Finance Business Partner- Commercial

As a Finance Business Partner - Commercial at Tesco, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the financial landscape of our growing retail business. This position offers an outstanding opportunity to work closely with senior business leaders and make a significant impact on a division with annual revenues exceeding €3 billion. You will be at the heart of strategic decision-making, providing expert financial insights and driving our business forward with your tried commercial competence.

This is a temporary, specified purpose contract with an expected duration of 9 months.

You will be responsible for:

Ensuring the business understands and delivers against performance critical metrics by collaborating effectively with the business leadership team.
Identifying and proactively highlighting risks, working diligently to mitigate potential issues.
Adhering to and operating within internal control guidelines to safeguard the company's interests.
Encouraging a cost-conscious culture throughout the organization.
Providing decision support to close performance gaps by crafting informed choices.
Applying competence to analyze data and support decision-making within FP&A teams.
Reviewing and critiquing key business plans to ensure financial rigor in investment decisions.
Assisting the business in understanding year-on-year movements and up-weights on key trading decisions.
Constructively challenging and recommending changes to the business, underpinned by sound financial expertise.
Reviewing, adjusting, and presenting strategic and operational plans to relevant commercial and operations teams.
Leading business and operational plan reviews, ensuring plans reflect current business realities and appraise performance accurately.
Driving the working capital agenda to ensure the business comprehends the varying financial impacts.
Adhering to all Tesco policies and mentorship, following our Business Code of Conduct and acting with integrity and due diligence at all times.
Preparing and reviewing budgets and rolling forecasts.
Building financial models and arguments to help the business understand P&L impacts of promotions and investment decisions.
Ensuring full governance is in place around the period close process to provide transparency and understanding around accruals and provisions.

You will need:

Proven track record of building positive cross-functional relationships.
Strong experience in providing outstanding insight and analysis, along with a robust background in business planning and forecasting processes.
Ability to engage, influence, and work with senior partners effectively.
Excellent communication skills and commercial awareness.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years' experience (ACA / CIMA / ACCA) or equivalent.

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What's in it for you:

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:

Competitive Salary
Life Assurance
Pension Scheme*
Bonus Scheme*
Our Virtual GP service provides free and confidential access to an online GP through video GP consultations, and online prescription service for colleagues. The service is also available to families of colleagues who live at the same address for a reduced cost.
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and family members for in the moment emotional support along with free access to a range of wellbeing services supporting you under our new Wellbeing First approach of Body, Mind and Life.
Colleague Clubcard offering 10% discount across stores and online, with 15% discount weekends once a month (Friday to Sunday), and 20% off twice a year. There is also 20% off F&F clothing, all year long, these various discounts can be extended to a family member with a 2nd Clubcard available.*
Annual leave starting at 23 days
Save As You Earn Scheme*

*Entry requirements and rules of the scheme apply

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility