Commercial Finance Manager - Argos Marketplace (14M FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 20 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400052103
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go. They also develop deep connections to other departments, which opens up a lot of different career opportunities for you. What’s certain is that you’ll spend time on the shop floor to get closer to customers, and bring a broad perspective and the full support of your manager with you wherever you decide to develop next.
Location: London, Coventry or Manchester Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as the Finance Manager for Argos Marketplace offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial success of a rapidly growing business area and play a pivotal role in driving sustainable growth and value creation. As a trusted Finance Business Partner, you will collaborate closely with senior leaders, influence key decisions, and design robust financial processes to support strategic objectives. With a focus on commercial acumen, data-driven insights, and continuous improvement, you will have the chance to make a tangible impact on the performance and profitability of Argos Marketplace while working in a dynamic environment that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence in financial management.
What you'll do
You will be at the forefront of shaping the financial success of this newest business area. Serving as a trusted Finance Business Partner to the Marketplace leadership team, you will provide commercial insights and actionable recommendations to senior leaders, supporting the delivery of strategic and financial plans. Your responsibilities will include designing and embedding robust financial processes and reporting, driving accurate forecasting and planning, identifying risks and opportunities, and translating complex data into clear insights that influence decision-making and enhance performance across sales, operating profit, and customer satisfaction. Your role will involve owning the modelling of profitability for new propositions and features, engaging with Data & Analytics for internal reporting enhancements, and building an external perspective to influence business strategies. Your professional qualifications, commercial acumen, communication skills, and ability to make decisions impacting the Marketplace P&L will be key in driving the financial and commercial success of the Argos Marketplace.
Who you are
You are a professionally qualified accountant with a strong focus on driving financial and commercial performance to shape the success of the newest business area. Your expertise in providing commercial insights, developing strategic financial plans, and designing robust financial processes is matched by your exceptional communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders. With a data curious mindset and a proactive approach, you excel in translating complex data into actionable insights that enhance performance and decision-making, while maintaining strong financial controls and driving sustainable growth in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Essential Criteria
- Professionally qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)
- Demonstrable experience business partnering with commercial teams, ideally within the FMCG industry
- Demonstrable experience applying commercial and financial insight to support decision‑making and improve financial or business performance
- Proven ability to communicate financial information and influence decisions with senior or non‑financial stakeholders
- Evidence of maintaining effective financial controls, including ensuring accuracy, compliance, and integrity of financial data
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced or ambiguous environment, including prioritising workloads, analysing data to identify insights, and simplifying complex information
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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 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) 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).
