Commercial Finance Analyst (9 Month FTC)

Who is Pizza Hut?

Founded by the Carney brothers more than 60 years ago, Pizza Hut has grown into the World’s largest pizza company, with over 18,000 stores in more than 100 countries. Around 1,500 of these are located across 25 European Markets. Our European headquarters are based at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Borough, London.

Who is Long Range Capital?

Long Range Capital is an investment firm that supports strong businesses with the ambition to make them even better. As Pizza Hut’s future owner, it is committed to investing in the brand, empowering its people and driving sustainable growth rather than pursuing short-term gains. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with bold ambitions, backed by patient capital and an owner focused on unlocking Pizza Hut’s long term potential.

Role Purpose: Own and deliver reliable, timely sales reporting and foundational analytics for the Germany business, ensuring continuity of critical commercial insights and supporting decision-making across Commercial, Finance, and Operations.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Sales Reporting & Business Performance Tracking

Own weekly sales reporting & commentary

Support monthly business review reporting

Deliver clear, concise performance commentary (trends, risks, opportunities)

Present data in internal weekly/monthly forums (as needed)

2. Data Management & Integrity

Maintain and validate POS data (daily/weekly checks for completeness & accuracy)

Manage data consolidation across POS feeds

Ensure correct product/item mappings and data hygiene

Maintain master datasets (store list, product files, aggregator mappings)

3. Aggregator & Channel Performance Reporting

Extract and manage data from aggregator platforms

Track and report channel performance (sales, mix, trends)

Support analysis of aggregator initiatives and promotions

4. Commercial Analytics & Insights

Conduct basic to intermediate analysis on:

Channel profitability (e.g., aggregators vs in-store)

LTO performance (sales mix, uplift)

Promotions & PPNOC initiatives

Support ad hoc business questions (performance trends, anomalies, seasonality)

Contribute to forecasting inputs including quarterly and annual forecasts

5. Financial & Operational Support

Support monthly sales data preparation for invoicing (in coordination with Finance)

Assist in cost of sales (COS) analysis for upcoming promotions

Provide store-level reporting to Operations and Development teams

Key Interfaces

Head of Commercial

FP&A and Finance teams (local & Global)

KFC Germany (limited, during transition only)

Operations & Development teams

Must-have:

Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, data manipulation, basic modelling)

Experience with data reporting and performance tracking

Comfortable working with large datasets and multiple sources

Strong attention to detail (data accuracy is critical)

Ability to translate data into simple insights

3+ years experience in finance or commercial role

Nice-to-have:

Power BI familiarity – strongly preferred

Basic SQL understanding

Experience in retail/QSR/aggregator environments

English language proficiency

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, or comparable experience

Why Join Pizza Hut?

This role offers the opportunity to influence some of the biggest commercial decisions across Pizza Hut Germany. From pricing and promotions to loyalty strategy, digital investment and aggregator partnerships, you'll play a central role in shaping profitable growth while partnering with senior leaders across the business and the wider International Operating Markets team.

If you're passionate about combining strategic thinking, commercial insight and financial acumen to make a tangible business impact, we'd love to hear from you