Personal Assistant - Finance
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 24 June 2025
Requisition ID: 4000010772251
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives 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 sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Why join us
When you join Sainsbury's, you become part of a supportive and flexible work environment where work-life balance is valued. This is a great opportunity to become PA to the Retail Treasurer and Director of Pensions. As a professional and confidential support to the Directors and wider team, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring effective information flow and issue resolution. With opportunities to streamline processes, organise meetings, manage diaries, and prepare presentations, you will have the chance to showcase your excellent computer skills and attention to detail. Our dynamic and fast-paced environment will enable you to network and engage with colleagues across the organisation, influencing upwards and making a positive impact. Join us and be part of a team that values your initiative, prioritisation skills, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while successfully balancing conflicting priorities.
What you'll do
In this role, you will be responsible for providing professional and confidential support to the Directors of the department and the wider team, ensuring efficient information flow and issue resolution. Your key responsibilities will include managing their diaries and appointments, liaising with relevant business areas to proactively manage long-term commitments, reading and prioritising information through the creation of daily folders, arranging and coordinating meetings and travel arrangements, preparing presentations and reports, maintaining and reviewing budgets, managing departmental schedules and expenses, organising events and team meetings, overseeing recognition systems, and handling invoice payments. You will showcase excellent computer skills, proficiency in Microsoft packages and Sainsbury's systems, the ability to facilitate meetings and take minutes confidentially, simplify processes, analyse data, prioritise workload, and work independently in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, your interpersonal and influencing skills, along with your ability to collaborate with various stakeholders and engage with the broader business, will be essential to succeed in this role.
Who you are
As an experienced and highly organised Executive Assistant, you are adept at providing professional and confidential support to directors and teams, ensuring efficient information flow and issue resolution. With a strong attention to detail and excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft packages and Sainsbury's systems, you are able to manage complex calendars, arrange meetings, and prepare presentations and reports with minimal supervision. Your ability to simplify processes, analyse data, and streamline administration contributes to the efficient operation of the team, while your interpersonal and influencing skills enable you to build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business. With a self-motivated and proactive approach, you thrive in fast-paced environments, balancing conflicting priorities and maintaining a strong work-life balance.
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: Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
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 5% 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).
