The Finance Continuous Improvement Lead plays a critical role in modernizing and optimizing financial control processes across the organization. This role is responsible for driving standardization, process enhancement, and automation initiatives that enhance scale, efficiency, and operational excellence within Finance. Reporting directly to the Global Finance Shared Service Center Leader, this role will help shape continuous improvement practices globally and may include leadership of 1–2 direct reports.
As a strategic partner to finance and business leaders, the Continuous Improvement Lead will influence key stakeholders, guide teams through transformation, and embed sustainable frameworks that enhance how financial processes operate across brands and markets.
Salary Range: $110,500 - $130,000 annually + bonus eligibility. This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Responsibilities• Drive standardization and continuous improvement initiatives within financial control to enhance efficiency and organizational effectiveness.
• Influence process owner subject matter experts to deliver measurable process efficiencies.
• Serve as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership, advising on process optimization and automation opportunities.
• Develop and implement automation frameworks, methodologies, and roadmaps that guide the finance organization through transformation.
• Partner cross-functionally to drive adoption of standardized processes across global operations.
• Partner with finance leaders to embed automation strategies within their teams and ensure consistent global execution.
• Establish methods to track, measure, and evaluate the success and sustainability of automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in organizational effectiveness, change management, or business partnership.
• Proven track record as a change agent with expertise in process standardization and automation.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, create structure, and influence stakeholders toward aligned execution.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with influence at all organizational levels.
• Deep comprehension of organizational dynamics and team development; experience across multiple brands or markets in a fast-paced environment preferred.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- 7+ years of progressive experience in organizational effectiveness, change management, or business partnership
- Proven track record as a change agent with expertise in process standardization and automation
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with influence at all organizational levels
- Deep comprehension of organizational dynamics and team development; experience across multiple brands or markets in a fast-paced environment preferred
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
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What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
