POS Finance Proposition Analyst (12M FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 25 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400053989
Location: London Store Support Centre & Home.
Why join us
Joining the Financial Services Business at Sainsbury's as a POS Finance Proposition Analyst offers a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting strategic partnerships with key financial providers such as New Day, Klarna, and PayPal. This role presents a dynamic environment where you will contribute to the growth and innovation of partnerships while ensuring the success of credit penetration, new account sign-ups, and the overall cost of credit. With a focus on fostering strong relationships both internally and externally, collaborating across teams, and driving impactful insights, you will have the chance to make a meaningful impact and be part of a team that values integrity, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement.
What you'll do
You will play a crucial role in supporting the strategic partnerships with key financial services providers such as New Day, Klarna, and PayPal. Your responsibilities will include maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, monitoring performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement, and collaborating across teams to deliver against partnership agreements and financial plans. Additionally, you will support the development and growth of these partnerships, contribute to the delivery of the POS finance strategy, and provide regular reporting and insights on partner performance to drive business objectives and enhance customer experiences.
Who you are
You are a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of financial services in a retail environment, ideally with an understanding of the General Merchandise market. With a proven track record of maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders and contributing to the delivery of challenging targets, you excel in navigating complexity and ambiguity to drive results. Your excellent communication skills, strategic mindset, and ability to influence multiple stakeholder groups position you as a key player in supporting the POS Finance strategic partnerships and achieving the overall objectives for the products.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of Financial Services within a retail environment, with evidence of applying this knowledge to commercial or operational decision‑making
- Proven ability to build, maintain and influence effective working relationships across multiple internal and external stakeholder groups
- Evidence of contributing to the delivery of challenging commercial or performance targets within a fast‑paced environment
- Demonstratable capability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex or ambiguous situations, including providing guidance and direction to stakeholders
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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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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).
