Ocado Retail
Senior Financial Manager – Accounting Centre of Excellence (FTC)
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Senior Financial Manager – Accounting Centre of Excellence
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: Hatfield (Hybrid working – 3 days in the office)
Working hours per week: 40 hours
Level: Senior Manager
Application Closing Date: Tuesday 14th July
About Us
Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivalled service, and reassuringly good value.
We’re also on a mission to empower our business with smart technology; we’ve recently launched our AI Academy, providing a tailored AI learning journey for every colleague.
We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S, and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket, ocado.com. Not only is Ocado the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK, championing small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.
About The Team And The Role
At Ocado Retail, our Finance team plays a critical role in supporting the business to drive forward. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Senior Finance Manager will lead the Accounting Centre of Excellence to own our month-end processes and ensure integrity and controls of our financial data are delivered to our key finance stakeholders.
The Senior Finance Manager – Accounting Centre of Excellence will lead a team of 7 (1 Finance Manager, 3 Senior Finance Analysts, and 3 Finance Graduates) to deliver our balance sheet and P&L month-end processes, maintain financial integrity, meet controls requirements, and instil a culture of continuous improvement in the team. The team is currently focused on an upcoming ERP system transformation project; this role will play a pivotal role in supporting the team to adapt processes to align with the new system, ensuring uninterrupted BAU delivery, while simultaneously leveraging the new platform to significantly enhance our financial controls and accounting capabilities.
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What You’ll Do
- Lead the Accounting Centre of Excellence: Have ultimate responsibility for month-end close processes, accuracy reviews/approvals, and reconciliations, setting up the team for success.
- MEC timeline management and Process Improvement: Drive leadership that supports the team in meeting a WD2 month-end close process. Actively observe the end-to-end close cycle to identify bottlenecks, driving changes that make the process both more efficient and accurate, and ensure optimised workflows are standardised and adopted across the entire team.
- Finance to Finance Business Partnering: Steer the ways of working with business partners effectively, enabling high-quality decision-making to support business strategy.
- Develop the Team: Lead and coach the team, with a focus on project management and delivery, continuous improvement, and core finance skillset, ensuring individuals are always supporting future growth and development.
- Oracle Retail Implementation: Support the implementation of the new sales audit module and stock ledger, ensuring a seamless transition while maintaining current reporting and data requirements. Leverage the new system’s capabilities to enhance accounting recognition methodologies and strengthen our existing control framework through collaboration with the business and external delivery partners. Equip the ACE team for success when the new system goes live.
Who You Are
- A qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Experience with Finance systems (such as Oracle Fusion/EPM) and driving process change through systems
- Excellent at managing stakeholders and building strong relationships with key constituents
- Self-motivated with a mindset towards continuous improvement and self-development
- Experience in leading a team and coaching individuals to support development
- Expertise in delivering and coordinating month-end close processes
- A continuous improvement mindset
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What’s In It For You
By joining Ocado Retail, you’ll experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work in a team that challenges what’s possible, and have the chance to grow your skills and career in an exciting online retail industry.
Leverage our:
- AI Academy, dedicated to empowering colleagues with the future-ready technology skills.
Additionally, enjoy the following great benefits:
Health & Wellbeing:
- Private medical insurance (additional family options available)
- Digital GP appointments
- Market-leading family policies
- Mental health support
- Discounted gym memberships
- Dental insurance
- And more
Spend & Save:
- Recognition through the reward platform
- Up to 7% matched pension contributions
- 15% Ocado discount
- 20% M&S discount
- Free breakfast every day in the office
- Electric vehicle leasing scheme
- Free shuttle bus from Hatfield station
Never Miss the Moments that Matter:
- Hybrid working
- 26 days of holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays
- Options to buy additional holiday
- 2 weeks work-from-anywhere
- Lifestyle break opportunities
Our Hiring Process
Given our high volume of applications, carefully consider each one with attention to skills and experience. If your background and capabilities stand out, we’ll invite you to discuss the role further and guide you through our hiring process.
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Everyone’s Welcome
We’re an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fair and equal treatment of all potential colleagues. We ensure everyone has a fair chance to apply and will provide alternative formats if needed. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please notify us at careers@ocadoretail.com. Your needs are key for us.
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