This role is based out of our Holborn Store Support Centre & Home, you will be required to be in Holborn 1-2 days per week on average.
In this role you will be responsible for providing finance support to the Commercial Trading teams for the Bakery & Food to Go, Food To Eat in & Food To Order Categories within Fresh. This is a business partnering role that will support these categories in shaping and delivering the 3-year ‘Next Level Sainsbury’s’ strategy. These trading categories are highly propositional and it’s an exciting time to join the team to help achieve their strategic vision. Reporting into the Finance Manager for these categories, you’ll provide insight, analysis and directly partner key stakeholders to drive business performance.
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.
More about the role
Your role has a strong stakeholder management element, and you will support the buyers and other relevant stakeholders within your category. You’ll also produce a variety of analysis to support decision making, both backwards looking and forward-looking performance. This commercial role works with both Finance and Non-Finance, so you’ll need the ability to be able to engage and communicate with different sets of stakeholders.
As a business partner to the Commercial Trading teams, you will support on any finance led deliverables such as Forecasting, Latest view reviews and Budgeting, ensuring that the commercial stakeholders are providing robust submissions and that you are able to challenge, understand & articulate accordingly.
Looking at trends and being able to identify any risks and opportunities and to flag these to the Finance Manager and business partners for onward action.
Supporting on Propositional work such as owning, maintaining, and reviewing Net contribution (End-to-End) P&L models that aid the Commercial teams to make sound business decisions. In addition, you’ll support the Concessions propositions (E.g. Krispy Kreme, Costa Coffee, Hana group).
Completing ad hoc analysis for the commercial teams as required, examples of this include understanding the success of promotional strategies; trials; seasonal activity or events; product/buyer profitability.
Supporting & challenging on any Investment decisions around Business cases and post-investment appraisals, helping to carve out valuable insights whilst also making sure we protect the business through robust and accurate financial assumptions. Improving our returns on investment is a key focus for Sainsburys so being the finance steward to the commercial trading teams here is a vitally important role.
Finding ways to simplify processes and improve on these so that they are best in class.
Where applicable, deputising for the Finance Manager to provide support to the Bakery & Food To Go, Food to Eat In and Food To Order leadership teams and any reporting requirements.
More about you
Part Qualified / Qualified accountant – CIMA/ACCA/ACA
Strong Excel and numerical skills, with an aptitude for turning data into analysis and insight
Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, both verbally and written
Self-motivated and able to manage own time
Strong commercial acumen, with a focus on driving excellent financial and commercial performance
Ability to prioritise and respond accurately under pressure
Ability to articulate finance for non-finance
Good networking and partnering skills, being able to work collaboratively and build trusted relationships
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