Finance Business Partner, Investment & Planning (12M FTC)

Oxygen Finance; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension contributions

Fri-Yay early finishes

Live Well Days

Private healthcare

Parental leave

Study support

25% off chicken

Job summary

KFC is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner – Investment & Planning (12 Month FTC) to join the Planning team. You’ll influence advertising spend over £100m annually and partner with senior leaders including the CMO, CPO, CGO and COO.

You’ll combine financial discipline with commercial judgement to guide investment decisions, forecast accuracy and strategic trade-offs, with a focus on trusted business partnering and discreet handling of sensitive information.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial finance, FP&A or Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Experience partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis capability.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate financials for varied audiences.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience managing significant investment or functional budgets would be beneficial.
• An accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, CA or ACCA).

Responsibilities

• Shape our advertising investment: partner with Marketing to understand returns and guide spend across media, production and insights.
• Partner senior leaders: work with CPO, CGO and COO on budgets and forecasting.
• Own the forecast: lead quarterly forecasts and long-term planning across budgets.
• Get underneath the numbers: own period-end reporting and turn insights into actions for leaders.
• Challenge how we do things: identify opportunities to simplify, save and reinvest.

Skills

Commercial finance

FP&A

Finance business partnering

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial modelling

Excel

Education

Accountancy qualification (ACA/CIMA/CA/ACCA)

Job description

KFC is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner – Investment & Planning (12 Month FTC) to join the Planning team. You’ll influence advertising spend over £100m annually and partner with senior leaders including the CMO, CPO, CGO and COO.

You’ll combine financial discipline with commercial judgement to guide investment decisions, forecast accuracy and strategic trade-offs, with a focus on trusted business partnering and discreet handling of sensitive information.