Finance Manager, Corporate Tech & AI FP&A

Kraft Heinz; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 104,200 - 130,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

7% 401(k) matching

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking a Finance Manager, Corporate Technology to partner with the Technology portfolio across OPEX and CAPEX, delivering rigorous financial planning, reporting, and decision support for corporate initiatives.

This role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled insights, and strong collaboration with technology leaders to drive investment governance, cost transparency, and portfolio discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of FP&A, business finance, portfolio finance, or performance management.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to translate data into business decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across Finance, Technology, and business teams.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify better ways of working and turn ideas into practical improvement.
• Experience leveraging LLMs, AI, and automation workflows to streamline processes, enhance decision support, and improve operating efficiency.
• Comfort working in technically oriented environments and translating financial analysis into insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, forecasting, and performance management across Corporate Technology OPEX and CAPEX.
• Partner closely with Technology leaders, project owners, and Finance stakeholders on financial routines, portfolio priorities, and investment decisions.
• Support Corporate and Headquarters initiatives through robust financial planning, reporting, and decision support.
• Partner with the functions served by Technology to ensure financial plans and priorities reflect enterprise needs.
• Manage intercompany cost recharges from Corporate to regional organizations, ensuring clear allocation logic, accurate execution, and alignment with financial planning routines.
• Deliver clear insights on spend, drivers, risks, opportunities, and trade-offs.
• Support investment governance, business case evaluation, and financial decision-making.
• Partner with project managers to develop, review, and obtain approval for Capital Appropriation Requests.
• Build leadership-ready reporting, variance analysis, and actionable recommendations.
• Strengthen forecast accuracy, cost transparency, and portfolio discipline.
• Lead recurring portfolio governance meetings with Technology leadership, including bi-weekly investment review sessions and monthly financial performance reviews (MPR), providing insights and recommendations to support investment and portfolio decisions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, simplify financial routines, and improve reporting processes.
• Drive automation and process improvement through practical use of modern AI and digital tools where they add speed, quality, and efficiency

Skills

FP&A

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Automation & AI

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking a Finance Manager, Corporate Technology to partner with the Technology portfolio across OPEX and CAPEX, delivering rigorous financial planning, reporting, and decision support for corporate initiatives.

This role emphasizes automation, AI-enabled insights, and strong collaboration with technology leaders to drive investment governance, cost transparency, and portfolio discipline.