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:
  • Promotions & PPNOC initiatives
  • LTO performance (sales mix, uplift)
  • Channel profitability (e.g., aggregators vs in-store)
• 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