Finance Business Partner

5 months ago


Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

About the role
We are looking for a strategic business partner to the People, Finance and Transformation Directors, working in the heart of our Head Office.

You will work closely with the People and Finance leadership teams to support delivery of our Save to Invest plan, a key pillar of our group strategy, and the transformation team crafting the business case for the People and Finance Transformation programmes. There are also opportunities for broader project work across Group Procurement and Channels Finance.

You will be responsible for
- Supporting the People and Finance Leadership teams in their delivery of savings targets and management of their cost base.
- Partnering with various senior colleagues to develop robust business cases. Building and maintaining strong working relationships aross a broad colleague base
- Working closely with the FP&A team and Technology team to ensure integrity of financial reporting and forecasting.
- Adding value - you will provide big picture thinking through insight & analysis to assist in identifying and addressing key opportunities and risks to meeting or exceeding planned savings targets.
- Development of business cases for People, Finance and Transformation programmes including, but not limited to, workforce of the future and building a digital colleague experience.
- Providing input into Transformation investment reviews e.g. financial modelling, to ensure value-add initiatives are prioritised.
- Communicating accurate information and messaging effectively plus managing complex conversations to influence others in reaching positive outcomes.
- Ensuring robust control and compliance applied to Head Office activities. To contribute to the safeguarding of assets, management of risks and the reliability of reporting.
- Opportunity to lead ad-hoc projects across Group Procurement and Channels Finance.

You will need
- An accountancy qualification - CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent
- Excellence at building relationships with multiple colleagues, utilising strong communication skills. Willingness to challenge colleagues who have a lot of experience in their field
- Experience in effectively managing expectations and prioritisation
- To be a team player - the Transformation programmes impact multiple cost lines and therefore collaboration is key

About us
Our vision 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 our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

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. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
- A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning



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