Senior Finance Transformation Specialist

1 day ago


Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Ocado Retail Ltd Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Finance Transformation Specialist to join our Finance Transformation team at Ocado Retail Ltd. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in driving our Finance change and transformation programme, ensuring that all financial accounting, reporting, and regulatory requirements are fulfilled.

Key Responsibilities

- Accelerate month end close by 3 days within the next 6 months
- Rationalise MEC journals to eliminate, standardise, simplify, and automate
- Support BAU teams to implement these initiatives
- Take ownership of delivering specific initiatives
- Improve the accuracy, robustness, intelligence, and flexibility of cash flow forecasting outputs across Ocado Retail
- Work closely with heads of Finance to implement previously identified opportunities to optimise cash efficiency

Requirements

- Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or an exceptional part-qualified candidate
- Exceptional problem solver with demonstrable experience of transforming sub-optimal processes via simplification, standardisation, and automation
- Proactive, ambitious, self-motivated individual who derives purpose and motivation from making an impact within tight timelines and with high visibility to senior leaders
- Great communicator who enjoys working with a variety of stakeholders across Finance
- Ability to simplify complexity both in terms of communication style but also in terms of converting complex problem statements into simple, focused, and clear solutions
- Takes a hands-on approach to problem solving
- An aptitude for systems and comfortable with thinking about how to approach and implement automation of existing manual processes
- Comfortable working within a medium to large, fast-paced, complex, customer-focused environment
- Proven track record of influencing change within an organisation

What's in it for you

By joining Ocado Retail Ltd, 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. You'll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal, including private medical insurance, 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.

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