Finance Analyst - Marketing

Our Finance function isn't just about championing internal audits and controlling risks. It's about transforming our Finance systems and processes to make sure we're set up for success in the ever changing world of retail. It's generating crucial insights for our business, keeping costs under control and maximising our cashflow. Here you'll see strategic decision making at its finest. We're changing the face of retail. And you can be a driving force

This role sits within the broader Marketing & Loyalty Finance team within Commercial Finance. This finance team is responsible for Business Partnering, Finance Management and providing insight to support and help achieve the Marketing Divisions' strategic objectives.

• Responsibility on ensuring robust daily, weekly, and monthly reporting is provided with relevant insight into performance across both the Argos and Sainsbury's businesses.

• Deliver insight into the cost performance of both businesses

• Leading on supporting the periodic Latest View planning process for your relevant Marketing area - working closely with Finance Business Partnering teams and wider commercial finance teams.

• Facilitate and support the production of standardised reporting suites for Business Partnering teams to drive productive action / improved business performance in collaboration with the business.

• Identify and evaluate opportunities to improve the reporting and forecasting processes across a range of business areas.

What you need to do

• Produce and develop standardised reporting suites for Business Partnering teams to support the continuous drive of business results in conjunction with the MI team.

• To own and drive the delivery of the Latest View planning cycle - in line with agreed deadlines and standards - Ensuring that the results are communicated in a timely and accurate way with a clear articulation of the drivers of performance and impacts

• Support the delivery of Finance improvement initiatives and implementation of internal & external best practices to enhance process efficiency and quality of outputs including:

• Data quality improvements

• Elimination, simplification and/or automation of transactional activities (e.g. daily/weekly reporting and daily/weekly forecasting.)

• Reporting improvements e.g., report rationalisation, design and implementation

• Work closely with the other Finance Managers and Analysts to support Marketing initiatives/actions to improve the performance of the business.

• Attend and actively contribute to key meetings as required

• Responsible for managing relationships with relevant stakeholders

What you need to know and show

• Qualified accountant (or studying towards an accounting qualification)

• Strong commercial acumen and ability to understand key business performance drivers

• Ability to present complex information in a simple and clear manner

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• Strong inter-personal skills and an empathetic nature

• Strong planning and prioritisation skills.

• Enthusiastic, positive, and proactive engagement of key stakeholders

• Resilience, flexibility and able to cope with time pressure and ambiguity.

• Experience in business facing finance role.

What decisions I can make including budget

Influence over where to prioritise workload, reporting improvements and influence over budget requested by Marketing

Support we will provide

• Line management support.
• Broader development programmes for the broader finance function.

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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