Director, INSWA Marketing Finance

Job Description Summary:

Location: Gurugram, India

Role Type: Individual Contributor

Please note: The selected candidate will need to be based in Gurugram, India. This is an Individual Contributor position.

You are part of the INSWA (India & South West Asia) OU (Operating Units) FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Service Delivery team of 5 Company associates & a multiple of Genpact Associates that delivers all FP&A activities to the OU. The work the team does covers FP&A topics such as Unit Case Sales, Concentrate Shipments, Revenues, Deductions, Commercial Finance, DME, OpEx, COGS, CapEx and Working Capital. Your primary focus will be on the Top-line and you will be involved in the Close, RE/Flash and BP activities.

The role will be networked with the Operating Unit, the FP&A Process Transformation Team, the other Service Delivery teams, Genpact, the Centre and other areas of the Finance Hub. In this role, you are responsible for regional financial operations supporting the transaction recording, accounting, planning, financial reporting, and scenario modelling of Direct Marketing Investments (DMI) (Marketing Deductions + Direct Marketing Expenses) via a global system (i.e., MEM (Marketing Expense Management) system/MINT) and other relevant applications, serving Operating Units and internal partners, primarily through the management of a third-party managed services provider (MSP).

You will oversee the production results of a third-party MSP who handles DMI-related activities -construct of the DME actuals/plan/budget/forecast with relevant attributes across dimensions based upon business direction and input, financial systems administration of the actuals/plan/budget/forecast, creation of DMI campaigns and processing transactions, generating operational reports primarily for the Marketing Function and Operating Unit stakeholders, producing financial reports and dashboards including information on DMI sharing with bottlers, supporting queries and issues resolution, proposing data/process/technology solutions to maintain and/or enable DMI visibility to business stakeholders, and providing training to business users and Operating Unit teams.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• You are responsible for DMI data and process governance and quality for the specific region supported, ensuring standards and consistency of information output for business consumption in partnership with business stakeholders and other Platform Services towers.

• You will uphold a strong internal control environment for DMI and supports audit needs.

• You will liaise closely with the Category Finance Leads including peripherally Global Marketing, Global Finance, as well as Operating Unit stakeholders to align expectations, ensure smooth operations and service delivery, manage issues and resolution, as well as obtain feedback for improvement.

• You will manages/address issue escalations for the specific region supported with the goal of resolving issues reported within a reasonable timeframe.

• You will identify opportunities to globally standardize and simplify processing and reporting activities under the service scope. Leads discussions with stakeholders where needed to implement prioritized initiatives to realize said opportunities.

• You are responsible to track service levels and key metrics for the specific region supported as well as globally for benchmarking, and drives actions resulting from them, for the resolution of issues or process improvement.

What We’re Looking For

• 10 years+ of FP&A working experience 

• Experience in other business functions and field operation will be a plus.

• Ability to understand and manage risk

• Experience in a multinational company with a global footprint.

• Strong demonstration of business acumen, financial competency, global mindset, effective communication, operational excellence, systems proficiency, change adaptability, flexibility, being able to operate in ambiguous situations, business partnership and collaboration, and innovation.

Functional Skills Required:

• Experience in one or more domains of FP&A

• Service mindset & stakeholder management

• Have a natural focus on Operational Excellence

• Agile ways of working to solve problems

• Be able to work autonomously whilst being a team player

What can help you to be successful in the role?

Growth Behavior:

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.

• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.

• Commercially Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.

• Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.

• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.

• Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

Leadership Behavior

• Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders

• Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.

• Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

• Strong experience in managing senior stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and positively impact teams.

What We Can Do For You 

• Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.

• International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.  

Skills:

Accounting, Agile Methodology, Business Processes, Communication, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial Forecasting, Leadership, Root Cause Problem Solving, Storytelling

Location(s):

India

City/Cities:

Gurugram

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

April 29, 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.