Finance Business Partner Job at Pepsico (Reading)

Job Description

Overview PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. We’re looking for a high performing Finance Business Partner to join our Commercial Finance team in Reading. As a business partner, the post holder will provide collaborative financial and analytical leadership to a specified account team and to build and deliver the annual net revenue, profit, and share plans.

Job Responsibility

Partner with the channel account teams to optimise their annual net revenue, market share & profit plans, including post deal/terms evaluation, analysis of customer & category performance, and providing best in class financial support
Provide strategic recommendations for future growth initiatives including optimisation of promotional activity, trading terms and annual Joint Business Plans with key customers
Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities and steward process for evaluating investments
Oversee period close and monthly forecasting processes for this channel and provide understanding and insight into performance drivers
Build strong cross functional relationships including effective coaching of Commercial Planning analysts

Requirements

Finance professional with strong academic background and post-qualified experience
Highly analytical and numerate, self-motivated and independent, with excellent collaboration skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills to influence at all levels
Strong prioritisation and time management
Vocal and bold, comfortable challenging others, voicing opinions and setting the agenda
Strong collaboration & matrix management skills required
Planful, comfortable with the detail but able to step back and call the 'so what'
Leverages understanding of key business drivers to deliver results
Shares knowledge across wider team, involves others with different experiences and values different perspectives