Coca-Cola

Senior Director, Digital Finance

Coca-Cola$180K — $203K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in finance, especially with IT or digital transformation functions.
  • Expertise in financial planning, capital investment evaluation, and cost management in technology environments.
  • Strong understanding of technology cost drivers like infrastructure and cloud services.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex financial concepts effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial planning and performance management for the Global Digital Network.
  • Establish processes for budgeting and forecasting within the organization.
  • Evaluate investment opportunities and build business cases with senior digital leaders.
  • Develop financial models to assess digital transformation value, including AI initiatives.
  • Drive transparency in digital spend through effective governance and reporting frameworks.
  • Lead cost optimization initiatives to improve efficiency and maintain service quality.
  • Provide actionable insights to senior leadership using financial and operational data.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape technology investments for growth and innovation.
  • Exposure to senior leadership and strategic finance initiatives.
  • Access to advanced tools and continuous learning opportunities.
  • Ability to influence transparency, efficiency, and value creation in critical investment areas.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:

The Senior Director, Digital 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 Global Digital Network, Finance, 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 Us

1. 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 and implement financial & economic models that assess the value of digital transformation efforts, including cloud adoption, platform modernization, and artificial intelligence initiatives, as well as system funding and relationship models.


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 for digital investments and spending.


4. Cost Management & Operational Efficiency

  • Lead cost optimization initiatives, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining service quality and innovation capacity.


5. Strategic Business Partnership & Insights

  • 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, Data & Sustainability Transformation

  • Champion data-driven decision making and promote the use of advanced analytics and digital tools across finance and digital teams.


  • Support sustainability goals by integrating environmental and social considerations into digital investment decisions and financial planning.


  • Comfortable in ambiguity, thought leadership, empowerment


Requirements & Qualifications

  • 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, with significant experience supporting information technology, digital, or transformation functions.


  • Demonstrated expertise in financial planning and analysis, capital investment evaluation, economic and funding model creation & evaluation, and cost management within a technology environment.


  • 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.


  • Familiarity with artificial intelligence and digital technologies, including their financial implications and value measurement.


  • Proven ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders, including executive leadership.


  • Experience influencing 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.


  • Knowledge of financial systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, and modern reporting tools.


  • Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and drive results in a fast-paced, evolving environment.


  • Commitment to inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.


Core Capabilities

1. Strategic Financial Leadership

Ability 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. Technology Investment & Value Management

Expertise in evaluating, prioritizing, and optimizing technology investments, including digital transformation, cloud, and artificial intelligence, with a strong focus on return on investment and measurable business outcomes.

3. Financial Planning & Performance Management

Advanced 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.

4. Data-Driven Insights & Analytics

Strong 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 & Compliance

Deep 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 Management

Capability to identify and execute cost optimization opportunities across technology functions while balancing efficiency, service quality, and innovation priorities.

7. Strategic Business Partnership

Proven 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 Management

Expertise in managing financial aspects of vendor relationships, including contracts, negotiations, and spend optimization, ensuring value realization and risk mitigation.

9. Leadership & Talent Development

Ability to influence and lead across the network, working with high-performing, inclusive teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and capability building.

10. Digital, AI & Future-Ready Mindset

Fluency & curiosity in emerging technologies and their financial implications, with a proactive approach to embedding digital 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.


  • Support your development with access to advanced tools, data capabilities, and continuous learning opportunities in digital finance and analytics.


  • Enable you to make a meaningful impact by driving transparency, efficiency, and value creation in one of the company's most critical investment areas.


The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills:
Budgeting, Communication, Decision Making, Economics, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Forecasting Process (Inactive), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Group Problem Solving, Internal Auditing, Microsoft Office, Preparation of Financial Reports, Teamwork, Value Chain

Pay Range:
United States of America: 180,000 USD - 203,000 USD

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

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.

Location(s):
United States of America

City/Cities:
Atlanta

Travel Required:
00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:
No

Job Posting End Date:
August 14, 2026

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