Financial Accountant

Found in: beBee jobs GB - 2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sainsbury UK Full time
Finance & Business Development - Financial Accountant - Balance Sheets

Why join us

Joining our Finance team at Sainsbury's provides an exciting opportunity to strengthen financial control and make a significant impact within our organisation. As a member of this dynamic team, you will have the chance to provide valuable insights, analysis, and commentary to stakeholders, influencing decisions and actions that improve our balance sheet position. With a focus on continuous improvement, collaboration, and development, we support our employees in achieving their professional goals through coaching, access to CPD, and on-the-job training. We value work-life balance, offering flexibility in how, where, and when you work, ensuring you have the time and space to enjoy life outside of work while contributing to our business objectives. Join us and be part of a team where your expertise and financial acumen will thrive, enabling you to make a difference in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

What you'll do

As a Financial Accountant, reporting to the Group Balance Sheet Manager and working within the Finance team, you will play a crucial role in strengthening financial control within the Finance Division. You will be responsible for providing insight, analysis, and commentary on balance sheet performance to stakeholders, aiming to influence and drive decisions that improve the balance sheet position. You will champion the Group Balance Sheet Reconciliation policy, identify risks and anomalies, and flag them to the Finance Manager and Senior Finance Managers for prioritization. Additionally, you will build a strong understanding of finance systems and international accounting standards to engage Finance colleagues effectively. Furthermore, you will complete bespoke analysis, collaborate with internal teams to resolve business problems, manage balance sheet reporting, and contribute to continuous improvement on reconciliations and financial control. Your role will also involve supporting business projects, running training sessions on tool usage and process improvements, and making decisions regarding the proper application of finance principles.

Who you are
  • Professionally Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA).
  • Strong Excel skills (including lookups and pivot tables) and numerical skills, with an aptitude for turning data into analysis and insight and being able to clearly articulate this through your communication.
  • Strong Oracle financials (or other ERP systems), BlackLine Financial Reporting Tool, and MS Power Bi, skills required.
  • Strong challenging skills and professional skeptism in order to analyse technical accounting and classifications of balances within reconciliations and challenge colleagues to make improvements.
  • Strong commercial acumen
  • To have a good track record of strong financial control, but also the ability to maintain such control in a fast-paced environment.
  • Team player, able to work effectively within frameworks without direct supervision
  • Effective communicator with all levels of stakeholders, including audiences of varying financial and commercial acumen
  • Self-motivated team player, able to work autonomously, prioritise with good problem-solving abilities
  • Must have a strong eye for detail and accuracy

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