• Expert-level proficiency in financial modeling (i.e. discounted cash flow, ROI, payback) using Microsoft Excel.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles (GAAP/IFRS) and how operational changes impact financial statements.
• Demonstrated experience in interpreting and analyzing a full P&L and Balance Sheet for a business, preferably within the Manufacturing sector
• Demonstrated data mining capabilities, with ability to develop analytical models, tools and reports.

Working Conditions:

• Based in Tampa with no travel requirements

A Career with Refresco 

Refresco is passionate about empowering leaders who reflect our core values and live by our leadership behaviors. These behaviors encourage effective leadership within the business, and focus on leading courageously, empowering individuals, and driving company growth as one team. Joining our team as a people manager means you’ll be encouraged to evolve as a leader who prioritizes the success of both you and your team, to deliver results, whilst bringing your authentic self to work.  

Refresco Beverages US Inc. offers the following competitive pay and comprehensive benefits:    

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance    
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts  
• Life and AD&D Insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance 
• Short-term disability and long-term disability   
• Pet Insurance  
• Legal Benefits  
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match  
• 12 Paid Holidays  
• Vacation Days and Paid Sick Time Off Days
• Well-being Benefit 
• Discount and Total Reward Programs   

Join Refresco TODAY and enjoy a rewarding CAREER!   

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