Senior Finance Manager - Commercial International

Summary

At M&S, we’re transforming our international business, and our franchise partnerships are at the heart of that ambition. We’re looking for a Senior Finance Manager for Franchise Partnerships to play a pivotal role in driving profitable, sustainable growth across Asia, MENA, and Europe.

This is a high-impact, highly visible role where you will partner with senior leaders, influence strategic decisions, and help reshape how we collaborate with our global partners. If you’re commercially curious, analytically sharp, and thrive on making a difference, this is your opportunity.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What you’ll do 

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Own and lead the financial performance of franchise partnerships across budgeting, forecasting, balance sheet, reporting, and controls, while developing robust financial models and ensuring strong governance across agreements, policies, and compliance

• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain, and Legal/Compliance teams to structure new deals, renegotiate agreements, and support and challenge Joint Business Plans to drive value

• Deliver clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders to optimise profitability and cash flow, using strong commercial judgement and a solution-focused approach

• Monitor key KPIs including revenue, margin, and returns, leading weekly trade analysis, producing high-quality monthly and quarterly reporting, and using data to identify risks and opportunities

• Lead financial input into strategic growth initiatives including due diligence, pricing strategies, royalty structures, and incentive frameworks, while continuously improving financial processes, reporting, and controls

Who you are 

Your skills and experience will include:

• A qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CA) with extensive post-qualification experience

• Proven experience in business partnering, ideally within retail or FMCG, with a strong track record of driving revenue growth and delivering commercial outcomes

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and challenge at senior levels

• Excellent analytical skills with confidence working with complex data sets

• A proactive, forward-thinking mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

• A natural collaborator who brings curiosity, tenacity, and courage to everything they do

   

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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