Commercial Planning & Performace Manager (9 Month FTC)
UK Visa Sponsorship Analytics
Above analytics are generated algorithmically based on job titles and may not always be the same as the company's job classification. You can also check detailed occupation eligibility, and salary criteria on our UK Visa Eligible Occupations & Salary Thresholds page.
Disclaimer: Hunt UK Visa Sponsors aggregates job listings from publicly available sources, such as search engines, to assist with your job hunting. We do not claim affiliation with Pizza Hut UK & Europe. For the most up-to-date job details, please visit the official website by clicking "Apply Now."
With over 60 years of history, Pizza Hut has become the world's largest pizza company, with 18,000+ stores across 100 countries.
You will be working within the UK Dine-In restaurant business, looking after 61 Dine-In restaurants and the master franchise for delivery huts in the ROI. The business is part of the Yum family working closely with the wider Yum International Operating Market team, however is run as a separate entity of the Pizza Hut business, with it’s own budget responsibilities and P&L.
The Commercial Planning Manager is responsible for driving both commercial performance insight and forward-looking financial planning across the UK Dine In restaurant business
The role owns the Dine In trading rhythm while also leading forward-looking planning, budgeting and scenario modelling across sales, margin and key cost lines. It connects trading insight (Sales, Transactions, AOV, Mix) to full P&L outcomes and ensures robust financial plans underpin decision-making.
A key focus is balancing customer competitiveness with sustainable profitability, continuous improvement on business economics while supporting delivery of internal IOM targets. This role requires strong commercial judgement, analytical rigour, financial modelling capability and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
At certain times holiday support may be required for the management accounts team for month end.
Key Responsibilities
1. Trading & Commercial Performance Leadership (25–30%)
- Own the Dine In weekly trading cycle, providing clear insight on performance drivers (traffic, ticket, mix, promo response, daypart).
- Lead monthly performance reviews, translating trading outcomes into a clear P&L narrative (Sales → Gross Margin → Labour/Semis → EBITDA).
- Evaluate effectiveness of media, promotions, menu changes and operational initiatives. Deliver concise recommendations and “next steps” to Operations, Marketing and Leadership.
- Build and continuously improve insight-led dashboards (focused on clarity and actionability).
- Support identification and quantification of growth opportunities in partnership with cross-functional teams (mainly Marketing and Operations)
2. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting (30%)
- Work closely with Financial Control Teams during month-end to ensure accurate reporting and provide robust analysis of gross margin performance versus budget and forecast, clearly articulating drivers, risks and required actions
3. Promotions, Pricing & Commercial Modelling (20%)
- Develop robust financial business cases for promotions, CRM initiatives, loyalty and value propositions.
- Model incrementality, cannibalisation, AOV/mix impacts, margin flow-through and EBITDA impact.
- Support pricing strategy across channels, ensuring balance between competitiveness and profitability.
- Conduct post-investment reviews and ensure learnings are embedded into future planning assumptions.
- Provide scenario modelling to support strategic commercial decisions
4. Profitability, Cost & P&L Management (20%)
- Drive restaurant margin improvement by providing clear insight into key P&L cost drivers (Labour and COS) and influencing operational decisions to improve cost efficiency and flow-through
People & Culture
- Champion a growth mindset, work as part of a collaborate team that learn and grow together.
About You
Skills
- Strong financial modelling and forecasting capability.
- Experience in budgeting and reforecast processes.
- Commercially astute with ability to translate data into business decisions.
- Clear and confident communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable balancing weekly trading pace with longer-term planning cycles.
- Continuous improvement mindset across reporting, modelling and planning processes.
Qualifications and Experience
- CIMA or ACCA (qualified or part-qualified preferred).
- 3–5+ years’ experience across commercial finance and/or FP&A roles
- Experience building integrated financial models (sales → margin → EBITDA)
Package
- Base salary between £52,000 - £58,000 per annum
- Annual bonus based on business performance
- Private medical insurance
- Life Assurance
- Pension contributions up to 7.5% employer contribution & salary sacrifice scheme.