Financial Analyst

What You’ll Be Serving Up:

The financial analyst will use strong business acumen and analytical expertise to support the budget and forecast of the Headquarter and KFC US and to support the global planning team in consolidating the KFC Global´s finance portfolio of business units (BMUs). The role reports to the G&A manager.

Here’s How You’ll Spice Things Up:

Key Accountabilities

FP&A Planning and Analysis (33%)

• Assist the global planning team in consolidating BMU-level plans on a quarterly basis, including P&Ls, SSSG, WPSA, and capex.
• Load quarterly forecasts into HFM.
• Analyze the financial performance of all BMUs.
• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly and annual plans, providing key financial metrics to Investor Relations.

G&A (66%)

• Own and understand the G&A budget and prepare a monthly & quarterly variance analysis for management.
• Lead development of quarter and intra-quarter forecasts.
• Load quarterly budgets into HFM or Oracle & prepare variance reports for management.
• Work closely with Functions to understand their budget and ensure accurate expense reporting, as well as identifying any risks & opportunities.
• Collaborate with Control and Intra-Company teams to ensure accurate expense recording or reclassification.
• Take ownership of the transition from HFM to Oracle system and become proficient in the new system.
• Update, maintain and improve complex financial forecast models.
• Support the rollout of DOMO dashboards for Functions and update budgets as needed.
• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with all Functions.

What You Bring to the Table:

EDUCATION:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 5 years of P&L experience in a large corporation, QSR preferable.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Exceptional internal motivation, strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated success in collaborating with teams, strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills required.
• Detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Future focused with a passion for innovation, including desire to learn, adopt, and advance Finance capabilities.
• Knowledge of Hyperion financial tool (HFM) and Oracle is a plus.
• Knowledge of DOMO is a plus.

Perks of the Job:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to innovate within a global brand and make a significant impact.
• Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with a focus on professional growth and development.

Who is KFC?

KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM.), is a global chicken restaurant brand with a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook, Colonel Harland Sanders, who believed in doing things “the hard way,” because nothing ever got done right by cutting corners. Hard work, hospitality and integrity are still core to our brand today.

While we’re grounded in our heritage, we’re always looking forward to the future and evolving to make it easier for our customers to enjoy our chicken. Through digital innovation, our goal is to make KFC available everywhere, implementing a frictionless & friendly experience leveraging scalable technology stack and standards and accelerating rollouts via multiple channels. And we’re growing… a new KFC restaurant opens somewhere in the world every six hours.

As we grow, KFC is committed to doing so responsibly through commitments like our 2025 global plastic packaging goal and the KFC Harvest program, which to date has donated over 82 million pounds of food to our local communities around the world. Our purposes is feeding people’s potential, whether that means helping team members get through school, turn their passion for fried chicken into a career, or being a positive force in our communities. We fight inequality and believe in all people. Everyone has a seat at our table: from millionaires to truck drivers, to our more than 800,000 Team Members, to our customers around the world, KFC treats everyone like family.

Our people are what make us distinctively KFC, and we value every opportunity to celebrate the unique perspectives and backgrounds they bring to our company. To learn more about KFC Global, check out our company page here.