More about the role
At Morrisons, we’re more than just numbers – we’re about driving real commercial success. This isn't just about reporting figures; it’s about getting under the skin of the business, challenging decisions, and influencing strategy.
This is a dynamic and senior business partnering role, pivotal to the profitability of our fast-growing Online Partnerships. As a key financial expert for all immediacy channels (Amazon, Deliveroo, Uber, and Just Eat, Wholesale immediacy) and Convenience online partnerships, your purpose is to provide robust financial leadership, challenge commercial decisions, and expedite the centralisation of controls and reporting to ensure sustainable growth and a healthy bottom line through focussed business partnering.
What You’ll Be Doing- Driving Profitability: Provide in-week analysis and challenge on commercial performance, ensuring every pound spent is adding value and identifying opportunities to maximise the bottom line across all partner channels.
- Commercial & Operational Challenge: Use data-driven analysis to inform and challenge promotional performance, pricing strategies, and operational efficiencies within the immediacy partner channels.
- Strategic Financial Planning: Lead on the budgeting and forecasting work for all Online Partnerships, ensuring financial plans are robust, accurate, and aligned with wider business strategy.
- Leading Business Partnership: Act as the primary financial business partner to the Senior Manager for Online Partnerships and their team, providing strategic insights and challenges to optimise commercial performance.
- Influencing Senior Leadership: Regularly interact and present key financial insights and recommendations to the Online Executive Director, building your profile and influencing decision-making at the highest level
- Expediting Centralisation: Take a pivotal role in expediting the centralisation of controls and reporting, actively driving process improvements and laying the groundwork for a more efficient, future-proofed team structure.
- Delivering Accurate Reporting: Produce comprehensive P&L, sales, and margin reports for all online partnership channels, ensuring accuracy and providing clear, concise commentary on performance.
More about you
We need a Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with a strong commercial mindset and a proven track record in a business partnering role. This is an important position requiring an individual who is ready to take ownership, drive change, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
You’ll also bring:
- A 'can-do' mindset: A problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Strong analytical skills: Able to turn complex data into actionable insights.
- Confidence to challenge: The ability to influence and gain buy-in from a wide range of stakeholders, including senior management.
- Great communication skills: Able to explain complex financials in a simple way.
- Resilience and adaptability: Comfortable navigating a business that’s evolving and growing.
- A sense of ownership: Taking responsibility for results and seeing things through.
More about our perks
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
- 15% discount in store from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Annual bonus scheme
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
- Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
- Free parking onsite
- Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Private Healthcare
- Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)
Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.
There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.
We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.
Skills Required
- Qualified accountant with CIMA, ACA, or ACCA certification
- Proven track record in a commercial finance business partnering role
- Strong analytical skills and ability to convert complex data into actionable insights
- Ability to challenge decisions and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, including explaining complex financial information clearly
- Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of results
- Problem-solving mindset suited to a fast-paced, changing environment
- Resilience and adaptability
What We Do
Morrisons is a UK-based supermarket and integrated food business serving customers through a nationwide network of stores and online delivery channels. Its operations span grocery retail, wholesale, distribution, and food manufacturing. The company sells a broad range of fresh and packaged foods and emphasizes vertical integration, sourcing and processing about half of its fresh food itself, with a purpose of making good food affordable for everyone.
