Commercial Finance Manager - Nectar 360

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits

Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: Finance & Business Development

Closing date: 20 May 2026

Requisition ID: 400060332

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

Joining Sainsbury's as a Finance Manager for Nectar360 means becoming part of a trusted retailer with a rich history and a commitment to doing the right thing for customers, colleagues, and communities. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment, partnering with a fast‑growing team to drive business growth and deliver on our strategic objectives. With a focus on collaboration, professional development, and a supportive work culture, you will have the chance to make a meaningful impact and contribute to the success of a leading retail brand while enjoying a flexible and balanced approach to work‑life.

What you’ll do

You will play a crucial role in business partnering with the Nectar360 team, supporting the delivery of the growth plan for this dynamic and rapidly expanding area of the business. Your key responsibilities will include owning the financial planning processes for Nectar360, managing the 5‑year plan, budgeting, and forecasting. Through interpreting management reporting, providing insightful analysis and commentary to stakeholders, and identifying risks and opportunities, you will drive decisions that enhance performance and improve profit / cost outcomes. Your role will involve collaborating with various teams, completing ad‑hoc analysis, supporting business projects, and contributing to simplification efforts within Nectar360, all while maintaining strong financial controls and prioritising effectively.

Who you are

You are a seasoned finance professional with a proven track record of driving excellent financial and commercial performance through effective business partnering and strategic financial planning. Your ability to distil complex data into actionable insights and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders demonstrates your strong commercial acumen and expertise in storytelling. With a focus on continuous improvement and simplification, you excel in identifying risks, opportunities, and driving decisions that enhance business performance, while maintaining strong financial controls and fostering a collaborative, autonomous work environment.

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with demonstrable commercial finance experience (additional experience in FP&A is desirable)
• Demonstrable delivery of improved financial and commercial performance, applying commercial insight to support decision‑making
• Proven experience communicating financial information to senior stakeholders, adapting style for audiences with varying levels of financial and commercial understanding
• Evidence of maintaining effective financial controls and delivering accurate financial outcomes, while working autonomously and managing competing priorities
• Demonstrated use of finance BI tools to improve ways of working and productivity

Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whatever 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 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 up to an additional week’s holiday, and we provide private healthcare.
• 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) and 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.