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WHY WORK AT JOE & THE JUICE
JOE & THE JUICE is a people-centric food and beverage company built around culture, not just juice, sandwiches, coffee, and much more. When joining us, you step into a high-energy community where the music is loud, the bar is your stage, and your personality matters as much as your skills.
We believe in four simple virtues that shape everything we do:
- Positive Attitude
- Inclusion
- Social Ties
- Growth
For us, this means that when you choose a cup-half-full mindset, welcome people from every background, build real friendships across the bar by creating great guest experiences, and use every shift as a chance to learn something new — you become more than just a Juicer; like us, you continue to search and find purpose and meaning in what you do.
From your first day, you’ll be part of an international network of Juicers who support each other, celebrate wins together, and push each other to grow. You will learn by doing, move through a clear Moneyball career path, and be part of a company where most leaders have earned their stripes behind the bar (fun fact: over 75% of our employees started as Juicers!).
If you love fast-paced service, music, people, and the idea of turning a job into a lifestyle, JOE can become a place to build skills, friendships, and a career that can take you across cities, countries, and roles.
Your Mission
This Finance Business Partner role sits at the heart of our UK commercial engine, turning numbers into decisions as we keep growing the estate. Based at our UK Head Office, the role is part of the Finance team, working closely with Operations, District Managers, Marketing and Head Office functions. Reporting to the UK Finance Director, this role is the primary finance partner to regional and operational management. It combines strategic commercial insight with hands-on analysis, forecasting and reporting, ensuring leaders have clear, actionable recommendations to drive profitable growth. As a senior specialist (Moneyball 5I), you will have room to shape how finance supports the business, and to mentor others, in true JOE spirit.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary finance partner to District Managers and operational leaders, providing constructive challenge and commercial support.
- Own and evolve KPI reporting and dashboards covering sales, labour productivity, margin, waste and store-level EBITDA.
- Lead the annual budget and rolling forecasts, challenging assumptions so they stay realistic and robust.
- Identify underperforming locations and work with Operations to build and track improvement plans.
- Analyse pricing, promotions and product profitability, and track the financial benefits of improvement initiatives.
- Build investment appraisals (ROI, payback, NPV) for new stores and refurbishments, and review results against business cases.
- Partner with Marketing to evaluate campaign performance and return on investment.
- Support Head Office functions with budget ownership and expenditure challenge, and drive continuous improvement in reporting through automation.
What You'll Bring
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent experience, with a background in Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance or FP&A.
- Hands-on experience in financial modelling, forecasting and analysis of large datasets.
- A talent for turning complex financial information into clear recommendations for non-finance stakeholders.
- Experience in multi-site hospitality, food and beverage, retail or consumer-facing business is a plus, as is Power BI, investment appraisal experience and familiarity with AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and seniority levels.
- Excellent Excel skills required.
- Fluent in English - other languages are a bonus!
Our Benefits
We offer a benefits package that includes a paid pension plan, health insurance, parental leave, and additional holiday. Besides that, we provide some JOE-ified benefits:
- Enjoy our fantastic office facilities, including a fully staffed JOE & THE JUICE bar, where we serve delicious breakfast, daily lunch, refreshing juices, and top-notch barista coffee.
- At JOE, we embrace a flat hierarchy that values every opinion, creating a welcoming space for your ideas and suggestions to thrive.
- Join us for our lively monthly social calendar filled with fun activities like running club, wine tasting, creative evenings, and Friday bars-there's always something exciting happening!
- As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to take on a BTC (Behind the Counter) shift in one of our bars twice a year, adding a unique touch to your experience.
Ready to turn a job into a lifestyle?
ABOUT JOE & THE JUICE
JOE & THE JUICE is a healthy fast-casual concept founded in Copenhagen in 2002; since then, we have grown to more than 500 locations across 20 countries and now employ more than 4,500 people worldwide. From day one, our ambition has been to prove that there should be no trade-off between taste and health.
We serve high-quality, freshly prepared juices, shakes, coffee, and sandwiches in relaxed, contemporary concept cafés that combine convenience with distinct urban atmospheres. JOE & THE JUICE goes beyond products towards the full experience around the bar, creating a consistent universe for guests and Juicers in all our locations.
We invest heavily in internal development through our Moneyball career system and a culture where most leaders, including C-suite, VPs, and directors, have started behind the bar. We continue to evolve our people-centric and sustainability agenda that is part of our Nordic heritage and our commitment to a better future.
