Commercial Senior Finance Manager

Ocado; Kirk Bramwith; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Pension with employer matching

Share schemes

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts at Ocado

Job summary

Ocado Group is seeking a Head of Group Financial Planning to partner with Group Ops and the Office of the CEO, driving monthly reporting, budgeting and rolling outlooks while supporting cost initiatives and cash flow optimisation.

You will build relationships with senior stakeholders, mentor a Finance Business Partner, and champion consistency across the Group Ops finance team as part of a high-visibility executive finance function.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in finance business partnering.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted finance partner to Group Operations functions.
• Own budgeting and outlook cycles and monthly reporting.
• Provide strategic financial support, identify risks and mitigations.
• Drive cash flow optimisation and cost initiative evaluation.
• Mentor and support junior finance colleagues.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & Forecasting

Financial analysis

Mentoring

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

EPM

Looker

Excel

Job description

the Head of Group Financial Planning, you will gain invaluable exposure to Group FP&A, Capital Markets, and Investor Relations, while also mentoring a Finance Business Partner to champion consistency and excellence across the Group Ops finance team.

Key Responsibilities

Being a trusted finance business partner to key Group Operations functions

Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including the Deputy-CEO, Chief People Officer, General Counsel and Head of Reward

Leveraging a strong commercial and technical understanding of Ocado's business to translate business strategy into financial plans through the preparation of Budgets and Outlooks

Providing strategic financial support to your business partners, helping to identify financial risks with proposed mitigations and evaluating the financial impact of key cost initiatives

Monitoring and reporting monthly spend against budget across partnered functions to support the business in delivering positive cash flow, proactively flagging risks and opportunities

Identifying opportunities to streamline finance processes and reporting within Group Ops, improving the quality of data and insight delivered to stakeholders

Providing support and guidance to the Finance Business Partner covering GTS, helping build consistency of approach across the Group Ops finance business partnering team

About you

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with post-qualification experience in an accounting or a finance business partnering role

Proficient in building trusted relationships with senior finance and/or non-finance stakeholders, including at Exec or Exec-1 level

Strong financial and management reporting skills, including ownership of budgeting and forecasting (Outlook) cycles

Confident using financial systems and BI tools (e.g. EPM, Looker or equivalent) and advanced Excel

High levels of resilience and positivity, with exceptional attention to detail

Self-driven to both begin and complete tasks, comfortable operating with

About Us

We are Ocado Group, and we're bringing world-class automation to online grocery. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) combines cutting-edge robotics, AI, and IoT within our advanced CFCs (Customer Fulfilment Centres). We've mastered the single pick, transforming online delivery for our global partners. Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of retail technology.

About the Role

This is a high-visibility Senior Finance Manager opportunity to embed directly within Ocado's Executive team, acting as a key financial partner to the Office of the CEO, Legal and Business Integrity, People, and Reward. Working alongside senior leadership -including the Deputy CEO, Chief People Officer, Legal and General Counsel, and Head of Reward-you will own core financial processes across Group Operations, driving monthly management reporting, the annual budget cycle, and rolling outlooks while providing strategic decision support, cost-initiative challenge, and cash flow optimisation. Reporting directly to a lean team and ambiguous or evolving scope

Proactive drive for continuous improvement and automation to yield process efficiencies, and elevate output quality

Experience supporting or mentoring more junior finance colleagues (desirable)

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here's a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Time to recharge:25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more - and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world
• Health & wellbeing:Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance
• Family-first policies:22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave
• Financial support:Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets
• Commuter perks:Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations
• Exclusive discounts:15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month)

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