Director of Tax at ocadogroup
- Company: ocadogroup
- Location: Hatfield
- Employment type: full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-14
About Us
We are Ocado Group, and we're bringing world-class automation to online grocery. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) combines cutting-edge robotics, AI, and IoT within our advanced CFCs (Customer Fulfilment Centres). We've mastered the single pick, transforming online delivery for our global partners. Join us and be part of a team pushing the boundaries of retail technology.
About the Role
Ocado Group is seeking a visionary, tech-forward Director of Tax to lead our high-performing, award-winning Group Tax team.
Highly regarded across the business, our tax function is already pioneering automation, but we are ready to take it to the next level. In this strategic leadership role, you will build on a rock-solid foundation, leading the charge in embedding AI, advanced automation, and intelligent data workflows into our daily operations—all while maintaining the commercial rigour, control, and strategic counsel a global listed group requires.
Heading a talented international team, you will take full end-to-end accountability for tax compliance, governance, and reporting across Ocado Group’s UK and global entities.
Your responsibilities will include
Elevating the Team
- Lead, coach, and inspire a highly respected, multi-disciplinary tax team across UK and international tax matters, fostering a culture of continuous learning and digital empowerment.
- Champion a future-ready mindset, building the digital, data, and AI skills needed for the tax team of the future.
Pioneering AI, Automation & Process Excellence
- Define and execute the next-generation tax technology roadmap, partnering with Finance Data and IT colleagues to research, select, and deploy cutting-edge AI and automation tools.
- Identify opportunities to leverage technology to streamline compliance, forecasting, and data manipulation, eliminating routine manual tasks wherever possible.
- Continuously challenge the status quo, seeking out process efficiencies to ensure the team remains agile, lean, and focused on high-value work.
Strategic Tax Compliance, Advisory & Risk
- Compliance with all statutory tax obligations across direct, employment and indirect taxes globally.
- Managing and strengthening our tax risk and controls framework, providing proactive, early-stage visibility of tax risks and opportunities to the CFO, Deputy CFO, and Audit Committee.
- Deliver commercial tax advice to the Executive team on new business areas, new locations, and other transactions.
- Own key external relationships, including with HMRC and international tax authorities and manage advisor relationships where appropriate.
- Oversee transfer pricing and international tax strategies arising from Ocado Solutions' international business model.
- Tax optimisation planning and horizon scanning to ensure clear decision making to utilise tax attributes in the group
About you
- Qualified tax or accounting professional (CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with substantial post-qualification tax experience.
- Proven track record of leading a tax function within a fast-paced, dynamic, or high-growth international business.
- An automation-first mindset: You are passionate about technology and have a clear, demonstrable vision of how AI and automation can revolutionise tax workflows.
- Deep technical capability across UK and international direct/indirect tax, including transfer pricing principles and IFRS tax reporting.
- Outstanding leadership and communication skills, with a natural ability to translate complex tax and technology concepts into clear, commercial narratives for senior stakeholders
- Direct experience leading a tax technology, automation, or digital transformation initiative.
- Knowledge of SaaS and asset-heavy business environments
- Experience of preparing Research and Development claims (and overseas equivalents)
What we offer
We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits
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