Finance Analyst - Marketing (12M FTC) in London

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

Joining our Finance team at Sainsbury's means being part of a dynamic and impactful organisation, where you will play a key role in driving value creation and strengthening our overall performance. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to provide valuable insight, analysis, and commentary to stakeholders, influencing decision-making processes and contributing to the improvement of our bottom line. With a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration, you will work closely with Finance Managers and Senior Finance Managers, gaining exposure to a variety of business areas. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment, competitive remuneration, extensive learning and development opportunities, and an array of benefits including bonus schemes and staff discounts. Join us and be part of a team that values integrity, innovation, and professional growth while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

You will be responsible for providing high-quality financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and decision support to enable informed investment decisions and drive value from marketing expenditure. Collaborating closely with Marketing, Commercial Finance, and other key stakeholders, you will ensure that marketing budgets are effectively managed and financial objectives are achieved. Your role will involve creating and interpreting management reporting to provide insightful analysis and commentary, identifying risks and opportunities, completing ad hoc analysis, and covering for the Finance Manager when needed. Success in this role will be demonstrated through timely and accurate analysis, effective communication of financial insights, and fostering a culture of finance fluency and control within the business.

You are a qualified or part qualified accountant with a strong focus on driving excellent financial and commercial performance through insightful analysis and effective communication. With your exceptional commercial acumen, numerical skills, and proficiency in Excel, you excel in translating data into valuable business insights and supporting informed decision-making processes. Your high levels of pace, energy, and resilience, coupled with your keen eye for detail and passion for accuracy, enable you to deliver timely and accurate financial analysis while fostering a culture of finance fluency and control within the Marketing team.

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA)
• Demonstrable experience of using financial data and analysis to support commercial decision-making and business performance
• Proven ability to communicate financial information and insights to stakeholders with varying levels of financial knowledge, influencing decisions where required
• Proficiency in Excel and numerical analysis, with evidence of converting data into meaningful insights and recommendations
• Demonstrable ability to work independently and collaboratively, prioritising key issues, producing accurate outputs, and supporting decision-making in a fast-paced environment

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).