People and Leadership
The transformative “Future of Finance Academy,” co-created and delivered by KPMG and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is immersive programme empowering CCEP’s finance leaders with cutting-edge capabilities in strategy, data, technology, controls, and change leadership. The programme drives unparalleled upskilling, fostering continuous learning, and significantly boosting staff engagement and retention.
The role of the finance function continues to evolve, as organisations navigate economic volatility, digital acceleration, geopolitical uncertainty and growing stakeholder demands.
Finance teams are now expected to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help steer the business through this ever-changing landscape — rather than simply reporting on past performance.
In this context, KPMG and bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) co-created and delivered a transformational learning programme – to equip CCEP’s finance leaders with these future-facing capabilities.
We worked in close partnership with CCEP to develop the course. Experts from both organisations designed the content, tailoring it to CCEP’s business environment. We then repeatedly piloted, iterated and refined the outputs.
The result is the Future of Finance Academy: an immersive training programme covering strategy, data and technology, controls and change leadership.
The course is delivered by KPMG and CCEP presenters. We bring our expertise in the finance landscape and best practice, which CCEP contextualises for the climate in which it operates.
The programme culminates in a Dragons’ Den-style showcase: participants apply their learning to real business challenges, presenting solutions to the board.
To date, around 120 finance leaders have been through the programme; 240 more are scheduled to do so.
The Academy has taken the team’s capabilities to the next level, upskilling them for the new reality. Participant feedback is strong, and trainees are demanding opportunities to further strengthen their skills, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
Finance has seen an uptick in staff engagement and retention as a result.
CCEP is now exploring how to roll the Academy out more widely, as it will play an important role in helping the company achieve its strategic goals.
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