Job Description

Job Category: Finance & Business Development
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Please note, this role is based out of our London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 2 days per week on average.
We are currently recruiting for various Commercial Finance Analyst roles, these include partnering with Digital, Marketing & Retail teams.
Why join us
Joining the finance team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to be a key player in driving strategic and financial decisions that impact the overall success of the organisation. As a Commercial Finance Analyst, you will collaborate cross-functionally with business stakeholders, providing valuable financial insights and analysis to support value creation and business performance. With a focus on continuous improvement and innovation, this role presents a stimulating environment where you can enhance your finance acumen, contribute to meaningful projects, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of a leading multi-channel retail business.
What you'll do
As a Commercial Finance Analyst, you will play a crucial role in supporting a Division to achieve their strategic and financial objectives by providing financial analysis, insight, and challenge to stakeholders. You will act as a key liaison between non-finance and finance colleagues, ensuring alignment in financial projections and collaborating closely with other core divisions. Your responsibilities will include interpreting management reporting, identifying risks and opportunities, and contributing towards the development of financial plans and propositions. Your success in this role will be demonstrated by your ability to deliver accurate analysis, communicate valuable business insights, and enhance overall performance through effective financial management and strategic decision-making.
Who you are
You are a dedicated and results-driven professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for accuracy. Working towards becoming a Professionally Qualified Accountant, you possess strong commercial acumen and excel in driving excellent financial and commercial performance. Your effective communication and influencing skills, coupled with your ability to translate data into valuable business insights, enable you to provide financial analysis, challenge stakeholders, and contribute to strategic decision-making processes. With a high level of pace, energy, and resilience, you thrive in a fast-paced environment, working collaboratively and independently to support the Division in achieving its strategic and financial objectives.
Essential Criteria

• Qualified accountant or actively working towards a recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
• Demonstrable ability to analyse financial data using Excel, including converting data into actionable insights
• Proven experience communicating financial and commercial information to audiences with varying levels of understanding
• Evidence of contributing to commercial performance, including identifying areas for improvement and supporting decision-making
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in financial reporting or analysis

Responsibilities:
We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not handling projects, we're helping all corners of the wider group with what they're trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you'll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there's always something else around the corner, and we'll help and support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Qualifications:
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 10% 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).

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