Finance manager в FP&A

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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