Finance Analyst - Logistics

You will play a pivotal role in providing financial support to the Logistics Operations team, focusing on food depots, to enhance performance and drive decision-making processes. Reporting to the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include delivering accurate and timely financial analysis, translating data into valuable business insights, and effectively communicating financial and non-financial information to stakeholders. You will actively contribute to period-end processes, financial reporting, and management reporting, offering insightful analysis and commentary to support strategic decision-making. 

Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify risks and opportunities, challenge existing practises for continuous improvement, and provide ad hoc analysis to drive business enhancements, all while demonstrating strong Excel skills, commercial acumen, attention to detail, and effective communication with various stakeholders.

You are a dedicated and part/fully qualified accountant with a strong ability to analyse data, provide valuable insights, and communicate financial information effectively to drive performance and decision-making. With your commercial acumen, attention to detail, and passion for continuous improvement, you play a crucial role in supporting the Finance Manager and stakeholders in interpreting financial data, identifying risks and opportunities, and contributing to the overall success of the business. Your self-motivation, teamwork skills, and curiosity to understand key business drivers make you a valuable asset in delivering timely and accurate financial analysis to support the logistics operations team.

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Demonstrable experience in period/month end - posting journals, variance analysis and reporting, as well as demonstrable budgeting and forecasting experience 
• Proven ability to analyse financial and operational data using Excel and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes while meeting the expectations of both finance and business stakeholders in a changing environment
• Evidence of commercial awareness, with the ability to understand key business drivers and assess their financial impact on performance and decision-making
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders of varying levels of financial knowledge, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

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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).