Head of Finance - Digital
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 03 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400014518
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives 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 sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Please note, this role is based out of our London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as the Head of Finance - Digital means becoming an integral part of a dynamic and competitive industry where Finance plays a crucial role in driving and protecting the business strategy. As a pivotal partner to the Digital Leadership Team, you will have the opportunity to influence key strategic and operational decisions, shape financial performance, and drive profitable growth in the Digital businesses, particularly focusing on Grocery Online and Marketplace operations. Supported by a collaborative and innovative environment, you will lead the end-to-end financial planning cycle, provide valuable insights, and challenge the business to make informed decisions that enhance performance and drive success.
What you'll do
You will act as the primary finance partner to the Digital leadership team, influencing key strategic and operational decisions to drive the financial performance of the Digital businesses, specifically focusing on Grocery Online (GOL) and Marketplace operations to drive growth, customer engagement and profitability. You will lead the financial planning cycle, provide accurate performance reporting, offer forward-looking insights for investments, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimise commercial outcomes. Your role will involve challenging existing strategic initiatives, identifying new opportunities, and driving improvements through ad hoc analysis and strategic decision-making. Additionally, you will be responsible for designing management reporting and ensuring effective utilisation of analytical resources to support business priorities and enhance overall performance.
Who you are
You are a Professional Qualified Accountant with a proven track record of strategic financial management and commercial acumen. Your leadership skills inspire and empower your team to achieve success, while your effective communication and influencing abilities enable you to partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to drive business decisions that optimise financial performance and drive profitable growth. With a focus on challenging the status quo, prioritising effectively, and implementing strong financial controls, you play a pivotal role in shaping the financial performance of the Digital business and ensuring alignment with the overall strategic objectives of the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- Professionally qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, or CIMA
- Demonstrable experience of managing commercial relationships and influencing senior decision-makers
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including board-level, across varying degrees of financial and commercial understanding
- Track record of maintaining robust financial controls and driving financial and commercial performance
- Evidence of leading and developing teams, supporting colleagues in career progression and professional growth
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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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares).
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay 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. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
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).
