Analyst, Strategic Partners
AplicarKey Responsibilities
Business Partnering:
• Support alignment in value-sharing financials with Partners Finance teams as required.
• Build a strong understanding and knowledge of strategic partnership contracts to
provide meaningful, actionable, and timely insights to the business.
• Support Brand Partner relationships to drive effective management of the profit share
model, navigate funding agreements, as well as other contractual financial
commitments agreed.
• Act as a point of contact for resolving stakeholder enquiries and challenge assumptions
built into forward financial planning.
• Engage with stakeholders to agree on joint priorities, identify key deliverables, and
determine what will not be done.
• Partner with Sales and Commercial Excellence Teams to enhance commercial acumen
and self-service capabilities in sales reporting and performance analysis
• Maintain a suite of relevant and value adding reporting to channel to enable
transparency of performance drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Supporting Stakeholder adhoc commercial queries
• Collaborate with business partners and key stakeholders on annual long range plan
cycle, annual budget, monthly financial forecast, weekly trading update and monthly
performance results.
Performance Management:
• Deliver an exceptional customer experience by defining efficient and effective work
practices and ensuring adherence to internal service level agreements.
• Interpret, explain and drive performance in the business through analysis and
commentary on monthly financials, Post Launch Reviews for New Product
• Development and value-sharing arrangements, with a primary focus on variances
against budgets and forecasts.
• Recognize and solve complex performance hurdles through analysis and modelling.
• Support activities and provide inputs for Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Closing
process (incl. review and follow-up of accruals, journals and balance sheet
reconciliations)
Analyst, Strategic Partners
Analysis and Modelling:
• Assist with the completion of ad hoc analysis and projects to support the Commercial
team, Chief Financial Officer and other Senior Leadership members.
Support and Improvement:
• Continuously improve processes and tools that enhance and drive value through the
Partners & Value process.
• Continue the evaluation and improvement of procedures, identify areas of recurrent
pressures, and replicate the best practices without putting any risk to customer service
or revenue.
• Assist with internal and external audit requirements as needed.
• Seek opportunities for reporting standardization and simplification.
Relationship Building:
• Build credibility and relationships with business partners.
Key Stakeholders (internal functional areas with examples and external)
Internal: Chief Financial Officer, Strategy & Partners Finance Team, Portfolio Team,
Commercial Excellence Team, Revenue Growth Management, Supply Chain, Business Unit
Finance, PPM CoE, Shared Service Centre
External: The Coca-Cola Company & Monster Energy Company Finance and Shared Service
teams
Experience required
• 2+ years in financial analysis/reporting, preferably in
shared services or a centre of expertise, with
global/regional team exposure.
• Experience in supporting financial reporting across
time zones and markets, ensuring timely and
accurate deliverables.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the
ability to present complex financial concepts simply to
build commercial awareness and understanding.
• A track record in building and maintaining strong
working relationships with key stakeholders including
cross functionally
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications,
specifically Excel and PowerPoint
• Competent in financial software/tools like
SAP/Anaplan, with data extraction, consolidation, and
reporting skills. Experience with global shared
services tools is a plus.
Languages & expert level
English - advanced level (C1)
Education & Qualifications required
Essential: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
Preferred: Post-qualification degree (ACA-CIMA/ACMA/ACCA/CPA)
Advantageous: Advanced coursework/training in financial analysis and reporting (e.g., Excel,
financial modelling)