Finance manager in retail

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Retail Finance in a broad and commercially influential Senior Finance Manager role, giving you exposure to the performance and transformation of one of the UK's leading retailers. You'll take ownership of FP&A and cost management across UK Retail, partnering closely with the Retail Leadership Team to drive stronger commercial decision-making, cost control and delivery of the Retail transformation plan. Managing two Finance colleagues, you'll combine strong financial leadership with commercial insight and influence across Retail, Property, Food and Fashion, Home & Beauty.

• Lead the FP&A cycle for UK Retail, taking ownership of quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting and the longer-term three-year plan, ensuring outputs are efficient, accurate and provide meaningful insight for senior stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted commercial partner to the Retail Leadership Team, providing challenge and insight across cost control, strategy and cost-out initiatives, helping shape both immediate decisions and the future Retail cost base.
• Own reporting and analysis across Retail costs and performance, identifying trends, assessing trials and initiatives, and driving greater understanding of margin and profitability through weekly reporting, monthly store P&Ls and contribution KPIs.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider business, working closely with Property, Food and Fashion, Home & Beauty Finance, Group FP&A and the Retail Leadership Team to ensure a joined-up approach to financial planning and decision-making.
• Lead, develop and empower your team, supporting two Finance colleagues while working with the MI team to continuously improve reporting, increase efficiency and provide better information to support business decisions.

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong commercial finance experience and the confidence to operate at Senior Finance Manager level in a large, complex organisation.
• A strong commercial business partner who can translate complex financial information into clear recommendations, constructively challenge senior stakeholders and communicate effectively with both Finance and non-Finance audiences.
• Highly analytical with strong FP&A capability, comfortable getting under the detail of a significant cost base, identifying trends and opportunities and using insight to influence commercial decisions.
• An experienced and engaging people leader, able to develop a commercially focused Finance team while collaborating effectively across a broad network of Finance and business stakeholders.
• Confident working with financial data and reporting tools, with advanced Excel skills and experience of Power BI.
• Будет плюсом: Retail and FP&A experience would be particularly valuable; Knowledge of Business Objects and SAP would be an advantage

• 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.
• 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