Finance Analyst - Labour Costs

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you here at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not leading projects, we’re supporting teams across the wider group to achieve their goals. And here, you can see the impact of your work as soon as you walk into a store, giving 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 scale and complexity of our business mean there’s always something new to learn, and we’ll support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen.

Location

Hybrid working - London Store Support Centre and Home (the team comes together approx. 2 days per week)

Why join us

By joining our Finance team at Sainsbury's, you'll be at the forefront of transforming our finance systems and processes in the ever-changing world of retail. We're not just about internal audits and risk control, but about generating crucial insights and maximising our cashflow. As a driving force in strategic decision-making, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of retail. With a focus on value creation and performance improvement, you'll provide valuable insights and analysis to influence decisions and drive actions. We offer a supportive and collaborative environment, where you'll have the autonomy to excel in your role as a professionally qualified accountant, while also enjoying work-life balance and flexibility in line with your needs. Join us and be part of the team that is revolutionising the face of retail.

What You'll Do

As a member of the Retail Costs Finance team at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Labour function. As a Finance Business Partner, you will interpret management reporting to provide valuable insight, analysis, and commentary to stakeholders, challenging the business as needed. You will be responsible for identifying risks, anomalies, and opportunities, prioritising them, and working with the business to manage them effectively. A key aspect of this role will be ensuring alignment between multiple stakeholders by delivering clear and robust analysis in a timely manner. You will also collaborate with internal teams, such as our data team, to complete analysis and resolve business problems. Additionally, you will work closely with the Retail Reporting and Change team to develop uniformity of reporting and performance evaluation across all Retail channels. As a Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant, you will bring strong financial control and commercial acumen to the role, using your Excel and numerical skills to turn data into actionable insights. Your effective communication skills and ability to work autonomously will be vital, as you support the business in making decisions that enhance performance and contribute to Store Operating Profit and EBIT.

Who You Are

You are a professionally qualified accountant or actively studying towards a qualification, demonstrating your commitment to excellence in financial management. With a strong analytical mindset, you possess advanced Excel and numerical skills, allowing you to transform complex data into meaningful insights and communicate them effectively to stakeholders of varying financial and commercial understanding. Your commercial acumen enables you to identify risks, opportunities, and anomalies, supporting the Finance Manager and Senior Finance Managers in driving strategic decision-making and value creation for the Commercial teams. With a track record of strong financial control and the ability to maintain a disciplined environment, you are a self-motivated team player who excels in autonomous work settings and possesses excellent problem-solving abilities.

Essential Criteria

• Part-Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Demonstrable experience in period/month end - posting journals, variance analysis and reporting, as well as demonstrable budgeting and forecasting experience
• Proven ability to analyse financial and operational data using Excel and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes while meeting the expectations of both finance and business stakeholders in a changing environment
• Evidence of commercial awareness, with the ability to understand key business drivers and assess their financial impact on performance and decision-making
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders of varying levels of financial knowledge, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, with the ability to confidently challenge when appropriate
  
  

Desirable

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
  
  

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).