What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Own the end-to-end design and implementation of future-state consolidation, group reporting and external reporting processes within SAP S/4HANA.
- Lead the development of standardised, automated financial close and consolidation processes, reducing manual effort and improving reporting accuracy and governance.
- Partner with Group Finance, local finance teams, auditors and programme partners to align business requirements and drive key design decisions.
- Oversee testing, validation and business sign-off activities, ensuring the solution meets regulatory, statutory and operational reporting requirements.
- Champion organisational change by supporting training, adoption and successful transition into business-as-usual operations following launch.
Who you are
Your skills will include:
- Significant experience delivering finance transformation programmes involving SAP, ideally including S/4HANA and Group Reporting solutions.
- Strong expertise in financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliation and elimination, group reporting, and statutory reporting under IFRS.
- Proven ability to influence and engage senior business partners across Finance, Technology, Audit and Programme teams in complex environments.
- Experience leading process design, governance, testing and business readiness activities throughout large-scale transformation programmes.
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent experience, with a strong understanding of financial reporting, controls and regulatory requirements.
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
- Significant experience delivering finance transformation programmes involving SAP
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Group Reporting solutions
- Strong expertise in financial consolidation, intercompany reconciliation and elimination, group reporting, and statutory reporting under IFRS
- Proven ability to influence and engage senior business partners across Finance, Technology, Audit and Programme teams
- Experience leading process design, governance, testing and business readiness activities during large-scale transformation programmes
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or equivalent experience with strong understanding of financial reporting, controls and regulatory requirements
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.
