Job Overview:Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President, Corporate FP&A will serve as a senior enterprise finance leader responsible for leading all corporate FP&A and strategic finance activities across Keurig Dr Pepper.
This role owns enterprise-wide financial planning, performance management, capital allocation, and executive/Board reporting. The VP will act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Executive Leadership Team, ensuring financial decisions are grounded in rigorous analytics, clear trade-offs, and a focus on long-term value creation.
This is a highly visible role requiring both hands-on analytical leadership and executive influence, with responsibility for building a best-in-class FP&A function, enhancing financial systems and processes, and driving enterprise-wide financial rigor.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Enterprise Financial Planning & Performance Management - Own and lead all enterprise financial planning processes, including long-range planning, the annual operating plan (AOP), monthly forecasts, and target-setting across BeverageCo.
- Establish and manage enterprise performance targets, scorecards, and KPIs across sales, profit, cash, capex, innovation, and strategic initiatives.
- Drive enterprise cash flow forecasting, working capital insights, and capital structure considerations.
- Oversee legal entity-level forecasting to support tax projections
SG&A, Productivity & Overheads Management- Provide enterprise level oversight of SG&A planning, reporting, and productivity initiatives.
- Partner with HR and Finance leadership on compensation design (bonus, LTI, benefits) and enterprise workforce cost modeling.
- Identify indirect productivity opportunities and performance gaps; partner with business leaders to drive corrective actions.
- Ensure consistent assumptions, governance, and insight across overhead planning and reporting.
Capital Allocation, Capex & Return Management- Own enterprise capital allocation strategy, including setting return hurdle thresholds, capex management, inorganic optionality, dividend policy, and share repurchase analysis.
- Lead capex target setting, project prioritization, and investment tradeoffs across the enterprise.
- Oversee capex investment post audits to assess value realization and drive accountability.
- Lead buy versus lease analysis, depreciation forecasting, and capital lifecycle analytics.
Strategic Finance, Innovation & Inorganic Growth- Evaluate innovation investments, sustainability projects, and strategic initiatives through rigorous financial modeling and scenario analysis.
- Support inorganic optionality, including M&A, partnerships, and strategic projects, with robust valuation, return, and risk analysis.
- Benchmark BeverageCo's performance and strategic positioning against competitors and best-in-class peers.
Systems, Data & Enterprise Analytics- Own financial systems administration and governance for enterprise planning, forecasting, and analytics tools (e.g., TM1).
- Partner with IT and Finance Systems teams to manage and prioritize financial system enhancements.
- Drive continuous improvement in finance processes, modeling standards, automation, and analytical capabilities.
Executive Leadership & Board of Directors Support- Serve as the primary FP&A and Strategic Finance advisor to the CEO, CFO, ELT, and Board of Directors.
- Lead preparation of enterprise financial materials for ELT and Board meetings, ensuring clarity, rigor, and executive ready storytelling.
- Support earnings related analysis and review, including MD&A, SEC filings (10-Q, 10-K, 8-K) and non-GAAP measures.
- Anticipate risks, sensitivities, and tradeoffs; proactively bring forward recommendations and decision frameworks.
Team Leadership & Enterprise Collaboration- Lead and develop the entire Corporate FP&A and Strategic Finance organization, spanning FP&A, SG&A, Capex, minority investments, systems, and governance.
- Coach Directors and senior leaders across Finance, serving as a thought partner on complex analytical and strategic topics.
- Partner closely with Business Units, HR, Legal, R&D, Corporate Affairs, IT, and Finance leadership to ensure alignment and execution.
- Foster a high performance, analytically rigorous, enterprise first finance culture
Total Rewards:- Salary Range: $218,800 - $310,000
- Actual placement within the compensation range may vary depending on experience, skills, and other factors
- Benefits, subject to election and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time), 401k with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement
- Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility
Requirements:The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of broad and deep financial and operational experience with significant experience in and leadership of a financial planning & analysis function. This individual will have a demonstrated track record of leading a world class FP&A organization in a dynamic and changing environment. In addition, s/he will have demonstrated financial leadership skills and expertise with an emphasis on financial analysis, models, budgeting, management reporting and forecasting. It is paramount that this person be a strategic thinker who has developed new ways of evaluating and planning business whether as a result of a shift in strategic direction, disruption to the business model or entry into new markets.
Experience & Qualifications- 15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership in Corporate FP&A
- Experience operating in a large, matrixed, multi-business organization, ideally within CPG or a related industry
- Proven track record of partnering with CEOs, CFOs, ELTs, and Boards
- Strong expertise in financial planning, capital allocation, modeling, and performance management
- Public company experience with knowledge of financial reporting, GAAP, and earnings processes
- Experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives (systems, processes, or operating model)
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or CFA preferred
Leadership & Personal Attributes- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and enterprise mindset
- Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders with credibility
- Hands-on leader with strong analytical depth and attention to detail
- Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear insights
- Operates with a high degree of ownership, urgency, and accountability
