Finance Business Partner: System Economics

Job Description
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner: System Economics, to join the Finance team at CCSBA.CCBA is the 8th largest Coca-Cola authorised bottler in the world by revenue, and the largest on the continent. It accounts for over 40% of all Coca-Cola ready-to-drink beverages sold in Africa by volume. With over 14 000 employees in Africa, CCBA group services more than 800 000 customers with a host of international and local brands. CCBA group operates in 14 countries: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and the islands of Comoros and Mayotte.

Key Purpose
The Finance Business Partner: System Economics is responsible for driving profitable growth through advanced financial modelling, profitability analysis, value chain optimisation, and strategic decision support. The role partners closely with business leaders to identify value creation opportunities, optimise commercial performance, and ensure robust costing, governance, and financial insights that support enterprise-wide decision-making.

Key Duties & Responsibilities
Key Outputs and Accountabilities include, but not limited to:

Enterprise System Economics
Own the enterprise methodology for product, customer and channel profitability.
Develop and maintain value chain models across all beverage categories.
Maintain enterprise cost-to-serve methodologies.
Evaluate profitability across brands, packs, customers and channels.
Identify opportunities to improve margin performance through system economics.

Commercial Profitability & Value Chain Analytics
Develop profitability analyses across brands, packs, customers and channels.
Evaluate new product financial viability and commercial opportunities.
Analyse value chain performance and identify profitability drivers.
Deliver financial insights supporting portfolio optimisation.
Develop executive reporting on commercial profitability trends.
Provide recommendations to improve commercial performance.

Financial Modelling & Value Realisation
Develop business cases for strategic initiatives.
Measure benefits realisation against approved business cases.
Build scenario models supporting transformation programmes.
Evaluate productivity and efficiency opportunities.
Monitor financial performance against expected outcomes.

Cost-to-Serve & Cost Economics
Maintain enterprise cost-to-serve methodologies.
Develop cost allocation principles across the value chain.
Validate cost assumptions used in commercial decision-making.
Analyse drivers of manufacturing, logistics and commercial costs.
Identify opportunities to optimise operating margins.

Financial Systems & Data Integrity
Ensure integrity of financial data supporting profitability reporting.
Validate costing and reporting inputs across financial systems.
Improve reporting automation and data quality.
Partner with Digital and Finance Systems teams to enhance analytical capability.

Activity-Based Costing & Standard Costing
Own the enterprise Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodology.
Maintain standard costing models.
Validate manufacturing overhead allocations.
Support annual standard cost reviews.
Improve costing methodologies through continuous enhancement.

Governance, Risk, and Control Implementation
Ensure compliance with internal controls and RACM requirements.
Support internal and external audits.
Monitor remediation of audit findings.
Maintain financial governance across commercial processes.

Functional Capabilities:

• Product Profitability Analysis
• System Economics
• Value Chain Modelling
• Cost-to-Serve Analytics
• Commercial Finance
• Strategic Pricing
• Activity-Based Costing
• Standard Costing
• Financial Modelling
• Commercial Decision Support
• Financial Governance
• Business Analytics

Skills, Experience & Education
Qualifications and Experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Commerce.
Professional finance qualification (CA(SA), CIMA, CGMA or ACCA).

Experience

8-10 years’ experience in Commercial Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, Pricing or Strategic Finance.
Experience within FMCG or manufacturing environments.
Extensive experience in profitability analysis and financial modelling.
Experience with Activity-Based Costing and standard costing methodologies.
Experience supporting pricing and commercial strategy.
Experience with SAP and enterprise reporting tools.
Experience presenting financial insights to executive leadership.

Skills

Expertise in financial modelling and profitability analysis.
Commercial acumen with strong business partnering capability.
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of cost-to-serve, Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and standard costing methodologies.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Financial governance and internal controls expertise.
Continuous improvement and process optimisation mindset.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Proficiency in MSD, Microsoft Excel and business intelligence tools.

General
Closing date: 04 August 2026

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