Finance Business Partner- Marketplace

Tesco; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited in the UK invites an experienced Senior Finance Partner for Marketplace to own the long-term financial strategy and underpin key propositions with solid financial rationale. You will build robust business cases, lead budgeting and long-range planning, and shape economics of the Marketplace including commissions, back margins and seller propositions.

You'll collaborate with commercial, operations and customer teams, coach the FP&A team, and articulate clear recommendations to

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent required.
• Experience leading strategic priorities in large fast-paced organisations.
• Excellent communication to translate data into recommendations.
• Proven modelling and scenario planning capabilities.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and investment papers.

Responsibilities

• Own long-term financial strategy for Marketplace.
• Lead strategic business cases and Investment Committee papers.
• Develop robust financial models and evaluate trade-offs.
• Plan budgeting and long-term planning cycles with senior stakeholders.
• Develop Marketplace economics including commissions and back margins.
• Support financial leadership across loyalty, marketing investment and customer incentives.
• Lead FP&A team and ensure insightful management reporting.
• Collaborate with commercial, operations and customer teams.

Skills

Financial analysis

Modelling

Scenario planning

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Finance business partnering

Education

Professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Reporting to the Head of Finance in the UK, the role will take ownership of the long-term financial strategy for Marketplace, ensuring key proposition decisions are underpinned by a clear strategic and financial rationale. The role will lead strategic business cases across the full customer proposition. This will involve building robust financial models, evaluating commercial trade-offs and supporting Investment Committee papers for significant decisions. This creates an opportunity to play a central role in shaping the next phase of Marketplace while building broad strategic and commercial finance experience within a fast-growing digital business.

Strategic Business Partnering - Leading the financial assessment of significant strategic and proposition decisions across Marketplace, developing robust business cases, scenario modelling and Investment Committee papers to support investment and prioritisation decisions.

Planning - Leading financial thinking through Budget and Long-Term Plan cycles, constructively challenging senior stakeholders to ensure plans are robust, strategically aligned and reflect the key choices, risks and opportunities facing Marketplace.

Commercial & Range Strategy - Partnering with the Head of Commercial to develop the Marketplace range and category strategy, bringing external market insight and financial challenge to critical decisions. Leading the ongoing development of Marketplace economics, including commission structures, back margin opportunities and seller propositions.

Customer Proposition - Partnering with the Customer team to shape the Marketplace customer proposition strategy, providing financial leadership across loyalty mechanics, Clubcard, marketing investment and customer incentive decisions.

Operations & Fulfilment Strategy - Partnering with the Head of Operations to define Marketplace fulfilment and Retail Media strategies, leading the financial evaluation of key proposition choices including delivery and returns, subscription models and Fulfilled by Tesco.

Financial Performance, Planning & Team Leadership - Taking overall ownership of Marketplace financial performance, ensuring management accounts and reporting provide clear insight into key drivers, risks and opportunities. Leading, coaching and developing the Marketplace FP&A Manager and wider Finance support team in India, setting clear direction and driving high-quality, efficient outputs with an increasing focus on insight, analysis and value creation.

A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

Proven experience leading and delivering strategic priorities within large, fast-paced organisations.

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data and analysis into clear, concise and persuasive recommendations for both financial and non-financial audiences.

Strong experience collaborating with and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions.

Advanced financial analysis, modelling and scenario planning capabilities.

Demonstrable experience leading planning, forecasting and budgeting processes.

A strong commercial mindset, with the ability to evaluate trade-offs and support strategic decision-making through insightful financial analysis.

Experience developing business cases and supporting significant investment decisions.

A track record of challenging constructively and driving better business outcomes through finance business partnering.

Retail industry experience is preferred, particularly within eCommerce, digital, marketplace or online trading environments.

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