Commercial FP&A Manager

The Retail Finance Commercial FP&A Manager is a key business partner to the commercial and trading teams, providing financial insight, challenge, and support to drive profitable growth across the grocery retail business. The role leads the budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis processes for commercial functions, ensuring robust financial planning and decision-making in a highly competitive Irish retail market.

You will be responsible for:

1. Business Partnering & Commercial Support

Act as a trusted advisor to commercial, buying, and trading teams, providing financial guidance on category performance, pricing, promotions, and supplier negotiations.
Support commercial initiatives with robust financial analysis, scenario modelling, and investment appraisals.
Influence decision-making by presenting clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders.

2. Financial Planning & Analysis

Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for commercial P&L lines (sales, margin, supplier income, etc.).
Deliver timely and accurate monthly performance reporting, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic planning and commercial projects.

3. Performance Management

Monitor and analyse margin performance at category, product, and supplier level.
Identify trends, variances, and root causes, recommending corrective actions to maximise profitability.
Track and report on key commercial KPIs (e.g., sales growth, margin rate, promotional effectiveness).

4. Stakeholder Engagement

Build strong relationships with commercial, finance, supply chain, and central finance teams.
Communicate complex financial information in a clear, concise manner to non-finance stakeholders.
Support cross-functional projects (e.g., range reviews, new product launches, supplier negotiations).

5. Continuous Improvement

Drive process improvements in reporting, forecasting, and analysis.
Leverage technology and data analytics to enhance insight and efficiency.
Champion best practice in commercial finance across the business.

You will need:

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with 3+ years’ post-qualification experience, ideally in retail, FMCG, or a similar fast-paced environment.
Strong commercial acumen and understanding of the Irish grocery retail market.
Advanced analytical skills, with experience in financial modelling and scenario analysis.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge and support senior stakeholders.
Proven track record in business partnering and delivering value-added insight.
Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and financial systems.
Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is an advantage.

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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:

Competitive Salary
Life Assurance
Pension Scheme*
Bonus Scheme*
Our Virtual GP service provides free and confidential access to an online GP through video GP consultations, and online prescription service for colleagues. The service is also available to families of colleagues who live at the same address for a reduced cost.
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and family members for in the moment emotional support along with free access to a range of wellbeing services supporting you under our new Wellbeing First approach of Body, Mind and Life.
Colleague Clubcard offering 10% discount across stores and online, with 15% discount weekends once a month (Friday to Sunday), and 20% off twice a year. There is also 20% off F&F clothing, all year long, these various discounts can be extended to a family member with a 2nd Clubcard available.*
Annual leave starting at 23 days
Save As You Earn Scheme*

*Entry requirements and rules of the scheme apply

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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – 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.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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 visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility