Finance Associate - Credit Control (12 Month FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Manchester Store Support Centre, Manchester, M4 3AL
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 10 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400016905
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 Manchester Store Support Centre & Home. This is a full time position but we are open to part time/job share applications. If you are looking for part time, please state this and how many hours on your CV.
Why join us
Joining the Finance team at Sainsbury's offers a rewarding opportunity to play a crucial role in managing aged debt and ensuring accurate financial reporting. As a Finance Associate in Credit Control, you will have the chance to proactively chase debt, build strong relationships with stakeholders, and drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy. With a focus on continuous improvement and stakeholder satisfaction, you will contribute to meeting KPIs and maintaining green-rated balance sheets, while also having the support and resources to develop your skills and expertise in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
What you'll do
As a Finance Associate - Credit Control, you will play a vital role in ensuring aged debt is minimised through proactive chasing and accurate reporting and analysis of data that is shared across the team and business. Your responsibilities will include investigating and chasing debt across a diverse ledger using various systems to meet team KPIs, building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, escalating queries and engaging with stakeholders for timely resolution, updating the Aged Debt report with Notes for accurate cash collection, supporting audit deliverables and internal controls management, and ensuring process efficiency improvements are implemented. Your success will be measured by meeting debt KPIs, maintaining green-rated balance sheets, providing timely responses to queries, driving process improvements, and receiving positive stakeholder feedback, showcasing your decision-making authority in recommending process improvements to higher management. Your core skills will include basic accounting knowledge, intermediate Excel proficiency, numeracy, organisation, and strong communication skills, with desirable experience in credit control or accounts payable.
Who you are
You are a detail-oriented professional with a strong background in basic accounting and intermediate Excel skills. Your ability to proactively investigate and chase debt, build relationships with stakeholders, and drive process improvements demonstrates your commitment to meeting KPIs and ensuring accurate financial reporting. With a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement, you excel in reconciling balance sheets, resolving queries, and implementing changes to enhance operational effectiveness, all while maintaining a high level of communication and organisation in a fast-paced financial environment.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge of basic accounting principles and processes
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and familiar with other Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to work accurately with numerical data and maintain organised records
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, suitable for internal and external interactions
- Able to follow structured financial procedures, including handling invoices, credit notes, and VAT documentation
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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: Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
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 5% 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 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. 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).
