Job Description Summary:
The Director, Finance Integration & Capabilities is responsible for leading the change required to bring the “Future of Finance” to life – translating the vision into reality, connecting global finance strategy with local priorities, building capabilities that elevate performance, spark innovation, and connect our people to a shared vision. They play a critical role in driving engagement and adoption of global finance initiatives, helping teams navigate change, and ensuring smooth transitions to future ways of working. The role also ensures understanding and maintenance of strong governance fundamentals across the OU.
Overview:
- Act as transformation leaders driving the Future of Finance strategy locally, helping drive adoption for the initiatives.
- Serve as key delivery partners in global finance projects — ensuring OU participation, readiness, and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure local initiatives align with global projects and priorities while meeting OU-specific needs and strengthening finance capabilities.
Core Responsibilities:
1. Transformation and Integration
- Translate the global Future of Finance strategy into actionable local priorities that align with OKRs and deliver measurable impact.
- Identify local priorities or opportunities with global relevance for increased visibility to support global decision-making.
- Partner with OU leadership to maintain governance routines and prioritize initiatives.
- Drive adoption and integration of initiatives to enable sustainable, long-term value creation.
- Lead and inspire teams to adopt new ways of working, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Share best practices and lessons learned across teams and regions.
2. Capabilities
- Embed capability priorities into OU development plans, learning pathways, and People initiatives and execution routines.
- Drive adoption of priority capabilities within the OU, influencing beyond direct reporting lines.
- Ensure last-mile execution by translating strategy into tangible behaviors and outcomes.
- Assess behavior change and capability maturity, using insights to track progress and adjust actions based on metrics like participation rates and AI tools usage.
- Collaborate with OU HR Business Partners to anticipate future skills and shape training/development plans.
3. Communications and Change Management
- Partner with the Center Communications and Change Management team to help amplify global comms and deliver tailored OU engagement plans.
- Drive adoption and integration of Center-led projects across the OU.
- Collaborate with the Center to help shape change strategies and amplify in the OUs.
- Drive user engagement for global initiatives by communicating benefits and local context.
- Represent the OU in global forums, contributing insights and feedback.
Qualifications & Background:
- 10 years of experience in finance/change management roles
- Proven experience in finance capability development, large scale transformation, and process optimization.
- Strong understanding of governance, compliance, and internal control fundamentals.
- Demonstrated ability to act as a senior influencer, leading change across diverse, multicultural environments and without direct authority.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with global teams and navigating complex matrix organizations.
- Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution in ambiguous environments.
- Experience in digitalization, data, and AI enabled finance initiatives is a strong plus.
Skills:
Location(s):
Japan
City/Cities:
Tokyo
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
December 31, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
