Finance Systems & Transformation Manager

Rand Coca-Cola Beverages, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and technology-minded finance professional to join our leadership team. This unique role combines accounting, financial operations, systems administration, process improvement, and strategic business analysis.

About the Role

The selected candidate will work closely with the CFO and finance team to learn all aspects of the company's financial operations while playing a key role in our transition from the eoStar and Dynamics GP platforms to the VIP (Vermont Information Processing) ERP environment. The ideal candidate will possess a strong accounting foundation, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and a passion for leveraging technology to improve efficiency. This individual will help document, improve, and automate financial processes across the organization and will have significant long-term growth opportunities within the company, including potential career paths into senior finance leadership such as Controller or CFO-level responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of all accounting and finance workflows.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, including preparation and review of journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and account reconciliations.
• Support inventory, payroll, commission, and sales tax accounting processes.
• Assist with cash flow monitoring and treasury activities, as well as audit preparation and coordination with external auditors.
• Analyze financial data and investigate account variances.
• Become a subject matter expert on current finance systems and workflows.
• Partner with finance leadership, operations teams, IT, and software vendors during ERP implementation activities, including migration from eoStar and Dynamics GP to VIP Financials.
• Participate in process mapping, system testing, validation, user acceptance testing, and training.
• Help ensure financial data integrity throughout system conversions and identify opportunities to standardize and streamline processes.
• Evaluate existing manual processes and spreadsheets for automation opportunities, design and implement more efficient workflows.
• Support integration efforts between financial systems, banking platforms, payroll systems, and operational software.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and KPI tracking tools, as well as process documentation and internal controls.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives throughout the finance organization.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities, and develop operational and financial reporting tools.
• Help monitor profitability by customer, product, route, territory, and business segment.
• Support capital expenditure analysis and investment decisions, and provide analytical support for strategic projects and executive decision-making.
• Gain exposure to all aspects of finance leadership, including banking relationships, audit management, internal controls, working capital management, board reporting, and strategic planning.
• Serve as a key business partner across operations, sales, and leadership teams.
• Develop the skills and knowledge required for future growth into senior finance leadership roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Accounting Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting, finance, or financial systems experience.
• Strong understanding of:
  • General Ledger accounting
  • Financial statements
  • Account reconciliations
  • Month-end close
  • Journal entries
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong organizational and project management abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation or CPA-track candidate.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations or system migrations.
• Experience in:
  • Consumer packaged goods (CPG)
  • Beverage distribution
  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale distribution
  • Food and beverage industries
• Experience with:
  • VIP
  • eoStar
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • Power BI
  • Power Automate
  • SQL
  • Business intelligence and reporting tools
• Experience leading process improvement initiatives.

Desired Characteristics

• Curious and eager to learn how the business operates.
• Comfortable working with both accounting details and technology systems.
• Process-oriented and driven to improve efficiency.
• Able to challenge the status quo and recommend better solutions.
• Interested in long-term career growth and leadership development.
• Capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Equally comfortable working in spreadsheets, ERP systems, and cross-functional meetings.

Benefits

• Opportunity to learn every aspect of the finance function.
• Play a significant role in a major ERP transformation.
• Lead automation and modernization initiatives.
• Work directly with executive leadership.
• Develop into a future finance leader within the organization.
• Help shape the next generation of financial operations for a growing Coca-Cola bottling company.