Finance Manager - Planning

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

This is an exciting opportunity to proactively shape strategy and action to drive Tesco's success, through great planning and insight. As part of the UK Central Finance FP&A team, you are uniquely placed to connect the dots and build a story across Tesco Group, including our retail businesses (UK/Central Europe/Ireland), Tesco Bank and dunnhumby. You will have the opportunity to lead planning cycles, with outputs going to both the Executive Committee and Plc Board.

• Working collaboratively with a wide array of colleagues to define the necessary inputs, both financial and non-financial, that will be required for the annual budget & long term plan cycle.
• Deliver presentations for the Executive Committee and Plc Board, and partner key colleagues to provide accompanying insight.
• Conduct analysis of key commercial drivers to generate insight behind changes in sales, profit, cash, capital allocations and other metrics.
• Proactively look for opportunities to develop planning tools and processes, to deliver outstanding FP&A.
• Ad-hoc projects and scenario evaluation to support our business leaders.

• Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Natural curiosity to develop business understanding and challenge assumptions.
• Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner suitable for a senior audience.
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience in a large, listed organisation is desirable.
• Collaborative approach with an ability to develop open working relationships with cross functional teams.
• High attention to detail, strong Excel and visualisation skills (mainly PowerPoint).

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We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 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 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• 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

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.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. 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.