Summary
This is a high-profile opportunity to join Group Finance and play a key role in shaping the financial outlook of M&S. As Senior Finance Manager, FP&A, you’ll lead Group-wide planning, forecasting and performance insight, bringing together a clear view of profit, cash and working capital to help senior leaders make informed strategic decisions.
Working closely with the CFO, CEO, Finance Directors and wider leadership teams, you’ll turn complex financial information into clear, actionable insight, provide constructive challenge and help shape decisions across performance, investment, capital allocation and other strategic priorities.
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:
- Lead Group performance and insight, bringing together month-end reporting across P&L, costs and cash flow and translating performance, trends and emerging issues into clear, actionable insight for senior leadership.
- Own Group planning and forecasting, leading the forecasting, Budget and long-term planning agenda and creating an integrated view of profit, cash and working capital while challenging assumptions, risks and opportunities.
- Shape our financial outlook, connecting actual performance with the forward view and maintaining a clear perspective on financial trajectory, risks and opportunities to support senior decision-making.
- Provide strategic financial insight, leading analysis across cash flow, working capital, capital allocation and shareholder returns, alongside modelling for key Group and CFO priorities including cost-out and investment decisions.
- Lead, influence and develop, partnering across Finance and the wider business while coaching and developing the Group FP&A team and continually raising the standard of planning, reporting and insight.
Who you are
- A qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent, with strong FP&A or commercial finance experience gained within a complex organisation.
- A commercially curious finance professional with an excellent understanding of the drivers behind P&L, cash and business performance, and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.
- A strong analyst and storyteller, able to take complex financial information and modelling and turn it into simple, compelling insight and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- An effective partner and influencer who can build credibility across Finance and the wider business, navigate ambiguity and confidently engage and challenge at senior levels.
- An experienced people leader, able to coach and develop others, create a collaborative and high-performing team environment and continually improve ways of working.
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 ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent certification
- Strong FP&A or commercial finance experience in a complex organisation
- Strong understanding of P&L, cash, and business performance drivers
- Ability to analyse and communicate complex financial information and modelling as clear recommendations
- Ability to build credibility, influence stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and challenge senior leaders
- Experience coaching and developing people and building high-performing 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.
