Finance Business Partner

About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a strategic Finance Business Partner who will work closely with the Finance, People and Transformation Directors, working in the heart of our Head Office.

You will work with the People and Finance leadership teams to support delivery of our Save to Invest plan, a key pillar of our group strategy, and crafting the strategy for their Transformation programmes.

You will be responsible for
- Providing big picture thinking through insight & analysis to assist in identifying and addressing key opportunities and risks to meeting or exceeding planned S2I targets.
- Delivery of the People, Finance and Transformation programmes' forecast, long term plan and budget.
- Use commercial savviness to provide input into Transformation business case/investment reviews e.g. financial modelling, to ensure valuable initiatives are prioritised.
- Building strong working relationships and trust across the teams.
- 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
- Working closely with the FP&A team and Technology team to ensure integrity of financial reporting and forecasting.
- Find new opportunities and drive actions that deliver these opportunities through insightful analysis.

You will need
- Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Excellent at building relationships with colleagues at various levels, utilising strong communication skills
- Experience in effectively managing expectations and prioritisation, as well as willingness to challenge senior colleagues who have a lot of experience in their field
- Great teammate - the People 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.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

What’s in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work These include but aren’t limited to:

- Annual bonus scheme
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus 8 Bank holidays)
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues