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Finance Manager - Channels Planning

Job Reference tesco/TP/4505775/587715

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Permanent
Salary:
Competitive
Working Hours:
36
Location:
Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City
Closing Date:
04/10/2020
Job Category:
Finance
Business Unit:
GB Head Office

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

  • Annual bonus scheme where you can earn up to 3.5% of base salary
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus 8 Bank holidays)
  • On-site state of the art gym at our Welwyn Campus with discounted “Gympass” membership & free health checks via Nuffield Health
  • Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
  • Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
  • Share Schemes – Join our ‘Buy As You Earn’ & ‘Save As You Earn’ share schemes after 3 months service
  • Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 3 months service
  • Colleague Discounts:
    • 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four day period, off most purchases at Tesco 
    • 10% off One Stop
    • 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile
    • 20% off all F&F purchases
    • 20% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. T&C’s apply
    • 25% off Tesco Café
    • 50% off complete glasses purchases & free eye tests (other offers available) at Vision Express
    • 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy
  • An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Shuttle Bus Service to/from Hatfield & Welwyn Garden City Station to Welwyn Campus & Hatfield Offices
  • Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme helps you deal with life’s challenges
  • Financial wellness - Tesco has partnered with experts to help you make the most of your money
  • Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-term charity partners

About the role

As Finance Manager you'll be the go to person for co-ordination of forecasts and budgets within Channels finance.  This is a key role within the team that supports the co-ordination of activities across CoE, Channel teams and UKCF.  You'll be in the centre of everything that is happening within Channels Finance, its an excellent opportunity for an individual that is looking for a breadth of understand about the work that Channels do.

You will be responsible for

  • Co-ordinate and deliver the Budget process for Channels in conjunction with the CoE team; working closely with the UK Central Finance, and Trade analysis teams and other functional finance teams
  • Create continuous improvement in the short to medium term planning process (ie in year forecast and budget); including the ability to understand the plan split across the different formats (Large, Metro, Express, Online)
  • Work alongside the Channel MDs, and Business Leaders, with their Finance Business Partners through the course of the year to deliver clarity on their forecast and how this rolls up to the overall UK forecast
  • Work with Finance teams in other function ie Product and Customer to ensure stakeholder alignment on forecast impacts 
  • Work with the Trade Analysis team; to ensure that the short to medium term forecast for Sales at an aggregate level, aligns with each Channels MDs expected performance.
  • Work closely with the CoE team to ensure that the forecast process and governance is robust and clear.  That stakeholders and finance teams have agreed and approved changes.
  • Act as a point of co-ordination between the various Finance Business partnering teams in Channels Finance and CoE to ensure consistency and clarity in processes and numbers

You will need

  • Qualified Accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA (preferred)
  • Finance experience in driving strategic priorities in large complex organisations 
  • Experience of engaging and working with senior business stakeholders
  • Highly evolved financial analysis skills
  • Understanding of the Core Tesco Business. 
  • Commercial acumen

About us

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move.  Our core purpose is ‘Serving Britain's shoppers a little better every day’.  Our business was built with a simple mission – to be the champion for customers, helping them to enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living. This hasn't changed. Customers want great products at great value which they can buy easily and it's our job to deliver this in the right way for them.  In the UK, we serve some 66 shoppers every second, so it's our goal to ensure every one of those customers experiences just a little better service on each visit.
 
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities.  We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you.  Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
 
NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.