Finance Manager - Packaged & Speciality (12 Month FTC)
London, UK Accounting / Management control
Job description
Please note, this role is based out of our Holborn Store Support Centre & Home. You will need to have flexibility to be in our Holborn office 2 days per week on average.
Sainsbury’s is looking for a bright, driven, and enthusiastic Finance Manager to join a team of like-minded individuals in an exciting part of our Business. You will be joining a company that is dedicated to making our customers lives easier every day. Our values make us different and this underpins our core strategy.
In joining the Sainsbury’s Finance team, you will be working closely with a variety of stakeholders (finance and non-finance), at all levels, helping to support and shape the direction of our business. This role is within a team that is fast paced and dedicated to providing the best financial support to enable the best decisions to be made, for our customers and for our business.
More about the role
The Commercial Finance Team plays a crucial role in both shaping and delivering the strategy at Sainsbury’s. In a highly competitive industry that never stands still, there is always a lot going on and Finance has a key role to play in challenging ways of working and driving transformation. Our main focus is on forecasting and maximising sales, profit, return on investment and cash flow.
This role is responsible for providing best in class finance support to a fast-paced business unit. The role encompasses the following:
- Your role has a strong stakeholder management element and you will partner the Category Director, as well as buyers, becoming involved in category planning ,as well as a variety of analysis to support decision making
- You will be responsible for providing sound financial appraisals, including projects, tenders, and a number of value-add workstreams that will help your category achieve and exceed targets set by the Business Unit Director
- Types of ad hoc analysis that will be needed are around the success of promotional strategies; trials; seasonal activity or events; sub-brands; trading intensity; product/buyer profitability; capital investment etc
- As part of the core Trading Finance team you will support your Head of (HO) Finance and Director, advising on performance but also being responsible for communicating project progress, financial benefits or outcomes pertinent to your area
- As with any key business partnering role, financial rigour is at the heart of what you do, and you will provide the necessary challenge and excellence to ensure the robustness of your figures. You will need to ensure that we remain compliant to all relevant financial accounting standards and advise buyers and category managers when needed
- As the face of Finance to your buyers, along with the HO Finance, you will need to assist in the budgeting process for your area, but also provide training and tools to the Trading team to raise commercial awareness and improve decision-making, landing key messages aligned with the wider business agenda
- Where applicable, deputising for the HO Finance to provide support to the wider Fresh Leadership and Commercial Finance Leadership teams
More about you
- Qualified accountant – CIMA/ACCA/ACA
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills (pivot-tables, lookups, power pivots, macros)
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, both verbally and written
- Proven track record of working independently
- Self-motivated and ability to manage own time, as well as ability to prioritise and respond accurately under pressure
- Excellent levels of impact and influence
- Ability to articulate finance for non-finance colleagues
- Excellent forward planning and organisation skills
- Very good networking and partnering skills
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).