Senior Finance Analyst - Technology
- Recruiter
- Internal Job Board
- Location
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 11 Jan 2021
- Closes
- 09 Feb 2021
- Ref
- 4958243002
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Digital
- Experience level
- Qualified accountant
Ocado Group's mission is to transform online grocery through cutting-edge technology and automation. Our pioneering Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), which combines our software systems with our physical fulfilment assets, offers grocery retailers a faster, more flexible, cost-efficient and low-risk way to develop an online grocery business.
As part of the Ocado Group Finance team, this role sits within Commercial Finance Technology. This Senior Finance Analyst role is a key position, partnering with the Tech People team and supporting an area with c.2,500 employees over six different countries.
You will support the Technology Finance Manager and Head of Finance in delivering insightful reporting and analysis and will be responsible for the consolidated management reporting across Technology.
What you will be doing?
About you
Minimum:
Preferred (in addition to minimum)
About Ocado Group
When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we're a FTSE 100 business developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!
Transforming an industry means also transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we're looking for the brightest talents to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.
Only a 20 minute commute from London King's Cross and with a free shuttle bus provided from Hatfield Station to the office.
Benefits
Ocado employee experience is very important to us. As well as keeping a smile on your face with weekly massages, a games room, coffee shop, weekly food samples and amazing food hall to satisfy your daily breakfast and lunch taste buds..All Ocado employees are offered a benefits package of - 25 days holiday, 15% discount on your weekly ocado shop, pension, share options, discounts on gym memberships and much much more....
Our values: we're in it together, we are proud of what we do, we can be even better... ...
As part of the Ocado Group Finance team, this role sits within Commercial Finance Technology. This Senior Finance Analyst role is a key position, partnering with the Tech People team and supporting an area with c.2,500 employees over six different countries.
You will support the Technology Finance Manager and Head of Finance in delivering insightful reporting and analysis and will be responsible for the consolidated management reporting across Technology.
What you will be doing?
- Responsible for the reporting and budgeting/forecasting of Technology People costs, across c.2,500 employees and six different countries.
- Partner with the Head of People, providing oversight and challenge on people related investment cases.
- Be the main Finance point of contact for the Head of the London Technology Development Centre, assisting with the preparation of Budgets and Forecasts and any investment cases.
- Prepare the consolidated management reporting across Ocado Technology, working closely with the FBPs to understand financial performance and communicate to the senior finance team and COO.
- Lead the risks & opps process, through developing commercial understanding of the business and articulate to the senior finance team and COO of Ocado Technology.
- Develop the reporting suite, providing genuinely insightful analysis to aid decision making, based on a strong foundation of data integrity.
- Look forward and anticipate business change which may impact reporting and the support required to partners in the business.
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for Central Technology.
- Build a close relationship with Central Finance and own the Technology Finance submissions, including the monthly review of Capex, balance sheets and P&L summaries.
- Assist in ad hoc tasks as required from the Finance Manager and Head of Finance, including delivering insightful reporting and financial modelling.
- Build strong relationships across Ocado Technology's Senior Leadership Team.
- Maintain and enhance financial controls ensuring accuracy and robustness of reporting and budgeting processes.
- Identify and implement improvements to both business and financial processes to increase efficiency and ensure all costs are recorded accurately in the accounts.
- Management and development of one direct report, including providing oversight into Partnering of the Head of Information Security.
About you
Minimum:
- Qualified CIMA / ACA/ CA / ACCA accountant, ideally +2 years PQE
- Minimum 2:1 degree and a strong academic record
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience of reporting and developing period management accountants, budgeting & forecasting
- Experience of working in a dynamic environment and a desire to implement change
- Candidates must be able to prioritise and have a flexible approach, responding to the changing nature of Ocado in a timely manner
- Candidates must have excellent communication as the role requires interaction across all functions of the business, both financial and non-financial
- Candidates must be logical, self-motivated, proactive, have an eye for detail, confident to challenge business partners and comfortable operating within an environment of substantial change
Preferred (in addition to minimum)
- Experience of business process/system transformations
- Experience in global business within Engineering/Technology sectors
- Experience of mainstream accounting packages e.g. Oracle and Hyperion
- Experience working in an international or Technology company
About Ocado Group
When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we're a FTSE 100 business developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!
Transforming an industry means also transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we're looking for the brightest talents to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.
Only a 20 minute commute from London King's Cross and with a free shuttle bus provided from Hatfield Station to the office.
Benefits
Ocado employee experience is very important to us. As well as keeping a smile on your face with weekly massages, a games room, coffee shop, weekly food samples and amazing food hall to satisfy your daily breakfast and lunch taste buds..All Ocado employees are offered a benefits package of - 25 days holiday, 15% discount on your weekly ocado shop, pension, share options, discounts on gym memberships and much much more....
Our values: we're in it together, we are proud of what we do, we can be even better... ...