Senior Change Manager - Finance
Sainsbury'sPlease note: This is a part-time, 18.5-hour-per-week fixed-term contract for 12 months based at our London Store Support Centre and home.
About the team
As part of the Finance team embedded in the Core Commercial Transformation programme, you’ll be working in one of the most dynamic areas of Sainsbury’s, supporting in becoming a market leading, innovative retailer who delivers exceptional solutions for our customers and colleagues. This is one of the most ambitious change programmes Sainsbury’s will ever deliver, and you will be an integral part of planning and delivering the change to the finance business teams.
More about the role
The Senior Change Manager will have an accounting or finance operations background and form part of an embedded finance function within Commercial Transformation, focusing on our adoption of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This role is critical in effectively landing our next generation of technology assets that integrate, automate and optimise processes and systems across the business driving efficiency and a world-class customer experience.
Day-to-day, you will define, own and deliver Change Management methodologies for technology assets into finance functions, develop change plans, facilitate workshops, and produce high-quality materials. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including Project Managers, Product Owners, and SMEs to ensure successful delivery.
More about you
You will have demonstrated experience in Change Management methods and practices, excellent facilitation skills, and the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels. You should be highly organised, able to prioritise effectively, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
You will be proactive, collaborative, and adaptable, with a strong attention to detail and a drive to inspire those around you. You will role model positive and agile ways of working and bring a new perspective to initiatives, challenging the status quo and identifying opportunities to improve.
Essential criteria
- Proven experience delivering large-scale and complex change initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
- Considerable financial operations and accounting experience (accounting qualification desirable but not essential)
- Experience in implementing ERP systems from inception to adoption and hyper care (Experience with Oracle or SAP is desirable)
- Demonstrable knowledge of Change Management frameworks (e.g., ADKAR, Prosci, Kotter).
- Ability to produce high-quality change materials including presentations and training content.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills across all organizational levels.
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Responsibilities
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.
Qualifications
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).