Please note, this role can be based out of our Holborn or Coventry Store Support Centre & Home. You will need to have flexibility to be in our Holborn office 1-2 days per week.
This role will proactively business partner with the Business Protection team and Retail leadership team across Sainsbury's and Argos, providing insightful analysis, challenge and influence to drive decisions and actions that improve the bottom line.
Leading a team of 3 x Finance Analysts you will provide support and challenge, working cross-functionally with business Stakeholders to deliver well-constructed business cases and post-investment reviews. You'll then support in the subsequent tracking and delivery of financial benefits.
More about the role
* Act as key Finance Business Partner for the Business Protection team interpreting management reporting to provide insight, analysis and commentary to stakeholders and providing challenge to the business
* Hold the business to account for P&L performance, identifying areas for value creation and building action plans that are put into place
* Lead specific areas of analysis both pre and post implementation to ensure the best capital investments take place
* Ensure close alignment between multiple stakeholders by delivering clear and robust analysis in a timely manner in line with initiatives and plans across the business
* With your team, support the business in identifying risks, anomalies and opportunities. Take the lead in prioritising these and work with the business to manage them
* Challenge the business on existing strategic initiatives and identify new strategic opportunities, helping them to prioritise appropriately
* Develop a robust corporate and channel budget that sets realistic but challenging targets and deliver the key messages to a variety of stakeholders.
* Complete ad hoc / bespoke analysis and reporting for the business area as required to drive improvements
* Support the design of reporting, ensuring it is fit for purpose, streamlined and aligns to that prepared for the other Retail cost lines
* Success in this role will mean delivering timely, robust, and accurate analysis that enables the business to make decisions that enhance performance across Store Operating Profit and EBIT
More about you
* Professionally Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
* Provide inspirational leadership and direction for the team of 3 and have a real passion for helping others achieve their full potential
* Allocation and prioritisation of team resources & activity
* Strong commercial acumen with a focus on driving excellent financial and commercial performance
* Effective communicator, influencer and challenger with senior stakeholders, including audiences of varying financial and commercial acumen
* Strong Excel and numerical skills, with an aptitude for turning data into analysis and insight
* A proven track record of financial control, but also the ability to develop and maintain such an environment
* High levels of pace, energy and resilience
* A self-starter, and a strong team player that can work independently, spotting the areas to focus on and assisting in the decision-making process
* Must have a strong eye for detail and a passion for accuracy
* Comfortable working with ambiguity and ability to present complex information in a simplified manner
* Proven history of effective prioritisation in line with ROI and strategic importance, and ability to push back when appropriate
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).