Finance Business Partner

Tesco; Digswell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited is looking for a Performance & Insight professional to drive store performance by delivering high-quality financial insight and data-led decision support. You will collaborate with Stores and Finance to translate complex data into clear recommendations that influence outcomes for customers and the business.

You will enhance insight through advanced analytical approaches, AI and automation while streamlining reporting to free time for strategic analysis and value-adding

Qualifications

• Qualified ACCA/ ACA /CIMA or equivalent.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced change-led environment.
• Strong analytical and financial capability, with the ability to turn complex data into actionable commercial insight.
• Commercially curious, with strong problem-solving, communication and influencing skills and the ability to work effectively with operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understand the key drivers of store performance and translate insights into actions.
• Use financial and operational data to identify trends and root causes.
• Build strong relationships with Finance and Operations and influence actions.
• Champion practical use of AI, automation and new analytical tools to improve insight and reporting.
• Support budgets and forecasts, challenge assumptions and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Simplify processes and share analytical best practice across the team.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Data storytelling

AI & automation mindset

Education

ACCA/ ACA /CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Drive store performance through high-quality financial insight, data-led decision making and effective business partnering. Working closely with stakeholders across Stores and Finance, you'll bring together financial, operational and customer data to identify the key drivers of performance, uncover opportunities and risks, and translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.

You'll play a critical role in shaping business decisions by providing timely insight and constructive challenge, helping stakeholders deliver sustainable improvements in performance. A key focus of the role will be enhancing the quality, pace and impact of insight across Stores Finance through more advanced analytical approaches and the increased use of AI, automation and data tools. By streamlining reporting and analysis, you'll enable Finance teams to spend less time producing information and more time influencing decisions that improve outcomes for customers and the business.

Performance & Insight: Understand the key drivers of store performance across sales, profit, costs, productivity and operational measures, identifying risks and opportunities and recommending actions.

Data & Analytics: Use financial and operational data to identify trends, outliers and root causes, developing analysis that improves business decisions.

Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with Finance and Operations, translating complex analysis into simple, compelling messages and influencing action.

AI & Automation: Champion the practical use of AI, automation and new analytical tools to improve insight, simplify reporting and create capacity for higher-value Finance activity.

Planning & Forecasting: Support budgets and forecasts, challenge assumptions and identify emerging risks and opportunities.

Continuous Improvement: Simplify processes, improve performance reporting and share analytical best practice across the team.

• Qualified ACCA/ ACA /CIMA or equivalent
• The ability to work in a fast-paced change led environment
• Strong analytical and financial capability,with the ability to turn complex data into actionable commercial insight.
• Commercially curious, with strong problem-solving, communication and influencing skills and the ability to work effectively with operational stakeholders.
• Experience using data to improve business performance is essential, alongside a strong appetite to adopt AI and emerging analytical technologies.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.