Finance Manager - Finance Transformation - Single PO - 12 Month FTC
- Recruiter
- Sainsbury's
- Location
- London, Greater London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 24 Jun 2021
- Closes
- 29 Jun 2021
- Ref
- 21000L8K
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Finance manager
- Sector
- Retail and FMCG
- Experience level
- Manager
Location
Flexible - Any Sainsbury's Store Support Centre and Home
In a nutshell
As a key member of the Finance transformation Team, this is a great opportunity to be involved in large scale change across the business, which will change the shape of our business over the coming years.
What you need to do
Provide guidance on the design and delivery of the Single PO project and lean into the project to represent Finance's requirements and risks
Clearly communicate the accounting impacts of process changes across a number of Non-Finance stakeholders
Liaise with business stakeholders to understand key business activity that will be impacted by the Single PO Integrated Futures Workstream and help design processes to reach the deliverables
Provide strong stakeholder management across Finance to ensure that all the Finance team's requirements are taken into consideration within the project.
Understand and be able to communicate the importance of the control framework into the project working groups
Manage the coordination of feedback into and back out of the project appropriately
Ensure that the project governance is maintained
Support the Senior Finance Manager and team across projects where required
What you need to know and show
Qualified Accountant with large corporate experience
Previous experience of Finance transformation
Experience of large-scale payment processing and accounting operations in a retail environment
An understanding of Supply Chain, Logistics and Retail processes is essential
Good knowledge of financial controls, end-to-end accounting processes and the drivers of process efficiency
Previous experience with finance systems is essential
Excellent communicator and relationship builder with financial and non-financial stakeholders
Good Microsoft Office skills
The ability to proactively engage with the business and motivate and influence others
The ability to communicate clearly and to influence a range of stakeholders effectively
What decisions I can make
Assess and recommend areas for further control and process efficiency improvements
Directly or indirectly manages
NA
Support we will provide
Access to a variety of personal development tools e.g., Bitesize talks, online self-development tools, internal mentoring etc. You will also be supported by the transformation team, with access to a large pool of experiences and expertise to learn from and help drive your role and your personal development. You will be supported to drive your own development forward by creating personal PDPs.
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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Flexible - Any Sainsbury's Store Support Centre and Home
In a nutshell
As a key member of the Finance transformation Team, this is a great opportunity to be involved in large scale change across the business, which will change the shape of our business over the coming years.
What you need to do
Provide guidance on the design and delivery of the Single PO project and lean into the project to represent Finance's requirements and risks
Clearly communicate the accounting impacts of process changes across a number of Non-Finance stakeholders
Liaise with business stakeholders to understand key business activity that will be impacted by the Single PO Integrated Futures Workstream and help design processes to reach the deliverables
Provide strong stakeholder management across Finance to ensure that all the Finance team's requirements are taken into consideration within the project.
Understand and be able to communicate the importance of the control framework into the project working groups
Manage the coordination of feedback into and back out of the project appropriately
Ensure that the project governance is maintained
Support the Senior Finance Manager and team across projects where required
What you need to know and show
Qualified Accountant with large corporate experience
Previous experience of Finance transformation
Experience of large-scale payment processing and accounting operations in a retail environment
An understanding of Supply Chain, Logistics and Retail processes is essential
Good knowledge of financial controls, end-to-end accounting processes and the drivers of process efficiency
Previous experience with finance systems is essential
Excellent communicator and relationship builder with financial and non-financial stakeholders
Good Microsoft Office skills
The ability to proactively engage with the business and motivate and influence others
The ability to communicate clearly and to influence a range of stakeholders effectively
What decisions I can make
Assess and recommend areas for further control and process efficiency improvements
Directly or indirectly manages
NA
Support we will provide
Access to a variety of personal development tools e.g., Bitesize talks, online self-development tools, internal mentoring etc. You will also be supported by the transformation team, with access to a large pool of experiences and expertise to learn from and help drive your role and your personal development. You will be supported to drive your own development forward by creating personal PDPs.
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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