Finance Manager - Fixed Assets & Property Accounting (12M FTC)

Joining the Finance team at Sainsbury's offers the unique opportunity to drive impactful financial controls and accounting procedures for Fixed Assets and Property Accounting, ensuring accuracy in Period and Statutory Account entries. As a Finance Manager in this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting the business's cost management efforts and fiduciary responsibilities, while overseeing an offshore team to ensure timely completion of key activities. With access to a collaborative environment, strong team support, and opportunities for professional development, you will be empowered to make informed decisions, drive change, and contribute to the financial success of Sainsbury's and Argos.

Location: Manchester or Coventry Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.

As the Finance Manager - Fixed Assets & Property Accounting, you will play a critical role in maintaining accurate accounting controls for both Sainsbury's and Argos Fixed Assets and Capital Ledgers, ensuring precise Period and Statutory Account entries. Your responsibilities will involve:

• Preparing PPE packs for all entities
• Managing the offshore team for processing journals in compliance with Group Policy
• Owning the annual Budget, Forecasts, and 5-year Plan for Depreciation and associated Balance sheet accounts
• Overseeing the management of Oracle Projects and Fixed Asset Registers, ensuring all processing and interfaces are correctly recognised in the GL
• Leading the production of various capex / depreciation schedules for period accounts and audit purposes
• Maintaining a robust financial control environment within the teams
• Addressing net book values for land and store impairment reviews
• Acting as the main contact with External Auditors for Fixed Asset queries throughout the year

Through your strong financial acumen and leadership skills, you will drive efficiency, accuracy, and compliance within the team, contributing to the overall financial integrity of the organisation.

You are a qualified accountant with a proven track record in maintaining strong financial controls and ensuring accurate accounting procedures within a dynamic retail environment. With experience in managing Oracle systems and leading teams, you possess strong organisational and analytical skills, enabling you to oversee complex financial processes and deliver high-quality outputs. Your commitment to driving change, attention to detail, and ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with stakeholders make you a valuable asset in ensuring the integrity of financial reporting and supporting the business in managing costs and fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities.

Essential Criteria:

• Professional accounting qualification with demonstrable experience applying it in a fast-paced or complex organisational environment, retail is desirable
• Proven ability to maintain effective financial controls and ensure compliance with relevant processes and standards
• Demonstrable experience using financial systems, including Oracle or equivalent platforms
• Evidence of leading, supervising, or developing team members to achieve operational or financial objectives
• Ability to plan, prioritise, and meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail in a changing environment

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 20% 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, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
• 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).