Operations Accounting Manager

Job Title

Operations Accounting Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Accounting

Closing Date

5 November 2025

 

Job Title: Finance Operations Manager 

Location: Asda House 

Employment Type: Full time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Hours Per Week: 37.5 

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits 

Category: Accounting 

 

 

Providing customers with the best products at the best prices, we believe in seeing challenges where others see problems – our culture is resilient, energetic and exceptionally fast-paced.  If you think you've got the skills and personality to succeed in this environment, consider joining us in this key Finance role. 
 
In this role, you'll be pivotal to ensuring that our corporate and business strategies are supported by the very best financial accounting and control processes - and that these processes continually maximise our profitability and efficiency. 

 

Your role 

As a Finance Operations Manager within the Controllership team, you will act as the Financial Controller for the commercial area to which you are aligned (for example, eCommerce, Logistics or Retail). This includes: 

• Combining technical accounting with coaching, communication, influencing, leadership and prioritisation skills to ensure that we produce timely and accurate financial information  

• Collaborating with and challenging your internal stakeholders to review and understand monthly financial performance 

• Presenting your area’s financial performance to the Group Financial Controller and Senior Managers within the Controllership department, clearly articulating variances to plan / forecast 

• Communicating regularly with your Commercial Finance business partners to ensure accurate forecasting and changes to processes / controls for new business initiatives are implemented in a timely and controlled manner 

• Leading a small team of part-qualified and qualified accountants, developing their technical knowledge and professional behaviours 

 

• Embracing change in a fast-paced environment - including migrations to different systems - ensuring the team and their output are continuously improving  

 

• Reviewing high-risk balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring your team are investigating reconciling items in a timely and appropriate manner as they arise 

 

Let's find out about you: 

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified accountant  

• Strong communication skills, including confidence presenting to and liaising with people at all levels of the business 

• Ability to lead and develop a small team, with a proactive approach to problem-solving 

• Confidence to take ownership, proactively and quickly prioritising  

• Capability to make measured decisions in a timely manner 

• Commitment to developing and stretching your own and others’ skills 

• Great analytical and problem-solving skills, including an eye for detail 

• Ability to think laterally and challenge the status quo 

• An audit background or experience within a fast-paced corporate business would be preferred 

• Experience using digital tools such as Power BI or SQL code would be a