Finance Leader: Food Ventures & Away From Home

PepsiCo; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo in Reading is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead finance for the Away From Home (AFH) channel and the Food Ventures portfolio, partnering with the AFH Commercial Director and cross-functional teams to drive profitable growth and provide strategic business insight.

The role also includes line management and development of the AFH Finance Business Partner, helping to build capability and strengthen finance support across the channel.

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional with strong post-qualification experience.
• FMCG and commercial finance / RGM experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence decision-making and drive results through others.
• Excellent communication, prioritisation and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance support for the UK AFH and Food Ventures businesses.
• Own Food Ventures AOP, forecasting and long-term planning.
• Partner with UK and Global teams to evaluate, localise and commercialise innovation opportunities.
• Support key business initiatives through financial modelling, investment analysis and recommendations.
• Partner with Innovation, Marketing and Commercial teams to deliver growth initiatives.
• Lead RGM strategy for Food Ventures / AFH, including pricing, promotion and mix optimisation.
• Support customer negotiations and Joint Business Planning with actionable commercial insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue, profitability and return on investment.
• Own reporting, forecasting and performance management across the Food Ventures portfolio, including ambient, chilled, frozen and D2C channels.
• Lead financial assessment of innovation projects, including business cases and stage-gate reviews.
• Manage CAPEX governance and investment recommendations.
• Drive performance reviews, identifying risks, opportunities and actions.
• Coordinate reporting to UK and Global leadership teams.
• Present financial performance and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong partnerships across Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance.
• Translate complex financial data into clear business insights.
• Lead, coach and develop the AFH Finance Business Partner (L7), fostering a high-performance and development-focused culture.

Skills

Post-qualification experience

FMCG finance

Commercial finance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

PepsiCo in Reading is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead finance for the Away From Home (AFH) channel and the Food Ventures portfolio, partnering with the AFH Commercial Director and cross-functional teams to drive profitable growth and provide strategic business insight.

The role also includes line management and development of the AFH Finance Business Partner, helping to build capability and strengthen finance support across the channel.