Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
Apply NowCompany: Pizza Hut
Location: Plano, TX 75025
Description:
Job Description
The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis plays a key role in the organization's integrated planning and strategy goals and provides critical analyses and data-driven insights to the Pizza Hut Digital & Technology team. This role will work with cross-functional partners within the technology business as well as the central finance & strategy team to define goals, create financial plans/models, establish KPIs, ensure sound execution of plan, and communicate progress with key stakeholders. The position requires strong analytical, organizational, and oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, someone that can thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and can influence others even without direct authority. This role has significant exposure to the PH D&T leadership team (LT).
Yum! and Pizza Hut are passionate about hiring and developing high-potential individuals and giving them long-term, international careers. The organization hires based on cultural-add, leadership ability and one's potential to grow, and actively moves people cross-functionally at all levels. To succeed at Yum! you will need to be an inspiring heart-led leader with a growth mindset. Yum! actively promotes equity and inclusion.
Responsibilities: (includes but not limited to):
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Salary Range: $122,000 - 143,600 annually + bonus eligibility (if applicable). This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors.
About Us
Who We Are
Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut - a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. - now operates more than 18,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Pizza Hut is leading the way in providing customers with great experiences, innovating with technology and new products, as well as delivering exceptional service.
Our People & Culture
We're looking for people who LOVE pizza and thrive in a fun, past paced, and customer-centric environment. At our corporate campuses, Pizza Hut has created the perfect place for you to grow your career. Every day, you'll work to support our franchisees and teams across the U.S., continuously challenging yourself to feed more possibilities. In return, we'll provide professional development and career growth opportunities so that you can become your best and achieve your goals. And we'll sweeten the deal by immersing you in our world-class recognition culture and providing a robust array of benefits, some highlights include:
Giving Back
As a global company, Pizza Hut aims to make the world better by acting responsibly with respect to food, planet and people. Whether it's donating food through the Harvest Program or supporting literacy with the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program - the company, our franchisees and our team members are committed to improving the communities we serve.
Pizza Hut is an equal opportunity workplace and committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability and genetic information (including family medical history).
The Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis plays a key role in the organization's integrated planning and strategy goals and provides critical analyses and data-driven insights to the Pizza Hut Digital & Technology team. This role will work with cross-functional partners within the technology business as well as the central finance & strategy team to define goals, create financial plans/models, establish KPIs, ensure sound execution of plan, and communicate progress with key stakeholders. The position requires strong analytical, organizational, and oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, someone that can thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and can influence others even without direct authority. This role has significant exposure to the PH D&T leadership team (LT).
Yum! and Pizza Hut are passionate about hiring and developing high-potential individuals and giving them long-term, international careers. The organization hires based on cultural-add, leadership ability and one's potential to grow, and actively moves people cross-functionally at all levels. To succeed at Yum! you will need to be an inspiring heart-led leader with a growth mindset. Yum! actively promotes equity and inclusion.
Responsibilities: (includes but not limited to):
- Planning and Analysis (50%)
- Support achievement of PHUS D&T's financial targets for revenue, G&A, and operating profit by actively participating in building the annual operating plan and quarterly forecasts.
- Forecasting responsibilities will include revenue planning, employee-related costs (salaries, bonus, benefits, capex rates), project costs, license & vendor costs, depreciation, T&E, and soft costs.
- Other responsibilities will include identifying and communicating risks and opportunities, period/quarterly forecasting & analysis, preparing periodic & quarterly cause of change walks, reviewing G&A spend with leadership to promote stewardship and achievement of PHUS D&T's operating profit target.
- Capex Management (25%)
- Lead capital planning and timely capex creation in partnership with project leaders and the Control team.
- Regular review of open capex's to identify additional opportunities for capitalization.
- Forecast impact of depreciation.
- Tech Funding Agreement & KPI Reporting (15%)
- Summarize insights and implications in presentations and other communications to leadership. Responsibilities include preparation and presentation of monthly KPI reporting deck.
- Own cost center reporting process. Periodically distribute and review cost center reporting with budget owners to find ways to "spend smarter" and drive corrective actions. Explore tech-driven ways to automate the process.
- Partner with the Finance and Governance manager to ensure all leaders are up to date on savings requirements by year, timing of cost changes, and updating all relative models.
- Ad hoc Reporting (10%)
- Own strategic projects, requests and/ or analysis as needed.
- Opportunity to work with Pizza Hut HQ FP&A on special projects as needed.
- Working Relationships
- This position has direct 1:1 interaction with PHG Finance (including CFO), the PH D&T LT, and other leaders across multiple functions (e.g., Digital, Technology, HR, Legal, IT Security.
Required Qualifications:
- You will be required to attend the Plano, TX office 3 days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
- 4 or more years of progressive corporate experience working with financial management. Specific industry, multi-national and/or financial planning experience is a plus.
- Undergraduate degree from accredited 4-year university in Finance, Accounting or Business Management required.
- Proficient/Advanced P&L modeling skills.
- Proficient/Advanced in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- General knowledge of corporate P&L's (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, etc.)
- "People first" mindset.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively multi-task and generate actionable recommendations.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality (employee-related expenses)
- Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- High degree of self-motivation, initiative, integrity, and strong influencing style.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all layers of the organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA or CPA preferred.
- Experience with Hyperion, JD Edwards (ReportsNow Query Application) a plus.
Salary Range: $122,000 - 143,600 annually + bonus eligibility (if applicable). This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors.
About Us
Who We Are
Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut - a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. - now operates more than 18,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Pizza Hut is leading the way in providing customers with great experiences, innovating with technology and new products, as well as delivering exceptional service.
Our People & Culture
We're looking for people who LOVE pizza and thrive in a fun, past paced, and customer-centric environment. At our corporate campuses, Pizza Hut has created the perfect place for you to grow your career. Every day, you'll work to support our franchisees and teams across the U.S., continuously challenging yourself to feed more possibilities. In return, we'll provide professional development and career growth opportunities so that you can become your best and achieve your goals. And we'll sweeten the deal by immersing you in our world-class recognition culture and providing a robust array of benefits, some highlights include:
- Hybrid work schedule and year-round half day Fridays
- Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons
- Onsite dining center
- Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions
- 4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays and time off for volunteering
- Tuition reimbursement and education benefits
- Generous parental leave for all new parents and adoption assistance program
- 401(k) with a 6% matching contribution from Yum!
- Comprehensive medical & dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventive care
Giving Back
As a global company, Pizza Hut aims to make the world better by acting responsibly with respect to food, planet and people. Whether it's donating food through the Harvest Program or supporting literacy with the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program - the company, our franchisees and our team members are committed to improving the communities we serve.
Pizza Hut is an equal opportunity workplace and committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability and genetic information (including family medical history).