Finance Business Partner

Overview

Pepsi Co products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Pepsi Co 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 Soda Stream. Pepsi Co’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 Pepsi Co is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (Pepsi Co 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.

• 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. Apply these learnings in future decision making.
• Build strong cross functional relationships including effective coaching of Commercial Planning analysts.

• Finance professional with strong academic background and post-qualified experience.
• FMCG experience is preferred.
• 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.