FP&A Lead

About the role

At Kraft Heinz, our Finance team plays a critical role in creating and protecting value through strategic insights, rigorous analysis, and process excellence. We are looking for a seasoned FP&A Lead to join our UKI Business Unit Finance Organization. This role is pivotal in shaping financial strategy, enabling business decisions, and driving performance visibility across the region.

The FP&A Lead will oversee strategic business planning, forecasting, and process optimization, ensuring data integrity and analytical accuracy across systems. Reporting into the Finance Director, this position manages two direct reports and a team of 5 people and key stakeholder to Leadership Team for the UKI BU and Zone.

Key Responsabilities:

• Lead UKI Business Unit financial planning, including Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Monthly Forecast Process and the Financial Month Closing.

• Partner with business leaders to translate strategy into actionable financial plans, supporting decision-making through robust modelling and deep insights.

• Drive process optimization and leverage technology for greater data accuracy and visibility, ensuring adoption of Single Source of Truth (SST) practices.

• Manage and mentor the FP&A Commercial and ZBB teams to deliver accurate and timely reporting, analysis, and system-driven efficiencies.

• Ensure compliance with internal controls and finance policies, while contributing to the transformation of finance processes through digital tools.

• Collaborate on initiatives related to Zero-Based Budgeting, Price-Volume-Mix (PVM) analysis, and cost-benefit evaluations.

Key Capabilities and Tools

• Strategic Planning & Forecasting

• Financial Analysis & Modeling

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Data Democratization & Process Automation

• Systems: Tableau, Power BI, SAP, Hyperion, SST, ZBB tools

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Financial Planning & Analysis within a complex, fast-paced environment.

• Strong leadership experience with direct people management.

• Advanced technical proficiency in Tableau, Power BI, and Excel.

• Exceptional communication and business partnering skills.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver results with agility and precision.

What you’ll need

• 6+ years’ finance roles experience

• Strong strategic and commercial mindset

• Ability to influence and operate credibly with senior leaders

• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and turn imperfect data into clear, actionable recommendations

• Highly analytical; comfortable working with large and messy datasets

• Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and synthesising insights

• Collaborative working style , strong interpersonal skills

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum)

Professional Attributes

• Influencing & Relationship building

  • At Kraft Heinz you’ll work in a highly cross-functional, fast-paced environment, often needing to influence decisions without formal authority. Therefore it’s important you can build trusted relationships quickly and align diverse stakeholders to drive results

• Communication Skills

  • At Kraft Heinz you’ll be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore it’s important you have excellent communication skills to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.

• Resilience

  • You’re able to recover after a disappointment or set back, and a demanding and dynamic environment is what keeps you energized.

• Ability to Simplify

  • We like to keep it simple, and execute fast. You are able to bring simple solutions to complex challenges.

• Analytical

  • We’re a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution.

• Curiosity, positivity & enthusiasm

  • You have a growth mindset, and people know you as the motivator of your team.

• Great teammate

  • Achieving with the team is simply the best. You’re a team player, which means you’re sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower, but always working towards the same common goal, together.

What we offer you

• An ambitious employer with an industry-recognised career development pathway

• A meritocratic, pay for performance approach

• A fun, collaborative office culture that celebrates good food and good times with regular events and socials

• An active network of Business Resource Groups, sponsored by leadership, that promote education, celebration, & allyship, helping to create an inclusive work environment

• Flexible and hybrid working approach, including ability to work from abroad

• Family-friendly; market leading parental leave benefits & sponsored nursery scheme

Wellbeing

• Private medical cover & Digital GP

• Comprehensive Life Assurance & Group Income Protection

• Exclusive gym discounts & cycle to work scheme

• Premium membership to Calm App

• A variety of amazing sports teams & clubs!

• 3 volunteering days per year (e.g. Soup Kitchen, Magic Breakfast)

As a Disability Confident employer, we are happy to accommodate any reasonable adjustments you may need during our screening and interview process.