Senior Product Manager – Finance & Controls

Job Description

At Booker, we’re strengthening the foundations that help our business run smoothly every day. Our Finance systems and controls are critical to that mission — and we’re looking for a Senior Product Manager who can bring structure, clarity and confidence to a complex and fast‑evolving landscape

As the Senior Product Manager for Finance & Controls, you’ll be responsible for building resilience, transparency and assurance across Booker’s Finance systems, processes and control environment. This role exists to close knowledge gaps, reduce key‑person dependency and create a well‑understood, well‑documented baseline at a time of significant technology change.

You will deep‑dive into end‑to‑end Finance processes, validating how controls operate in practice and focusing on the quality of control evidence and the integrity of key Finance outputs. Working with Finance stakeholders, the controls and compliance community, auditors and outsourced delivery partners, you’ll help shape a controlled, auditable and change‑ready Finance environment.

This is an individual contributor role, where you lead through expertise, structure and influence — bringing clarity where it’s needed most.

• Build and maintain a clear, documented baseline of Finance processes and controls, defining what “good” looks like and owning control narratives and audit‑ready evidence catalogues.
• Own the Finance controls change‑impact approach and remediation backlog, ensuring technology changes are appropriately assessed, controlled and evidenced.
• Work closely with Finance, compliance teams and auditors to clarify requirements and translate control expectations into practical process and system needs.
• Provide supplier assurance and constructive challenge to outsourced delivery partners, strengthening testing discipline, quality gates and evidence capture.
• Standardise and improve key control themes such as segregation of duties, privileged access, interface completeness/accuracy, change controls, payment controls and close/journal controls.
• Document key Finance interfaces and dependencies — including payments, bank integrations, Finance integrations and reporting flows — improving traceability and change safety

• Proven experience in product or domain leadership roles across complex, multi‑process Finance environments.
• Strong Finance systems knowledge, with a clear understanding of how end‑to‑end Finance processes operate in practice.
• Ability to translate complex Finance, policy and compliance requirements into clear process definitions, documentation and prioritised change.
• A strong controls mindset, with experience improving auditability, evidence quality and disciplined documentation.
• Confidence validating how things work in reality, using control evidence, process walkthroughs and data to inform decisions.
• Understanding of interface and dependency risks in Finance landscapes (e.g., reconciliations, completeness/accuracy, key reports), and the ability to challenge delivery partners effectively.
• Strong prioritisation, dependency management and outcome tracking skills, with a pragmatic and risk‑aware approach to trade‑offs.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and the ability to simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
• Curiosity and ambition to broaden scope and ownership as the operating model evolves.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

We’re proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please contact recruitment@bookergroup.com

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk