Commercial Finance Manager - Meat, Fish & Poultry in London

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits

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

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: Finance & Transformation

Closing date: 19 July 2026

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 Finance team as a Finance Manager for Meat, Fish & Poultry offers a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, shaping the direction of a leading retail business. With a focus on delivering best-in-class financial support, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders at all levels, contributing to strategic decision‑making and driving business growth. As part of a team dedicated to challenging the status quo and driving transformation, you will have the chance to make a significant impact, enhance your stakeholder management skills, and play a key role in maximising sales, profit, and cash flow.

What you’ll do

As the Finance Manager for Meat, Fish & Poultry at Sainsbury's, you will play a pivotal role in providing support to a fast-paced business unit by partnering with the Category Director and buyers to drive category planning, financial appraisals, and various analyses essential for informed decision-making. Your responsibilities will include delivering sound financial appraisals, conducting ad hoc analyses on promotional strategies and profitability, advising on performance, ensuring financial compliance, and actively engaging with stakeholders to drive improved insights, meet targets, and streamline reporting processes. Your role will require a high level of financial rigour, accuracy in managing Category Balance Sheets, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, demonstrating enthusiasm and a proactive approach to delivering excellence in financial management.

Who you are

You are a qualified accountant with a proven track record of providing financial support and analysis in a fast-paced commercial environment. Your advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, coupled with your ability to effectively communicate with senior stakeholders and work independently, enable you to drive strategic decision‑making and deliver financial excellence within the business unit. With a keen eye for detail, strong networking abilities, and a self‑motivated approach, you excel in managing financial appraisals, supporting category planning, and ensuring compliance to financial standards while driving process improvements and delivering targeted results.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with commercial business partnering experience, ideally within a retail or FMCG environment
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint capability, including practical use of pivot tables, lookups and Power Pivot to analyse, interpret and present financial information
• Demonstrable experience communicating financial information to a range of stakeholders, including presenting complex concepts in a clear manner to non‑finance audiences
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships and influence decisions through collaboration with stakeholders across different functions and levels of seniority
• Evidence of independently managing workload and priorities, including planning activities, meeting deadlines and delivering accurate outputs in a fast-paced environment

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 in‑store 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) as well as 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.