Head of Finance - GM Central Trading Finance

Head of Finance - GM Central Trading Finance Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 14 October 2024
Requisition ID: 263652

We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not handling projects, we're helping all corners of the wider group with what they're trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives 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 sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there's always something else around the corner, and we'll help and support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

Division/Dept. Finance/ Commercial & Retail Finance

Reporting to Finance Director: General Merchandise Trading

In a nutshell This role is responsible for proactively partnering with the GM SLT and GM Trading Finance teams, providing insightful analysis, challenge, influence and robust planning & reporting processes to drive decisions and actions that improve the bottom line. The job holder will lead a team to develop the assets required to effectively business partner, focussing on value creation. They will set the direction for the team and provide strategic challenge to the business area to collectively strengthen performance. In addition, this role is responsible for the co-ordination and management of the full Argos P&L. Partnering across finance and the business to report performance as well as producing insight to support the business.

What you need to do

• Act as key Finance Business Partner for senior leadership team,leading your team to interpret management reporting to provide insight, analysis and commentary to stakeholders and providing challenge to the business
• Hold the business to account for P&L performance and Balance sheets
• Co-ordinate all Central Trade Finance budgeting forecasting and periodic reporting
• With your team, support the business in identifying risks and opportunities. Take the lead in prioritising these and work with the business to manage them
• Lead the team to provide the business with an external perspective, defining the benchmark requirements and using outputs to challenge and influence
• Provide leadership both with your team and across Finance in your location, driving the re-set required in line with the operating model
• Challenge the business on existing strategic initiatives and identify new strategic opportunities, helping them to prioritise appropriately
• Complete ad hoc / bespoke analysis for the business area as required to drive improvements
• Own the design of management reporting, ensuring it is fit for purpose and streamlined
• Work with ADA to ensure analytical resource is used effectively and business priorities and resource allocation are well understood and aligned
• Success in this role will mean supporting the business in making decisions that enhance performance

What you need to know and show

• Professional Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• An inspiring leader, supporting colleagues to build successful careers
• Effective communicator and challenger with stakeholders up to and including board level, including audiences of varying financial and commercial acumen
• Proven track record of managing commercial relationships and influencing senior decision makers
• Self-motivated team player, able to work autonomously
• Proven history of effective prioritisation and ability to push back when appropriate
• Strong commercial acumen with a clear focus on driving excellent financial and commercial performance
• Experience of maintaining strong financial controls
• Committed to driving change and comfortable with managing any associated conflicts

What decisions I can make including budget

• Set direction for the team and provide challenge to the business
• Leadership and development of the team
• Allocation and prioritisation of team resources
• Allocation and prioritisation of team activity
• Creation and implementation of management information and insight
• Identification of focus areas and challenge of business performance

Directly or indirectly manages

• Directly manage a team of 2 and indirectly manage 5 colleagues

Support we will provide

• Sainsbury's L&D offer
• Line management support

Please note: This role profile is aimed at describing the core output that should be achieved in this role. It is not intended to include specific tasks, temporary activities or projects to recognise flexibility in a changing context.