Commercial Finance Manager - Technology

Asda; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to enhance its Technology function. This pivotal role involves business partnering with senior directors, managing financial controls, and supporting key investment decisions. You will play a vital role in shaping the financial landscape of the new Technology function, ensuring robust governance and driving efficiencies. With a collaborative culture and a focus on empowerment, this position offers a dynamic environment where your insights will directly influence strategic decisions. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to innovation and excellence in the retail sector.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong commercial skills with critical thinking for evaluating performance.
• Graduate with strong academics and a professional accounting qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead business partnering and financial management for Asda's Technology function.
• Support investment approval processes and challenge stakeholders on spending.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Critical Thinking

Organizational Skills

Stakeholder Management

Excel Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Graduate degree or equivalent

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title

Commercial Finance Manager - Technology

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Financial Planning and Analysis

Closing Date

26 May 2025

About the role:

This Commercial Finance Manager role supports the delivery of Asda’s Technology function through strong business partnering, financial control, forecasting accuracy, vendor/programme management and governance support

As a Commercial Finance Manager you will directly business partner 6 Technology Senior Directors to support critical investment / programme decisions, providing key insight and commercial context.

The new Technology function will be established completing full separation from Walmart, including working with a group of core vendors to design, build and deploy our new systems to run every part of the organisation and implement new processes to run the business across all functions.

Your Role:

• This role leads the business partnering, P&L and Capital management and forecasting for all of Asda’s new Technology function
• You will be required to challenge performance and work closely with key finance / programme stakeholders to improve accuracy to support better decision making
• You will play a key support role in the investment approval process, by liaising and challenging teams to produce high quality investment papers that maximise commercial performance and support the approval governance at the exec level, providing exposure to senior board members
• The successful candidate will work with stakeholders across the Technology function such as the Transformation Office, Technology Teams and People Teams alongside other Asda teams such as Legal and the wider Finance team.
• You will be responsible for challenging senior stakeholders to prioritise and control spend / resources, through regular commercial finance reviews with the Technology leads and escalating the key commercial decisions, risks and opportunities
• You will work with the Technology functions to understand, quantify and drive the realisation of the commercial benefits from landing the new systems, processes and operating models within the business.

"Let's find out about you"

• Strong commercial skill set and critical thinking, with the ability to evaluate commercial performance, identify risks and opportunities and support clear and robust plans.
• Strong organisational skills to lead the commercial finance agenda across multiple programmes, including the forecast process, driving efficiencies and improving financial control.
• Ability to provide accurate, timely information to a high quality with attention to detail
• Drive to be a ‘self-starter’ who looks to set direction and take ownership of complex issues to drive the right actions
• Confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders at senior levels of the organisation
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish professional, credible relations with both finance and non-finance colleagues, as well as great communication skills to ensure information is clearly articulated
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint and analytical tool skills to support data-driven decisions
• Applicants should be a graduate (or equivalent) with strong academics and a professional accounting qualification with some post qualified experience

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Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

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"