Finance Business Partner

Vacancy Name
Finance Business Partner

Vacancy No
VN847

Job Type
Permanent

Location
Hatfield

Job Details

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Hatfield (Blended working - 3 days in the office)

Working hours per week: 40 hours

Level: Manager

Application closing date: Tuesday 4th March 2025

About us

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.

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.com 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 and champion of small, independent brands. We're also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.

About the team and the role

Reporting to our Senior Finance Manager - Ambient, you will be the trusted Business Partner to our Trading Managers for a Grocery Category team and help support them grow through commercial insight.

What you'll do

1. Be the trusted business partner to one of our Grocery category teams (we have 6 teams), supporting the Trading Manager and Buyers in the team
2. Provide regular, robust and insightful reporting around drivers and drainers of trade performance, understanding mix vs rate analysis, and how the various brands are driving performance
3. Working with our data insight colleagues, cut through the data to enable better & faster commercial decision making, ensuring we provide our customers with the most comprehensive and compelling ranges
4. Ensure trade decisions are actioned from the data to improve performance
5. Support in annual business plans with suppliers to negotiate the best deal for Ocado, then monitor performance against agreed targets throughout the year, advising on course corrections if required
6. Proactively advise with price, promotion and buying decisions on a daily basis, and be the finance expert for the category
7. Own the forecasting process for your category, making forecasting accuracy improvements and enabling key trade drivers to be understood
8. Work closely with your peers within the Commercial Finance team to standardise processes across categories and share analysis or best practice
9. Lead and develop more junior members of the wider commercial finance team

Who you are

1. Qualified accountant, with post-qualified experience
2. Commercial finance experience (gained in grocery retail/FMCG is highly desirable)
3. Strong communication and influencing skills; able to build relationships with key stakeholders across the business
4. Mentally agile, adaptable and responsive person, open to change and suggestions
5. Enthusiastic to learn and inquisitive
6. Prepared to go the extra mile and ensure that the job is well done and not just completed
7. Methodical, organised and responds quickly to change, whilst demonstrating a proactive approach
8. Highly numerate and analytical with a keen eye for detail, quality and accuracy, that is deadline-focused and goal-oriented

What's in it for you

By joining Ocado Retail you'll have the chance to experience life at the world's largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what's possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.

If that's not enough to tempt you, you'll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here's a taste of what we offer:

Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.

Spend & Save: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with 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 and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.

Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.

Our Hiring Process

Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you'll follow our standard hiring process - one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.

Everyone's welcome

We're an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.