Commercial Finance Analyst - Technology
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 30 April 2026
Requisition ID: 400058298
Location: London or Coventry Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining the Finance team for Sainsbury's Tech offers a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting and influencing financial decision-making within a dynamic and innovative environment. As a Finance Analyst, you will collaborate closely with key stakeholders across the organisation, providing valuable insights, conducting financial analysis, and contributing to the strategic direction of the Technology team. With a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and continuous improvement, you will have the chance to showcase your analytical skills, build relationships, and drive impactful financial outcomes while working alongside a supportive and dedicated team.
What you'll do
As a Finance Analyst - Technology, you will serve as a crucial finance partner to the Technology team, collaborating cross-functionally and cultivating strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organisation. Your responsibilities will involve supporting the month-end process to ensure accurate accounting treatment of Tech costs, producing clear and precise management information for Tech stakeholders, and contributing to forecasting and financial planning activities by providing insightful analysis on key risks, opportunities, and financial drivers. Additionally, you will play a vital role in enhancing reporting outputs, offering timely and accurate financial reporting across Tech projects, and supporting the development of financial models for new and existing initiatives. Your success in this role will be measured by the completion of work to a high standard, accurate reporting and forecasting, and the delivery of targets and process improvements while actively engaging and developing relationships throughout the business.
Who you are
You are a qualified or part-qualified accountant with a strong aptitude for financial analysis and reporting. With advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, you excel in producing accurate management information and providing insightful analysis to support decision-making. Your ability to build and maintain relationships, prioritise effectively, and demonstrate resilience in navigating challenges makes you a valuable partner to the Technology team and key stakeholders across the organisation. Your commitment to high standards of accuracy, timeliness, and integrity drives your success in delivering financial support and driving process improvements within the Tech Finance function.
Essential Criteria
- Qualified or part‑qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Demonstrable advanced Excel capability, including use of pivot tables, lookups and macros, and the ability to produce professional outputs using PowerPoint
- Working knowledge of core finance methodologies, such as NPV and ROCE, with the ability to apply these in a business or analysis context and a demonstrable commitment to continuous learning
- Proven analytical and process‑focused approach, including the ability to evaluate data, identify issues, and prioritise tasks effectively to meet competing deadlines
- Ability to engage and challenge stakeholders constructively, evidenced through maintaining effective working relationships, exercising professional judgement, and operating with integrity under pressure
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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 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).
