Hybrid Senior Finance Analyst – Store Performance

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About the role

  • Senior Finance Analyst at M&S transforming store performance through data and insights. Collaborating with teams to influence business decisions and improve commercial outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with store-facing teams and retail operations, proactively supporting and challenging stakeholders to improve commercial outcomes and drive performance.
  • Deliver deep-dive analysis that answers key commercial questions, influences decision-making, and is presented clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders.
  • Stay close to weekly trade performance, translating complex data into coherent stories, trends and insights for senior leaders.
  • Own store budgeting and forecasting, collaborating across finance and non-finance teams to create robust, insight-led financial plans.
  • Lead high-impact month-end reporting, producing clear, action-oriented analysis and spending time in stores to stay connected to real operational performance.

Requirements

  • A fully qualified accountant with strong commercial acumen and an understanding of customers, competitors and industry trends.
  • Naturally curious, excited by uncovering patterns in data and translating them into meaningful business decisions.
  • Comfortable working with large datasets, with strong Excel skills and familiarity with Power Query, SQL or Python being a bonus.
  • A proactive problem solver, able to take initiative, handle ad‑hoc work, and operate without rigid routines.
  • A strong communicator, able to articulate insights clearly and engage a wide range of business partners - ideally with experience in retail or a similar fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
  • Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
  • Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
  • Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
  • Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
  • Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
  • Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
  • 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
  • One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you

Job title

Senior Finance Analyst – Store Performance

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Tech skills

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