About the Role
Joining the Sainsbury's Technology Finance team as a Finance Manager offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of financial decision-making within a dynamic and innovative environment. As a key link between technology finance business partners and various stakeholders, you will play a crucial role in providing data-driven insights and strategic guidance to senior leadership, influencing key decisions and driving impactful outcomes.
Responsibilities
•Leading the period end process for Technology P&L, ensuring accurate accounting treatment, robust cost governance, and timely management reporting
•Playing a crucial role in the Corporate Plan, Budgeting, and Latest View cycles, providing clear articulation of risks, opportunities, and financial drivers across the P&L and the subsequent impacts from capital expenditure
•Leading and developing the Technology Finance team, ensuring consistency in approach to tasks, setting the agenda, and prioritising key financial initiatives
•Delivering insightful ad hoc analysis across Technology P&L cost lines
•Partnering closely with technology leadership and central functions to support strategic and operational priorities
•Continuously reviewing and enhancing reporting processes to drive efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting
Requirements
•Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with demonstrable application of technical accounting knowledge in a commercial finance environment
•Proven experience partnering with stakeholders and influencing financial decision-making through the delivery of financial analysis, insight and recommendations
•Experience working in a large, complex FMCG, retail, food, technology or similarly scaled commercial organisation in a commercial finance or FP&A role
•Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, including financial modelling, data analysis and presenting complex financial information to senior stakeholders
•Demonstrable experience leading, developing and managing finance analysts or finance teams, while maintaining effective financial controls and governance standards
Benefits
•Real work-life balance and a team that listens to your ideas and opinions
•Support for learning and development
•Flexible working where possible
•Colleague discount: 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day
•Pension scheme and life cover
•Potential performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on company performance
•Annual holiday allowance, with option to buy additional holiday
•Season ticket loans
•Interest-free car loan of up to £10k
•Cycle to work scheme
•Health cash plans
•Pay advance (access to some pay before pay day)
•Access to discounts from hundreds of other retailers
•Employee Assistance Programme
•Private healthcare eligibility
•Up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave
