Commercial Senior Finance Manager

ocadogroup; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,975,000 - 2,853,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

22 weeks maternity/primary carer leave

Pension with employer matching

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts at Ocado

Job summary

Ocado Group is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to embed within the Executive team as a key financial partner to the CEO's office, Legal, People and Reward. You will lead monthly reporting, the annual budget, and rolling outlooks while driving strategic decision support and cash flow optimisation.

Reporting to the Head of Group Financial Planning, you will collaborate with FP&A, Capital Markets and Investor Relations, and mentor a Finance Business Partner to raise consistency in Group Ops

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in accounting or a finance business partnering role.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience across Outlook cycles.
• Proactive drive for continuous improvement and automation.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted finance partner to key Group Operations functions.
• Translate business strategy into financial plans through budgets and outlooks.
• Provide strategic financial support and identify risks with mitigations.
• Monitor monthly spend against budget and support cash flow.
• Mentor and guide the Finance Business Partner across Group Ops.

Skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Budgeting

Forecasting

BI tools

Excel advanced

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Looker

EPM

Excel

Job description

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, 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 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 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).