Senior Finance Manager - Commercial Finance

Job Description

Founded by the Carney brothers more than 60 years ago, Pizza Hut has grown into the world's largest pizza company, with over 18,000 stores in more than 100 countries. Around 1,500 of these are located across 25 European markets. Our European headquarters are based at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Borough, London.

Long Range Capital is an investment firm that supports strong businesses with the ambition to make them even better. As Pizza Hut's future owner, it is committed to investing in the brand, empowering its people and driving sustainable growth rather than pursuing short‑term gains.

About the Role

The Senior Finance Manager – Commercial Finance is the lead finance business partner for Pizza Hut UK, supporting one of Pizza Hut's largest international markets and working as part of the wider International Operating Markets (IOM) Finance team. This role partners closely with Marketing, Revenue Management, Digital and Commercial leaders to shape strategies that deliver sustainable, profitable growth. From pricing and promotions to loyalty, media investment and aggregator partnerships, the role provides commercial insight, financial leadership and robust challenge to maximise business performance. Alongside commercial partnering, the role leads financial planning, forecasting and performance management for the UK business, translating strategic priorities into actionable financial plans while identifying risks, opportunities and value‑creation initiatives for both Pizza Hut and its franchise partners.

Responsibilities

Commercial Business Partnering (40%)

• Partner Marketing, Digital and Commercial teams to shape growth strategies.
• Provide financial leadership on pricing, promotions, loyalty and customer acquisition.
• Support the development of channel strategies across Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat.
• Evaluate investment decisions and ensure initiatives deliver profitable growth.
• Deliver actionable insights on customer, channel and franchisee economics.

Planning & Forecasting (35%)

• Lead quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and long‑range planning for the UK business.
• Own forecasting across sales, margin, marketing investment, G&A and development.
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and drive actions to close performance gaps.
• Translate business strategy into robust financial plans.

Performance & Value Creation (25%)

• Lead insightful performance reporting and variance analysis.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, investment effectiveness and channel performance.
• Drive cost‑saving and value‑creation initiatives across the business.
• Coach and develop an FP&A Analyst.

Qualifications

What we're looking for

Required Experience

• Significant experience within Commercial Finance, FP&A or Strategic Finance.
• Proven business partnering experience supporting Marketing, Commercial, Pricing, Revenue Management or Digital functions.
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting and planning expertise.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving strategic decision‑making.
• Demonstrated ability to translate financial insight into commercial action.

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational delivery.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Ability to simplify complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly collaborative with the ability to influence across multiple functions.
• Proactive, curious and action‑oriented mindset.
• Passion for coaching and developing others.

Why Join Pizza Hut?

This role offers the opportunity to influence some of the biggest commercial decisions across Pizza Hut UK. From pricing and promotions to loyalty strategy, digital investment and aggregator partnerships, you'll play a central role in shaping profitable growth while partnering with senior leaders across the UK and the wider International Operating Markets team. If you're passionate about combining strategic thinking, commercial insight and financial leadership to make a tangible business impact, we'd love to hear from you.