VP, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Overview:

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President, Corporate FP&A will serve as a senior enterprise finance leader responsible for leading all corporate FP&A and strategic finance activities across Keurig Dr Pepper. This role owns enterprise-wide financial planning, performance management, capital allocation, and executive/Board reporting. The VP will act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Executive Leadership Team, ensuring financial decisions are grounded in rigorous analytics, clear trade-offs, and a focus on long-term value creation.

This is a highly visible role requiring both hands-on analytical leadership and executive influence, with responsibility for building a best-in-class FP&A function, enhancing financial systems and processes, and driving enterprise-wide financial rigor. Key responsibilities of the role include:
Enterprise Financial Planning & Performance Management Own and lead all enterprise financial planning processes, including long‑range planning, the annual operating plan (AOP), monthly forecasts, and target‑setting across Beverage Co.Establish and manage enterprise performance targets, scorecards, and KPIs across sales, profit, cash, capex, innovation, and strategic initiatives.

Drive enterprise cash flow forecasting, working capital insights, and capital structure considerations. Oversee legal entity‑level forecasting to support tax projectionsSG&A, Productivity & Overheads Management Provide enterprise level oversight of SG&A planning, reporting, and productivity initiatives.

Partner with HR and Finance leadership on compensation design (bonus, LTI, benefits) and enterprise workforce cost modeling.

Identify indirect productivity opportunities and performance gaps; partner with business leaders to drive corrective actions.

Ensure consistent assumptions, governance, and insight across overhead planning and reporting. Capital Allocation, Capex & Return Management Own enterprise capital allocation strategy, including setting return hurdle thresholds, capex management, inorganic optionality, dividend policy, and share repurchase analysis.

Lead capex target setting, project prioritization, and investment tradeoffs across the enterprise.

Oversee capex investment post audits to assess value realization and drive accountability.

Lead buy versus lease analysis, depreciation forecasting, and capital lifecycle analytics.

Strategic Finance, Innovation & Inorganic Growth Evaluate innovation investments, sustainability projects, and strategic initiatives through rigorous financial modeling and scenario analysis.

Support inorganic optionality, including M&A, partnerships, and strategic projects, with robust valuation, return, and risk analysis.

Benchmark Beverage Co's performance and strategic positioning against competitors and best-in-class peers.

Systems, Data & Enterprise Analytics Own financial systems administration and governance for enterprise planning, forecasting, and analytics tools (e.g., TM1).Partner with IT and Finance Systems teams to manage and prioritize financial system enhancements.

Drive continuous improvement in finance processes, modeling standards, automation, and analytical capabilities.

Executive Leadership & Board of Directors Support Serve as the primary FP&A and Strategic Finance advisor to the CEO, CFO, ELT, and Board of Directors.

Lead preparation of enterprise financial materials for ELT and Board meetings, ensuring clarity, rigor, and executive ready storytelling.

Support earnings related analysis and review, including MD&A, SEC filings (10-Q, 10-K, 8-K) and non-GAAP measures.

Anticipate risks, sensitivities, and tradeoffs; proactively bring forward recommendations and decision frameworks.

Team Leadership & Enterprise Collaboration Lead and develop the entire Corporate FP&A and Strategic Finance organization, spanning FP&A, SG&A, Capex, minority investments, systems, and governance.

Coach Directors and senior leaders across Finance, serving as a thought partner on complex analytical and strategic topics.

Partner closely with Business Units, HR, Legal, R&D, Corporate Affairs, IT, and Finance leadership to ensure alignment and execution.

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