FP&A Today

Great FP&A? It has to be Heinz - with Egor Lyasko

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Egor Lyasko is Head of FP&A, Northern Europe at The Kraft Heinz Company, encompassing some of the world’s most loved brands including Heinz ketchup, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Lunchables. After gaining a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford, Egor started at Kraft Heinz as a trainee rising rapidly in six years to Head of FP&A, Northern Europe.

What we covered in this episode:

  • His rapid career rise at Kraft Heinz attracted by the ketchup maker’s “culture of ownership.”
  • The principles of finance transformation and the core lessons learnt
  • How Kraft Heinz manages its annual budget cycle (and what he would do differently next time)
  • The role of integrated business planning at the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage conglomerate
  • The importance of being a “mini CFO’ in a sales finance partnership role
  • FP&A as Guardians of the P&L
  • Why he doesn’t have an ambition to become a CFO
  • His perfect retirement dream
  • His favorite Excel function

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