Commercial Finance Business Partner

We’ve got a fantastic Commercial Finance Manager opportunity, responsible for driving performance improvement across the business. Working closely with the business, supporting the strategic direction, decision making, and insight into commercial performance.

“Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such, we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business, and our belief in the empowerment of the individual mean opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you’ll love”

• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, focusing on physical health and mental wellbeing
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts throughout the year – saving colleagues an average of £700 a year
• Career development, apprenticeship, and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)
• Free city centre parking – available outside working hours

Plus, much more!

“Find your role”

In the Finance team at Asda, the focus of a finance manager is to drive the performance of the business unit you partner with, using available tools and data to develop actionable insights, and using that insight to drive change. You play a key role in ensuring operational plans and P&L targets are delivered, understanding and acting upon monthly performance, influencing stakeholders to address risks and opportunities, and making a real difference to business performance.

Your Role

• Partner with the business leadership team to surface value-add ideas, understand risks & opportunities, and rigorously challenge mitigation and action planning.
• Manage the long-range, in-year, and short-term planning process for revenue and costs, incorporating the latest information into a robust outlook and ensuring alignment with corporate financial and strategic plans.
• Value-add analysis: Collaborate with finance analysts and the data and analytics team to turn insights into actions, identifying value-add opportunities.
• Lead the assessment of projects that redefine store operations, driving cost efficiency and enhancing customer experience.
• Own the month-end performance narrative, ensuring understanding and necessary future actions.
• Work with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders to make complex financial concepts easily understood and actionable.
• Participate actively within the wider finance community.

Let's find out about you

• You’re obsessed with the Asda Customer and can demonstrate an understanding of the customer across different channels and formats.
• You’re proactive and curious – challenging the status quo and capable of driving change.
• You’re an excellent collaborator, able to communicate complex matters simply and effectively, and build relationships to influence senior stakeholders.
• You’re passionate about your own performance and Asda’s – willing to take ownership and be accountable for your responsibilities.
• You’re resilient to change and embrace it positively with a continuous improvement mindset.
• You want to understand the business, the market, and know what will make a difference commercially.
• Relevant professional-level finance or business qualification preferred.

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Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working offers flexibility to work where you are most effective, combining remote work and office presence.

It also includes an excellent benefits package such as:

• Discretionary company bonus
• £5,700 company car or car allowance
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking, and additional rewards

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.