Finance Accountant – Fixed Assets, Tech & Leases

Sainsbury's; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 10%–15%

Pensions and life cover

Performance bonus up to 10% of salary

Annual leave + extra weeks

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work

Health cash plans

Salary advance

Employee assistance programme

Maternity / Adoption leave up to 26 wk

Paternity leave up to 4 wks

Job summary

Sainsbury's is seeking a Financial Accountant - Fixed Assets, Tech & Lease Accounting to manage period-end activities across fixed assets, technology costs and leases. You will prepare journals, reconciliations and schedules, investigate variances and support reporting for audits.

Day-to-day, you’ll maintain asset and lease records, complete IFRS 16 entries and contribute to budgets, forecasts and statutory accounts, while driving data quality improvements and automation.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant or actively working towards an accounting qualification.
• Experience in financial accounting, balance-sheet reconciliations and period-end journals or reporting activities.
• Practical understanding of fixed assets, capital expenditure, technology costs or lease accounting, including IFRS 16.

Responsibilities

• Complete period-end accounting activities across fixed assets, technology costs and leases.
• Prepare journals, reconciliations and reporting schedules; investigate variances.
• Maintain asset and lease records; support IFRS 16 entries and reconciliations.
• Support periodic, interim and year-end reporting, budgets, statutory accounts and audits.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve data quality and automate processes.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

Balance-sheet reconciliations

Period-end journals

IFRS 16 knowledge

Fixed assets

Excel

Education

Accounting qualification or active study

Tools

Oracle Financials

Job description

Sainsbury's is seeking a Financial Accountant - Fixed Assets, Tech & Lease Accounting to manage period-end activities across fixed assets, technology costs and leases. You will prepare journals, reconciliations and schedules, investigate variances and support reporting for audits.

Day-to-day, you’ll maintain asset and lease records, complete IFRS 16 entries and contribute to budgets, forecasts and statutory accounts, while driving data quality improvements and automation.