Finance Business Partner - Technology & Change

Job Description
What you need to do

• Support & Challenge - representing Finance at the Technology and Change cost centre meetings/being the Business Partner to the Chief Transformation Officer, will be responsible for providing financial support, insight and challenge on financial performance of Technology Operating costs and the Change Investment portfolio. This includes inputs into the Exco Quarterly Business Review meetings (QBR)
• Change Portfolio - work with project managers to track project financials (including benefits) with responsibility for ensuring accuracy and appropriate capitalisation in line with Sainsbury's Bank corporate accounting standards.
• Scenario planning / desktop forecasts - monthly rolling forecast to facilitate the understanding of the cost base and the ongoing risks and opportunities and how this impacts the full year out turn projection. Assist in the delivery of plans to support the bank in driving efficiency and value for money.
• Challenge assumptions - through analysis of trends and other MI available combined with judgment and expertise to deliver realistic, challenging and balanced forecasts and budgets. Review outputs for accuracy.
• Planning - Co-ordinate and process information from various sources to ensure the delivery of all aspects of the annual planning cycle and regular forecasting processes.. Work across all stakeholders to understand and minimise ambiguity in future product performance. Use judgment and expertise to set challenging yet achievable budgets and forecasts within the context of wider Bank strategy
• Continuous Improvement - work independently to develop/simplify existing models and processes to ensure maximum efficiency
• Relationship Management - act as primary point of contact within finance for your cost areas. You will be responsible for ensuring that business developments are shared with appropriate finance colleagues, and are financially robust.
• Ad Hoc - provide ad hoc support across the Finance team as required.
• Lead, manage and coach - across wider team.

What you need to know and show

• Qualified Accountant (preferable) with practical experience of financial reporting and management accounting or have strong financial modelling qualifications and commercial experience.
• Proven experience of working in a change environment
• Tableau and/or Power BI skills would be beneficial
• A prior knowledge of financial services would be advantageous
• Well organised and able to prioritise workload in line with tight deadlines and work effectively under pressure
• Highly numerate, with excellent analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail (including excel knowledge).
• Excellent team player demonstrating strong relationship management skills with an ability to work closely with others to deliver results
• Customer focused
• Proven track record of working on own initiative, demonstrating an ability to think and reason logically with the ability to introduce fresh thinking to the role and the wider team.
• Excellent written communication (business and project reports) and an ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organisation , e.g. able to translate complex / technical issues to meet the audience's competency level

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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 Bank. "Bank by name, Sainsbury's by nature" is the promise line we stand firmly behind, making sure we follow through on this by always offering value, making it easy and being an ally for our customers. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer that champions a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. Because we know it's by working together, and by bringing new, diverse ideas that creates the best experience for our customers and colleagues. As part of the wider Sainsbury's Group, being one of the UK's most trusted brands, it brings our colleagues a wealth of opportunities to fulfil their potential. Here, you can be part of something bigger and help to create a new approach that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do.
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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 30% 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 up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private heathcare. 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, salary 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 eligibiity criteria may apply).
About Us
Sainsbury's company vision
Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us.
If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page.
We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury's is truly a 'Great Place to Work'.
About the Team
We're in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people.
That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we'll make it yours too.
They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they're literally the most important asset we have. So it's in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury's everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine.
That's where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our 'centre of excellence' teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they're creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we're proud of their incredible ability to understand Sainsbury's inside out.