Overview
Finance Manager III - Operations (Equity Stores) UK & Ireland Finance | Hybrid - St Albans
At Costa Coffee, we craft experiences as part of the Coca-Cola system, with a presence in over 50 countries. As a Finance Manager III, you will play a senior role within the UK&I Operations Finance team, partnering with the Equity store network to drive profitability, performance, and growth across approximately 1,500 stores.
Our teams support commercial decisions, build insight, and help our people grow. We are a global brand with a community focus through the Costa Foundation and our wider social impact agenda.
Why Costa? We are a growing brand that values progression, collaboration, and impact. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities for team members.
Responsibilities
* Leading store-level budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across Equity Operations.
* Partnering with Regional Operations Directors to translate financial insight into actions that improve profitability.
* Owning sales, units, and labour forecasting, month-end performance, and key store-level insights.
* Driving improvements in reporting speed, clarity, and automation to support better decision making.
* Leading and developing a team of Finance Analysts, raising the quality of insight and capability across the team.
Qualifications
* Qualified accountant status (ACA, ACCA, ACMA) with strong post-qualification expertise.
* Proven background in commercial finance within a large, multi-site, customer-facing business.
* Confidence partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders up to Director level.
* Ability to simplify complex financial information for non-finance audiences.
* Strong leadership capability with a genuine interest in coaching and developing others.
Where you’ll work
Right now, our Support Centre teams work flexibly—blending home working with in-person collaboration whenever it matters most. From January 2027, we’ll be working three days a week from our brand-new Support Centre in St Albans, a space designed to bring teams together and bring bold ambitions to life.
Benefits
* Share Ownership through the Coca-Cola Share Investment Plan (SIP)
* Annual discretionary bonus, based on business and individual performance
* Competitive pension matching contributions up to 10%
* Costa Financial Support Fund for unexpected financial pressure
* 50% discount in Costa-owned stores (25% in participating stores)
* Private medical cover
* Additional benefits – explore them here: https://bit.ly/costaperks
Contact
For any reasonable adjustments or general queries, please get in touch with sarah.johnstone-cooke@costacoffee.com.
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