Head of Commercial Finance (FTC)

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 17 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: GreenChef, EveryPlate, Chef's Plate, Factor, and Youfoodz.
Head of Commercial Finance

London, EC2A [hybrid]

Full Time, 13 month FTC

Reporting to the UK Senior Finance Director and interfacing with the Group Finance Team, this is an exciting opportunity for a senior finance professional to lead both the business partnering and Financial control teams. We are seeking a candidate who brings demonstrable experience in accounting, controlling, business modelling and decision support. The candidate must be able to work effectively across functional business teams, and act as the local interface to the group finance and control function. This means providing the advice needed to achieve key results, support in the development of a high performing finance function, and enjoy rolling up your sleeves in a fast paced, highly commercial environment.

What you will be doing:


Team collaboratively as a trusted partner of the key business stakeholders, inputting on commercial discussions, decision support, and anticipating issues

Develop and enhance the growing Business Partnering team

Act as a leadership role model in the organisation through your embodiment of the HelloFresh core values

Ensure the UK entity has well-constructed business plans and budgets including risk and opportunities

Lead and own weekly and monthly commercial reporting in which financial performance and KPIs are reviewed

Deliver an accurate understanding of financial & business performance consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards

Ensure that Company financial processes are robust, compliant and fit for current and future growth requirements including all legal and regulatory requirements are adhered to

Support on ad hoc key projects or help solve ad hoc issues that arise

Develop and improve the use of ERP systems with Global counterpart

Be an active contributor to the work of the Global Finance team


Who you are:


You are ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with extensive relevant PQE

You have previous experience as a senior finance leader

You have a strong commercial and strategic sense to identify the most important KPIs for your organisation and enough gravitas to rally everyone behind constantly improving those

You are highly driven to perform and have proven analytical capabilities

You have experience building accurate financial models and forecasts to support day-to-day business

You are adept at using financial reporting and consolidation tools, with an articulate understanding of how finance fits within the BI and data landscape

Ideally you have experience in financial control/audit and subsequent experience at corporate (preferably within an expanding company)

You can demonstrate ability to engage and influence key stakeholders; ideally with experience on a senior leadership team

Previous retail or ecommerce experience is a nice to have


What you will get in return:


70% discount on HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes

Bippit financial wellbeingaccount

Premium Headspace account

Group Life Assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Eye care scheme

Learnerbly professional development membership

MoreHappi unlimited professional coaching membership

Company pension scheme

Wellbeing membership

Bupa private medical insurance (including dental)


Other great perks:


If in the office, enjoy a free breakfast every day

Dog friendly office!

Hybrid working-50/50 remote working & flexible start/finish times

Mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme

Working from home equipment budget




Start date: Jan 2021 [13 month FTC]



About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Companys commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.

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