About The Role

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Finance Analyst for the Grocery Drinks category means being part of a dynamic and collaborative Commercial Finance team dedicated to driving strong commercial performance and delivering value for both our customers and our business. As a crucial partner to the Grocery Drinks Commercial Trading teams, you will have the opportunity to provide valuable financial insights, challenge assumptions, and support decision-making processes.

With a focus on continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement, and fostering strong relationships across departments, this role offers a stimulating environment where your skills and expertise can make a significant impact while working in a fast-paced and rewarding setting.

What you'll do

You will play a vital role in providing financial support and analysis to the Commercial Trading teams within the Grocery Drinks category. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will partner with buyers and key stakeholders to offer clear financial insights, identify risks and opportunities, and contribute to informed decision-making processes. Your responsibilities will include supporting various finance-led activities such as forecasting, latest view reviews, budgeting, and trade commentary, as well as conducting analysis to explain performance, identify trends, and highlight potential areas for improvement.

Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, support and challenge investment decisions, business cases and post-investment reviews. You will communicate complex financial information in a clear and accessible manner to drive strong commercial performance and business growth.

Who you are

You are a motivated and commercially minded finance professional with a strong ability to partner with stakeholders to drive performance and facilitate informed decision-making. Your expertise in financial analysis, data interpretation, and clear communication enables you to provide valuable financial insights, challenge assumptions, and support the team in optimising commercial performance. With your curiosity, energy, and continuous improvement mindset, you thrive in a fast-paced environment, effectively managing priorities and building strong relationships across departments to contribute to business success.

Essential Criteria

Part-qualified or qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA)
Demonstrable commercial finance experience, ideally within retail / FMCG, with experience in forecasting, budgeting and supporting business cases
Demonstrable experience using Excel and financial analysis to interpret data and provide actionable business insights
Proven ability to present and communicate financial information clearly and accurately to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, both verbally and in writing
Evidence of contributing to commercial or financial decision-making, using financial analysis to support business performance
Experience developing effective working relationships across functions, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders

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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 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).