What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement and exceptional business partner service.
- Own the end-to-end stock finance process, ensuring robust controls, accurate reporting, effective reconciliations and a seamless period-end close.
- Drive automation and process improvement initiatives, reducing manual activity and enhancing efficiency, control and colleague experience.
- Partner with team members across the business to resolve complex stock-related issues, identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
- Generate actionable insights from financial and operational data, helping improve stock management, working capital performance and business decision-making.
Who you are
Your skills will include:
- Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of stock accounting, Record to Report processes and financial controls.
- Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop and inspire teams to deliver outstanding results.
- Strong process improvement approach, with experience crafting, standardising and optimising end-to-end finance processes.
- Excellent analytical and systems capability,
- Proficient in SAP
- Excel and finance technologies such as Power BI, BlackLine or automation tools.
- Confident business partner management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build strong relationships across Finance and non-Finance teams.
What’s in it for you?
Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.
Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:
- 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
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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Skills Required
- Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of stock accounting, Record to Report processes, and financial controls
- Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and inspiring teams
- Experience crafting, standardising, and optimising end-to-end finance processes
- Excellent analytical and systems capability
- Proficiency in SAP
- Proficiency in Excel and finance technologies such as Power BI, BlackLine, or automation tools
- Strong business partnering and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships across Finance and non-Finance teams
What We Do
At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us. For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do. Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action. We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future. Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.
