Senior Director, Finance Global Digital NetworkAt The Coca-Cola Company, we are constantly reimagining how we operate, invest, and grow in a rapidly evolving digital world. As a global organization with a strong portfolio of brands and a commitment to innovation, we rely on forward-thinking leaders who can translate strategy into measurable business value. The Senior Director, Global Digital Network Finance plays a critical role in shaping how digital investments drive enterprise performance, enabling smarter decisions, and delivering sustainable growth.
In this role, you will partner closely with the extended Global Digital Network, global and local Finance functions, and business leaders to align financial strategy with digital transformation priorities. You will bring a deep understanding of financial planning, capital allocation, and digital cost structures while demonstrating strong data literacy and fluency in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, operational rigor, creative license, curiosity, and the ability to influence at senior levels to ensure our digital investments deliver long-term value for the enterprise.
What You'll Do for Us1. Financial Planning & Performance Management- Lead end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for the Global Digital Network function, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and growth priorities.
- Establish and optimize processes for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning within the Global Digital Network organization.
2. Investment Strategy & Value Creation- Partner with senior digital leaders to evaluate investment opportunities, build business cases, and prioritize initiatives that maximize return on investment and enterprise impact.
- Develop financial and economic models that quantify the business value of digital investments, from major transformation programs to emerging capabilities such as artificial intelligence, and design funding and chargeback models that fairly share costs across the enterprise and OUs.
- Track value delivered after investment decisions, holding sponsors accountable for the benefits they committed to.
3. Financial Governance, Risk & Compliance- Drive transparency and accountability in digital spend, including operating expenses and capital investments, through robust financial governance and reporting frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements related to digital investments and spending.
4. Cost & Productivity Management- Lead productivity programs that free up funding for growth priorities, while protecting service quality and innovation capacity.
5. Strategic Business Partnership & Insights- Serve as the finance voice in Global Digital Network leadership forums, bringing an independent, enterprise view and constructively challenging priorities, assumptions, and trade-offs.
- Provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership by analyzing financial, operational, and digital performance data.
- Collaborate cross-functionally, centrally and with OUs, with Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Services, and other Finance teams to manage vendor relationships, contracts, and financial risks associated with digital services.
6. Leadership & Influence- Be a network influencer across high-performing finance teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and inclusion.
- Champion data-driven decision making and promote the use of advanced analytics and digital tools across finance and digital teams.
- Thrive in ambiguity, bringing thought leadership and empowering others to act.
Requirements & QualificationsRequired- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in finance, strong focus on Business Finance or Partnerships roles; preferably some experience supporting information technology, digital, or transformation functions.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in finance, with significant time in business finance or FP&A partnering roles supporting senior leaders.
- Demonstrated expertise in financial planning and analysis, business cases and capital investment evaluation, economic and funding model design, and cost management, preferable.
- Preference for strong understanding of technology cost drivers, including infrastructure, cloud services, software, and digital platforms.
- Advanced data literacy, with the ability to interpret complex datasets and leverage analytics tools to drive insights and decision-making.
- Proven ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders, including executive leadership.
- Experience influencing with cross-functional, high-performing teams in a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial concepts into clear business insights for non-finance stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and drive results in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Preferred- Experience supporting information technology, digital, or transformation functions.
- Understanding of technology cost drivers, including infrastructure, cloud services, software, and digital platforms.
- Familiarity with artificial intelligence and digital technologies, including their financial implications and value measurement.
- Knowledge of financial systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, and modern reporting tools.
Core Capabilities1. Strategic Financial LeadershipAbility to shape and translate enterprise and digital strategies into clear financial plans, ensuring alignment between digital investments and business growth priorities while enabling long-term value creation.
2. Financial Planning & Performance ManagementAdvanced capability in leading forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes, coupled with the ability to monitor performance, identify risks, and drive corrective actions to achieve financial targets.
3. Investment
& Value ManagementExpertise in evaluating, prioritizing, and optimizing major investments or similar, ideally including digital transformation and technology, with a strong focus on return on investment and measurable business outcomes.
4. Data-Driven Insights & AnalyticsStrong data literacy with the ability to synthesize financial, operational, and technology data into actionable insights, leveraging advanced analytics and digital tools to inform executive decision-making.
5. Financial Governance, Risk & ComplianceDeep understanding of financial controls, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements, ensuring transparency, accountability, and effective risk management across technology spend and investments.
6. Cost Optimization & Efficiency ManagementCapability to identify and execute cost optimization opportunities across the function while balancing efficiency, service quality, and innovation priorities.
7. Strategic Business PartnershipProven ability to influence and collaborate with senior digital, finance, and cross-functional stakeholders, driving alignment, informed decision-making, and shared accountability for outcomes.
8. Vendor & Commercial ManagementExpertise in managing financial aspects of vendor relationships, including contracts, negotiations, and spend optimization, ensuring value realization and risk mitigation.
9. Leadership & Talent DevelopmentAbility to build, lead, and develop high-performing, inclusive teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and capability building.
10. Digital, AI & Future-Ready MindsetCuriosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and their financial implications, with a proactive approach to embedding innovation, automation, and sustainability considerations into finance practices.
What We'll Do for You- Provide the opportunity to shape how technology investments power growth and innovation across a global organization.
- Offer exposure to senior leadership and strategic initiatives at the intersection of Finance and our Global Digital Network.
- Broaden your finance leadership through enterprise-wide visibility, senior partnership, and continuous learning opportunities.
- Enable you to make a meaningful impact by driving transparency, efficiency, and value creation in one of the company's most critical investment areas.
