Finance Analyst - GM (12 Month FTC)

Job Description
This role can be based out of our Holborn or Coventry Store Support Centre & Home - colleagues in the team go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.
In this role you will be responsible for working with the relevant finance manager and senior finance manager to business partner the Operational/Commercial stakeholders for RO & Returns. You will drive performance within this business area through performance interventions and decisions support with direction and support from the relevant finance manager and Senior Finance Manager. You'll influence decisions to drive performance across RO & Returns P&L, as well as deliver timely day-to-day forecasting, analysis and performance commentary.
More about the role

• Act on financial information to provide insight to help review and maximise actual performance.
• Track and understand the financial impact of action plans and projects to help drive these through to completion.
• Business partner and be the primary point of contact for the Clearance and Returns teams.
• Deliver timely and accurate day to day reporting, planning, budgeting and forecasting activities with guidance, including:
  • Analytical support and reporting commentary to the commercial teams to help make sound business decisions and maximise business performance
  • Reporting, analysis and forecasts of the RO and Clearance P&L
  • Provision of regular insight into the drivers of performance
  • Perform ad hoc analysis to help assess the success of trading initiatives and activities.
• Work closely with the other Trading Finance Managers and Analysts to support category specific initiatives/actions to improve the performance of RO & Returns.
• Attend and actively contribute to key meetings as required
• Responsible for managing relationships with relevant stakeholders

More about you

• Qualified accountant (or studying towards an accounting qualification)
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to understand key business performance drivers
• Ability to present complex information in a simple and clear manner
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong inter-personal skills and an empathetic nature
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills.
• Enthusiastic, positive and proactive engagement of key stakeholders
• Resilience, flexibility and able to cope with time pressure and ambiguity.
• Experience in business facing finance role.

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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).