Financial Control Assistant Manager (6-Month FTC)

Job description

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's Bank as an Assistant Manager in Financial Control offers you the opportunity to be a pivotal member of our Finance team, contributing to the design and management of financial processes for specific products and services. With exposure to diverse stakeholders and the chance to support business change initiatives, you'll play a key role in the financial close process, reporting, and regulatory compliance. As a qualified or part-qualified accountant, you'll have the platform to showcase your analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to drive process improvements, all within a collaborative and dynamic work environment.

What you'll do

As the Assistant Manager of Financial Control at Sainsbury's Bank, you will play a crucial role in designing and managing the financial close process for specific products and services, overseeing balance sheet substantiation, reconciliation controls, and journal preparation. You will be responsible for supporting the preparation of monthly reporting, producing management information and analysis for management accounts and external stakeholders, as well as contributing to the Bank's regulatory and statistical reporting requirements. Additionally, you will be involved in implementing financial processes and controls to support business change initiatives, supporting the external audit process, and driving process improvements within the team to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Your strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders will be essential in this role.

Who you are

As an Assistant Manager in Financial Control at Sainsbury's Bank, you are a qualified or part-qualified accountant with a wealth of experience in finance operations, reporting, and controls, gained either in industry or practise. Your exposure to change activities and strong analytical skills equip you to design and manage financial processes and controls for specific products and services, ensuring accurate balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation controls. With a keen eye for detail, exceptional PC skills, and the ability to work effectively under pressure, you play a key role in supporting the Bank's financial close process, monthly reporting, and regulatory compliance, while collaborating closely with stakeholders to deliver results and drive process improvements within the team.

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, 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.
 
 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).