Hybrid Director, Financial Planning

at Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

• Job title: Director, Financial Planning
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $185,000 - $220,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Plano, United States

About the role

• Join Yum! Brands as Director of Financial Planning, leading financial planning for multiple global brands. Drive strategic financial initiatives and team collaboration across brands and markets.

Responsibilities

• Own Yum! Brands’ enterprise-wide financial plan across multiple global brands and markets.
• Shape Yum!’s five-year strategic plan and guide quarterly forecasting and earnings processes.
• Support Executive Leadership Team and Board discussions.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives that strengthen enterprise planning, insight, and performance.
• Lead a team of three in the execution of financial planning duties.
• Provide insight-driven analysis and recommendations to support enterprise decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting with 10+ years of progressive finance experience.
• Experience leading teams and/or managing complex, high-visibility finance processes and projects.
• Demonstrated world-class financial acumen, strategic thinking, and business judgment, with a proven ability to influence executive and senior leaders.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills, including the ability to constructively challenge senior leadership.
• Proven experience preparing executive- and Board-level financial analyses, materials, and presentations.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, and PowerPoint skills with strong executive presentation capabilities.
• Deep expertise in financial planning, external reporting, brand reporting, or controllership (preferred).
• Experience leading or partnering on major finance transformation or systems implementation initiatives (preferred).
• Practical experience in the restaurant industry (preferred).

Benefits

• Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
• Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
• Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.