Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Permanent • Apply by 13-Nov-2025

As a Finance Business Partner (Large Stores), you will play a pivotal role in driving performance across the full breadth of the P&L. You'll identify opportunities to grow market share, unlock operational efficiencies, and support the development and delivery of new store propositions. Whether it's analysing performance, influencing strategic decisions, or partnering with stakeholders across the business, your insight will help ensure every pound counts.

What is in it for you

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• 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

You will be responsible for

1. Co-piloting Regional Directors to drive business performance

• Acting as a trusted business expert across Sales, Payroll, and cost lines, supporting budgeting, forecasting, and profitability.
• Applying commercial acumen to analysis provided by FP&A teams to generate actionable insights and decision support.
• Constructively challenging the business and recommending changes, grounded in strong financial expertise and operational understanding.
• Leading performance conversations with Regional Directors and other P&L owners to drive meaningful actions and plans.

2. Driving performance across the full breadth of KPIs (Customer, Colleague, Operational, Financial)

• Leading and coaching financial performance improvement across the region, focusing on key initiatives such as the Big 6, Cost Convergence, and Profitability.
• Building capability within regional teams to effectively manage financial challenges and KPIs.
• Communicating strategic and operational plans clearly to relevant teams.
• Understanding localised complexities and cost impacts, and mitigating these through compelling financial rationale.
• Collaborating with FP&A to ensure plans are robust and aligned across all levels-store, regional, and format.
• Guiding Regional Directors through proposed budgets, forecasts, and performance updates, including sign-off of regionally allocated KPIs (Sales, Payroll, Big 6).

3. Future-proofing the business and looking ahead

• Facilitating knowledge sharing and best practice across finance and the wider business.
• Actively participating in the finance business partnering community.
• Operating within internal control guidelines to safeguard the company's interests.
• Championing a cost-conscious culture across the organisation.
• Supporting functional initiatives aimed at driving efficiency within Tesco.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of store operations through regular engagement and visits to the large store estate.

You will need

• Qualified accountant (ACA,ACCA, CIMA or equivilent)
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, change-led environment with diverse stakeholders.
• Finance experience in driving strategic priorities in large complex organisations
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with a keen eye for trends and actionable insights.
• Influential and credible, with the ability to challenge and support in equal measure.
• Skilled in root cause analysis and problem solving.
• Effective coach, able to support colleagues with varying levels of financial knowledge.
• Clear communicator, able to articulate both the "what" and the "how".
• Proven ability to prioritise, plan, and organise effectively.

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.