Finance Manager – Financial and Technical Reporting Argos

Sainsbury's; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pensions scheme

Life cover

Private healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts

Job summary

Sainsbury's is seeking a Finance Manager for Financial and Technical Reporting in London/Coventry/Manchester. You will own the consolidated statements, manage entity submissions and intercompany eliminations, and partner with Audit to ensure robust reporting and compliance.

You will lead the annual report and statutory financial statements, develop accounting papers for complex transactions, and drive improvements across close processes and systems while coaching junior staff.

Qualifications

• Owns delivery of accurate consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Manages legal entity submissions, consolidation adjustments, intercompany eliminations and FX translations.
• Leads annual report and statutory financial statements preparation.
• Prepares technical accounting papers with guidance, judgments and financial impacts.
• Coordinates external audit and supports Board, shareholders and lenders.
• Champions improvements to close processes, controls and reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of accurate, timely consolidated financial statements and reporting packs.
• Manage legal entity submissions, consolidation adjustments, intercompany eliminations and FX translations.
• Lead annual report and statutory financial statements preparation.
• Prepare accounting papers with guidance and judgments and recommended treatment.
• Coordinate external audit and support Board, lenders and governance materials.
• Improve close processes and reporting controls across the finance function.

Skills

Group consolidation ownership

UK statutory reporting

Technical accounting papers

Audits coordination

Leadership / coaching

Education

ACA qualification

Job description

Location: London, Coventry or Manchester Store Support Centre & Home – colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you here at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not leading projects, we’re supporting teams across the wider group to achieve their goals. And here, you can see the impact of your work as soon as you walk into a store, giving 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 scale and complexity of our business mean there’s always something new to learn, and we’ll support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen.

About The Team

The Financial Reporting team protects the integrity of consolidated financial reporting across Argos. The team leads periodic and year-end consolidation, statutory reporting, technical accounting and accounting policy, providing high-quality financial information to senior management, the Board, shareholders, lenders and external auditors. This is a central Finance role with visibility across the business and the opportunity to influence strategic decisions through clear, reliable reporting and practical technical advice.

More About The Role

As Finance Manager – Financial and Technical Reporting, you will own delivery of accurate, timely consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules and reporting packs. You will manage legal entity submissions, consolidation and acquisition adjustments, intercompany eliminations and foreign exchange translations, while maintaining clear close ownership and effective reporting controls.

You will lead the preparation of the annual report and statutory financial statements, act as the technical accounting lead on significant transactions and prepare clear accounting papers covering guidance, judgements, financial impacts and recommended treatment. Your work will also include maintaining accounting policies, monitoring reporting developments, coordinating the external audit and supporting Board, shareholder and lender materials. Alongside partnering with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal and operational teams, you will improve close and reporting processes through systems, standardisation and automation, and coach the Financial Accountant.

More About You

You will be a qualified accountant with demonstrable experience of Group consolidation, UK-adopted international accounting standards and UK statutory reporting. You will be able to apply technical guidance to complex or material transactions and communicate the accounting implications in concise, commercially relevant language. Experience of significant transactions or business change will help you identify issues early and support informed decisions.

You will combine technical judgement with a hands-on approach to delivery. You will be comfortable coordinating demanding reporting timetables, working with auditors and senior stakeholders, and maintaining accuracy when priorities compete. You will also bring evidence of coaching or managing others, setting clear priorities and improving reporting processes, controls or systems.

• ACA qualification, or an equivalent recognised professional accountancy qualification.
• Demonstrable experience of owning Group consolidation, including legal entity submissions, consolidation adjustments, intercompany eliminations and consolidated financial statement preparation.
• Practical knowledge of UK-adopted international accounting standards, the Companies Act and UK statutory reporting requirements, evidenced through preparation or review of statutory financial statements.
• Evidence of preparing technical accounting papers for complex or material transactions, setting out relevant guidance, judgements, financial impacts and a recommended treatment.
• Proven experience of managing an external audit or Group reporting timetable and coaching or managing at least one finance colleague.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give 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).