Finance Analyst - Logistics
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Transformation
Closing date: 26 June 2026
Requisition ID: 400066336
Location: London Store Support Centre & Home - colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Finance Analyst - Logistics means being part of a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation where you will play a crucial role in supporting the performance and decision-making processes within our Logistics Operations team. With the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders, drive performance, and provide valuable insights through robust financial analysis, you will be empowered to make a real impact and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
At Sainsbury's, we value your professional development and well-being, offering support, training, and a platform for you to excel and grow within the Finance division while contributing to the success of the business.
What you'll do
You will play a pivotal role in providing financial support to the Logistics Operations team, focusing on food depots, to enhance performance and drive decision-making processes. Reporting to the Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include delivering accurate and timely financial analysis, translating data into valuable business insights, and effectively communicating financial and non-financial information to stakeholders. You will actively contribute to period-end processes, financial reporting, and management reporting, offering insightful analysis and commentary to support strategic decision-making.
Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify risks and opportunities, challenge existing practises for continuous improvement, and provide ad hoc analysis to drive business enhancements, all while demonstrating strong Excel skills, commercial acumen, attention to detail, and effective communication with various stakeholders.
Who you are
You are a dedicated and part/fully qualified accountant with a strong ability to analyse data, provide valuable insights, and communicate financial information effectively to drive performance and decision-making. With your commercial acumen, attention to detail, and passion for continuous improvement, you play a crucial role in supporting the Finance Manager and stakeholders in interpreting financial data, identifying risks and opportunities, and contributing to the overall success of the business. Your self-motivation, teamwork skills, and curiosity to understand key business drivers make you a valuable asset in delivering timely and accurate financial analysis to support the logistics operations team.
Essential Criteria
- Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Demonstrable experience in period/month end - posting journals, variance analysis and reporting, as well as demonstrable budgeting and forecasting experience
- Proven ability to analyse financial and operational data using Excel and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes while meeting the expectations of both finance and business stakeholders in a changing environment
- Evidence of commercial awareness, with the ability to understand key business drivers and assess their financial impact on performance and decision-making
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders of varying levels of financial knowledge, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
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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 10% 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).
