Finance Analyst - Lease Systems (12 Month FTC)

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK grocery retailer is looking for a Finance Analyst focused on Lease Systems. The role involves improving lease accounting processes and collaborating with stakeholders across the business in a flexible hybrid working environment. Proven experience in automation and lease accounting is essential. The position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including colleague discounts, pension plans, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Colleague discount

Pension plan

Life cover

Performance-related bonus

Annual holiday allowance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven ability to identify and deliver automation or process improvements in finance.
• Applied understanding of lease accounting processes and control frameworks.
• Ability to spot control gaps and drive remediation to completion.
• Clear, influential communicator able to partner with stakeholders up to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Improve lease accounting processes by delivering enhancements and automation.
• Support the control framework, reviewing and documenting processes.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance and respond to lease accounting queries.
• Produce ad-hoc analysis to drive better decisions and outcomes.

Skills

Automation and process improvements

Lease accounting processes

Control frameworks

Clear communication

Job description

Finance Analyst - Lease Systems (12 Month FTC)

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Manchester Store Support Centre and Home, Manchester, M4 3AL
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 06 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400021619

Overview

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives 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 sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

About the team

Join our Finance – Financial Control & Reporting team in Lease Accounting & Control. We’re a collaborative group focused on strong financial controls and continuous improvement. You’ll work with colleagues across the business and external partners, helping to keep our lease accounting accurate, timely and well controlled. Location is flexible with hybrid working.

More about the role

You will improve how we account for leases by identifying and delivering enhancements and automation across our systems and processes. You’ll support the control framework, reviewing and documenting processes, testing their effectiveness and driving remediation where needed.

Day to day, you’ll partner with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business, respond to lease accounting queries (including at senior level), and provide information to the wider business. You’ll also produce ad‑hoc analysis to drive better decisions and outcomes.

More about you

You’re a proactive self‑starter who enjoys taking ownership and working independently once up to speed. You build strong relationships, communicate clearly and bring a control mindset to your work. You learn new systems quickly and are comfortable shaping change and improvements.

You have a solid understanding of lease accounting processes and are confident using technology to streamline tasks and improve accuracy.

Essential criteria

• Proven ability to identify and deliver automation or process improvements in finance (tools agnostic).
• Applied understanding of lease accounting processes and control frameworks.
• Ability to spot control gaps, design mitigating controls and drive remediation to completion.
• Clear, influential communicator able to partner with stakeholders up to senior management.

Benefits and commitment

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed wherever you are and wherever you work. There’s always the chance to try something new and we support development. We recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and offer flexible working where possible. We also offer a range of benefits. Examples include colleague discount (starting at 10% after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% on Fridays and Saturdays for Sainsbury’s and 15% at Argos on pay days), pensions and life cover, and a potential performance‑related bonus of up to 10% of salary depending on performance. You’ll also have an annual holiday allowance (with buy‑additional holiday options), season ticket loans, cycle to work, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of retailers. An employee assistance programme is available as well.

Moments that matter are important to us, so we offer 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).