Finance Manager - Controls

Vacancy Name
Finance Manager - Controls

Vacancy No
VN791

Job Type
Permanent

Location
Hatfield

Job Details

Finance Manager - Controls

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Hatfield (Blended working - 2-3 days in the office)

Working hours per week: 40 hours

Level: Manager

Application closing date: Friday 27th December 2024

About us

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivalled 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, 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

You will be a key member of the Reporting and Controls team and integral to driving improvements in the financial controls landscape at Ocado Retail. Key responsibilities will include liaison across the finance function and wider business to review and assess the controls in place and work together to uplift the current environment in response to the additional regulatory requirements. A strong desire to seek continual, collaborative improvement is a necessity.

What you'll do

• Work closely with process owners and the wider business to promote control awareness and accountability and implementation of improvement recommendations.
• Assess and test the design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Present updates in relation to financial controls to senior finance leadership.
• Ongoing maintenance and monitoring of financial controls framework and adherence to policies.
• Inputting into the vision for future development of the financial control environment alongside increasing automation.
• Project management to ensure the ongoing implementation of areas of action raised by external/internal Auditors or internally.
• Line management responsibility of qualified and part qualified financial controls accountants

Who you are

• Qualified ACA/ACCA
• Experience of assessing financial controls either through audit engagements or from roles working in industry
• Experience of implementing and/or monitoring a financial control framework
• Strong communication skills which can deliver both key points to senior management and also break down requirements and areas for improvement to non-experts
• Project management experience including dealing with multiple stakeholders
• Desire to assess and challenge effectiveness and optimise financial processes to drive change
• A "can do" attitude, proactive in seeking solutions and implementing change

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 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 everyday 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 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.