Senior Finance Manager driving store performance and profitability at M&S. Collaborating with various retail teams to optimize reporting and enhance commercial decision-making.
Responsibilities
Improve store profitability through actionable, data-led insight, identifying trends, risks and cost drivers, and shaping commercial and operational decision-making across Retail.
Partner cross-functionally with Food and Fashion, Home & Beauty, leading performance deep dives and surfacing key themes for divisional and Retail Leadership reviews.
Elevate store reporting and P&L understanding, setting the vision for reporting improvements, driving monthly CMR enhancements, and supporting robust planning and performance targets.
Strengthen store capability and reputation management, spending time in stores, presenting at regional meetings, upskilling leaders on end-to-end profit, and supporting analysis across waste, loss and operational performance.
Lead people, innovation and continuous improvement, developing a high-performing analyst, driving automation and digitisation of financial processes, and sharing best practice across the wider finance community.
Requirements
Robust financial and technical expertise, including being a fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA)
Strong budgeting and forecasting skills, and confidence in financial planning and analysis.
Strong commercial business partnering experience (ideally Retail or FMCG), with excellent commercial acumen, a solid understanding of retail market drivers, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
High data fluency, including handling large datasets, data visualisation, advanced Excel capability (essential), and desirable experience with Power Query or SQL.
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to create impact at all levels, lead with a proactive, solutions-driven mindset, and develop high-performing teams.
A strong grasp of finance processes and controls, including business case appraisal, governance, system understanding, and the agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities.
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
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