Chief Financial Officer UK&I

Job Description

We have an amazing opportunity available for a senior finance professional and all-round commercial leader to make a real difference at Kraft Heinz. Reporting directly to the UK&I Managing Director, we are hiring a Chief Financial Officer UK&I, to be accountable for the region’s financial performance (£1.2bn GBP) and for delivering upon our 3‑year plan.
As a crucial part of the UK&I leadership team, this role is for someone who wants the opportunity to make their mark in a transforming and growing business, leading total P&L stewardship, defining and executing the UK&I financial strategy and across priority projects (e.g., Operations savings, foodservice channel transformation). In addition, you will be driving RGM/commercial strategy and smart pricing, accelerating digital and process transformation to create a high‑performance, succession‑ready organization striving to deliver the best for consumers and the business.

In brief, you will be responsible for:
• Producing a clear strategic plan (portfolio plays, investment priorities) and a three‑year P&L navigation plan showing where to invest and where to source savings.
• Accountable for end‑to‑end P&L delivery: pricing, commercial investments, promotional effectiveness, cost of goods sold and overhead management.
• Define and operationalize the next phase of RGM / commercial strategy to enable smart pricing while protecting value share.
• Lead and sponsor strategic value projects (Operations savings transformation, foodservice New Business Wins projects, benchmarking studies) with clear benefit realisation plans.
• Own the finance side of IT transformation and digitalization roadmap (forecasting, FP&A, consolidation) to structurally reduce manual effort and improve decisioning.
• Ensure strong month‑end reporting, forecasting, cash management, tax & treasury oversight, internal controls and audit readiness.
• Build a high‑performance finance function and wider business understanding through robust rituals & routines (planning, forecasting, reviews) to increase accountability.
• Create succession‑ready structures and deliver high‑quality succession plans for CFO role and all direct reports.
• Act as trusted partner to functional leads with strong cross‑functional knowledge to define right plans by function.
• Track and report progress vs. NSV and EBIT ambitions, and other strategic metrics (RGM uplift, productivity savings, digitalization milestones).

Location(s)

London - The Shard

 

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.