Senior Director, Trade Finance

This position provides financial leadership for the company’s North America and Latin America Settlement processes, offering strategic and finance direction, policy interpretation, and operational decision-making to sales and finance teams. The role cultivates and maintains relationships with business clients, ensuring financial controls are met in the management of trade spend, accruals, and fallout.

Responsibilities

• Drive process for all aspects related to the North America and Latin America settlement process.
• Business Owner of MARS (Marketing Accrual & Reimbursement System) on behalf of The Company and Participating Bottlers.
• Maintain financial controls and financial reporting for CTM (Cooperative Trade Marketing), GTM (Go To Market Funds), and SMF (Special Marketing Funds).
• Responsible for the global key customer chargeback and LATAM processes.
• Work closely with sales and marketing teams to align trade marketing strategies with company objectives and sales targets.
• Oversee the settlement and deductions management process to ensure proper tracking, validation, resolution, and reporting of all trade-related deductions and discrepancies.
• Manage Bottler billing and settlement process for cooperative trade marketing budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
• Influence and provide leadership & direction to a team of cooperative trade marketing, special marketing funds, and deductions staff, encouraging professional development and high performance.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and competitive landscape to influence trade marketing and deductions strategies.
• Oversee the accrual process to ensure that all financial transactions are recorded and reported accurately and timely.
• Translate complex settlement, deduction, accrual, and trade spend insights into executive-ready reporting, recommendations, and decision support, recommending actions based on financial insights.
• Partner with various department heads to develop budgets and financial plans and guide staff members on financial forecasting and accrual procedures.
• Oversee the implementation of new financial systems and processes to improve efficiency and accuracy, such as BODYARMOR integration.
• Maintain a strong control environment for trade spend and settlement activity, ensuring audit readiness, policy compliance, timely issue escalation, and remediation of control gaps.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, and/or Accounting required. MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial planning, forecasting, accruals, and settlement management processes, preferably in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record in successfully working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in improving efficiencies based on targeted metrics.
• Prior experience working with internal clients and external customers to resolve finance and accounting issues.
• Experience with financial systems and other relevant software.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial forecast and accrual processes.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and business partnership skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to influence teams & build client relationships.
• Strong financial analysis skills, including the ability to interpret complex financial data and make strategic decisions.
• Knowledge of financial regulations and accounting standards.
• Proficiency with accounting software, spreadsheets, and other business intelligence tools.

Pay

Base pay range: 180,000 USD - 203,000 USD. Pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered for this position.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 30%. This is a market-based competitive value for the role, indicating performance at target.

Location: Atlanta, United States of America. Travel required: 0% - 25%.