OPEX Controller (Japan & South Korea Operating Unit)

Job Description Summary:

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Role Type: Individual Contributor

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

At The Coca-Cola Company, we craft brands and experiences that refresh people everywhere and fuel our ambition to shape the future of beverages. As a global business operating within a dynamic and ever evolving marketplace, our Finance organization plays a critical role in empowering bold decision making, accelerating growth, and enabling a more connected and data driven system.

As an OPEX Controller, you will be responsible for developing and monitoring annual revenue/expense budgets, analyzing variances, forecasting annual results, and recommending budgetary policies and procedures. You will have a significant impact on our organization, responsible for functional or operational areas, and managing projects or processes.

What You’ll Do for Us:

• Develop budgets based on prior period budgets, revenue estimates, expense projections, and recent performance.

• Analyze variance from budget, identify issues/trends, and forecast annual results.

• Recommend and implement budgetary policies and procedures.

• Make improvements or recommended enhancements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance.

• Communicate effectively within and outside of the organization, explaining facts, policies, practices, and procedures.

• Lead overall performance management and support business with relevant analytics and actionable insights.

• Drive engagement with senior leaders and LT to drive cross-functional alignment across multiple stakeholders.

• Lead financial evaluation and partner with business team to structure commercials for all new deals or renewals.

What We’re Looking For:

• University Degree (Bachelor) or equivalent experience in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 5+ years of prior relevant experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and strategic planning.

• Proven experience in developing and monitoring budgets, analyzing financial data, and forecasting results.

• Demonstrated ability to make improvements or recommend enhancements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information to a variety of audiences.

• Experience in leading performance management for business P&L and providing relevant analytics and actionable insights.

• Proven track record in leading annual business plans and long-range plans in collaboration with customer teams.

• Experience in driving engagement with senior leaders and leading teams to drive cross-functional alignment across multiple stakeholders.

• Experience in leading Platform Services engagement for business.

• Proven ability to lead financial evaluation and partner with business teams to structure commercials for all new deals or renewals.

• Deep understanding of the financials and system economics comprising the Bottlers, customers, marketing agencies through the lens of categories, packages, brands, and the competitive landscape.

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 adaptations. 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.

What We Can Do For You 

• Career Development: The Coca-Cola Company offers a wide range of resources and programs to support your career development, including global learning programs and leadership development programs.

• Innovation & Technology: The ability to work with an award-winning team that is on the cutting edge of innovation. 

• Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global finance leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging technologies and techniques. 

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Communication, Data Modeling, Financial Forecasting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Group Problem Solving, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Scorecards (Inactive), Strategy Development, Waterfall Model

Location(s):

Japan

City/Cities:

Tokyo

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

April 14, 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.