Finance Manager - FP&A Cash

Job Description

Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Finance Manager - FP&A Cash means being part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to supporting the strategic financial goals of the organisation. With a focus on delivering robust cashflows and making balanced investment decisions, this role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, provide valuable insights into cashflow management, and drive impactful changes within the finance function.

London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 2 days per week on average.

Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Finance Manager - FP&A Cash means being part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to supporting the strategic financial goals of the organisation. With a focus on delivering robust cashflows and making balanced investment decisions, this role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, provide valuable insights into cashflow management, and drive impactful changes within the finance function.

As a qualified accountant, you will have the chance to collaborate with stakeholders across the business, challenge the status quo, and play a crucial role in shaping the financial future of Sainsbury's. With a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a real difference, joining us means being part of a team that thrives on innovation and excellence.

You will play a crucial role in supporting the strategic ambitions of the Financial Planning and Analysis team by delivering robust cash flows exceeding £1.6 billion and making balanced investment decisions. Your responsibilities will include providing insights to the senior leadership team on cash flow outturn and key drivers influencing movements, overseeing the generation of periodic cashflow review packs to offer clear storytelling and insights, managing financial modelling in Excel for external financial statements and policies related to cash, and leading the Latest View, Corporate Plan, and Budgeting processes concerning cash flow.

Additionally, you will engage and influence the business with an external perspective, conduct ad hoc analysis for cashflow, cover for the Head of Finance as necessary, and contribute to upskilling and knowledge sharing within the wider finance team to enhance focus on cash management.

You are a qualified accountant with a proven track record in collating, consolidating, and reporting complex financial data. Your curiosity and understanding of key business drivers enable you to provide valuable insights and effectively communicate with senior stakeholders to drive financial performance. With a self-motivated and autonomous work style, you excel in managing priorities, fostering cross-functional relationships, and delivering impactful change in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Your ability to guide non-Finance business partners and apply appropriate judgement in ambiguous situations demonstrates your expertise in financial management and decision-making.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Demonstrable experience or understanding of cashflow
• Strong financial control mindset with proven experience of collating, consolidating, analysing and reporting complex financial or business data to support decision-making
• Demonstrable storytelling ability; able to communicate financial information and provide constructive challenge to senior stakeholders with varying levels of financial and commercial knowledge
• Evidence of effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration, with the ability to build productive working relationships across business areas
• Proven ability to prioritise competing workloads, adapt to changing business requirements, and deliver finance or business change initiatives
• Proven line management experience or evidence of developing, supporting and coaching others - this role has two direct reports

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.

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…