Finance Manager, Working Capital (FP&A)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 02 April 2026
Requisition ID: 400055075
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.
Location
Hybrid - London & Home (approx. 2 days per week in the office)
About the team
You’ll join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function at the heart of Sainsbury’s Group, where we play a critical role in shaping strategic decisions and driving long-term value. The team partners closely with senior leaders across Finance and the wider business, providing insight that supports balanced investment decisions and the delivery of robust cashflows. With a strong focus on collaboration, curiosity and continuous improvement, FP&A is central to how we deliver sustainable performance for the business.
More about the role
This role sits within FP&A with a specific focus on working capital and cash conversion, supporting our strategic ambition to deliver cashflows in excess of £1.6bn. You will play a key role in strengthening how we report, analyse and communicate working capital performance, ensuring senior leaders have clear insight into cashflow outturn, key drivers of movement, and trends versus expectation and prior years.
Leading a team of three analysts, you will oversee the production of high-quality management reporting and periodic review packs, providing clear storytelling and actionable insight. You’ll support the coordination, validation and modelling of long-term strategic initiatives, using tools such as Alteryx and Power BI to enhance reporting and analysis. Alongside core planning responsibilities, including Latest View, Corporate Plan and Budget processes for working capital, you’ll build an external perspective to help inform decision-making and influence the business. The role also provides exposure to senior leadership, including stepping up to cover the Head of Finance where required.
More about you
You’ll be a qualified finance professional with demonstrable experience working with complex data and translating it into meaningful insight. You’re comfortable operating beyond traditional finance boundaries, showing curiosity about the wider business and a strong understanding of the commercial drivers that impact cash and working capital performance.
You’ll bring the confidence to engage, challenge and influence senior stakeholders with varying levels of financial acumen, balancing detail with clarity. As a people leader, you’ll support the development and upskilling of your team and contribute to building capability across the wider finance community. You’re self-motivated, able to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment, and bring a proven desire to drive change and improvement.
Essential criteria
- Recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
- Proven experience analysing and reporting complex financial data, including cashflow or working capital metrics, to provide insight
- Demonstrable experience communicating, influencing and constructively challenging senior stakeholders on financial performance
- Evidenced experience leading, managing or developing analysts to deliver high‑quality reporting and insight
- Demonstrable finance experience leading or delivering change within a Retail commercial environment
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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 20% 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, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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).
