Job Description
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s Bank. “Bank by name, Sainsbury’s by nature” is the promise line we stand firmly behind, making sure we follow through on this by always offering value, making it easy and being an ally for our customers. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer that champions a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. Because we know it’s by working together, and by bringing new, diverse ideas that creates the best experience for our customers and colleagues. As part of the wider Sainsbury’s Group, being one of the UK’s most trusted brands, it brings our colleagues a wealth of opportunities to fulfil their potential. Here, you can be part of something bigger and help to create a new approach that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do.
Sainsburys Bank - Assistant Manager - Financial Control
Why join us
Join our Finance team at Sainsbury's Bank, and you'll become a vital part of our business, collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the Bank and its subsidiaries. As a Financial Control Assistant Manager, you'll take on the responsibility of managing financial activities for specific products and services, ensuring accurate balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation controls. With exposure to the banking and financial services sector, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the preparation of financial statements and reports, supporting business change initiatives and driving process improvements. Join us and be part of a team that values your expertise, offers a diverse range of benefits, and encourages a healthy work-life balance.
What you'll do
As a Financial Control Assistant Manager, your primary responsibility will be managing the financial close process for specific products and services, ensuring balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation controls are in place. You will be a vital member of the Finance team, serving as a key liaison with stakeholders across the Bank and its subsidiaries. You will also support the preparation of monthly management reports, contribute to the design and implementation of financial processes and controls for business change initiatives, and provide analysis and disclosures for the Bank's monthly management accounts and Group consolidation packs. Collaborating closely with the team, you will assist in the preparation of IFRS financial statements, support external audit processes, and drive process improvements to enhance efficiency.
Who you are
With your expertise in finance operations, reporting, and control gained from industry or practice, you bring a meticulous approach to managing daily interfaces, journal preparation, and assisting in the preparation of financial statements. Your analytical mindset and attention to detail enable you to support the production of management reports, provide insightful analysis, and contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes. As a team player, you thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with others to meet tight deadlines and deliver optimal results.Your qualifications as an accountant, experience in finance operations/reporting/control, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role. You will demonstrate excellent organisational abilities, the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, and be a collaborative team player with strong relationship management skills.
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 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 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).