Finance Manager - Group Performance

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to join their Group Performance team. This role offers the chance to shape strategy and drive success through insightful reporting. You will collaborate with senior leaders, delivering critical analysis and presentations that inform decision-making. With a focus on financial planning and analysis, you'll enhance reporting tools and processes while working in a flexible environment that values work-life balance. Join a company that champions inclusivity and supports your growth, making a positive impact on customers and communities alike.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong accountancy qualification required for financial analysis.
• Excellent presentation skills to convey complex information.

Responsibilities

• Lead Group management accounts processes and collaborate with teams.
• Analyse key commercial drivers and deliver insights to leaders.

Skills

Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Excellent presentation skills

Advanced Excel skills

PowerPoint skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Education

Accountancy qualification

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to proactively shape strategy and drive Tesco's success, through great reporting and insight. As part of the Group Performance team, you are uniquely placed to connect the dots and build a story across the business.

Our team partners the Group Finance Leadership Team, including Group CFO, and other business leaders, to provide relevant analysis and insight, to drive understanding and decision making. You will have the opportunity to lead reporting cycles, with outputs going to both the Executive Committee and Plc Board.

What is in it for you

We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for:

• Lead the Group management accounts processes across Tesco Group.
• Collaborate with commercial and market teams to define necessary financial and non-financial inputs for each reporting cycle.
• Analyse key commercial drivers to generate insight behind changes in sales, profit, cash, capital allocations and APM metrics (net debt, EPS).
• Deliver presentations and insights to business leaders and key colleagues.
• Develop and improve reporting tools and processes to achieve outstanding FP&A.
• Ad-hoc projects and scenario evaluation to support our business leaders.

You will need:

• Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Natural curiosity to develop business understanding and challenge assumptions.
• Excellent presentation skills, capable of conveying complex information clearly to senior audiences.
• Highly motivated and organised, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Collaborative teammate with strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships across multiple teams.
• High attention to detail, with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis within a large, listed organisation is desirable.

About us

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. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.