Finance Manager - Group FP&A

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Joining the M&S Group Finance team means being at the heart of one of the UK's most iconic retailers at a genuinely exciting point in its transformation. You'll work alongside experienced, collaborative finance leaders who value curiosity, pace and positive challenge, and who play a direct role in shaping strategic decisions at Group level. This is a team where your insight will influence how the business allocates capital, manages cash and plans for the long term, with real exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to build a broad, high impact finance career.

As Finance Manager - Group FP&A, you'll play a critical role in driving Group business performance through strong financial insight, rigour and forward looking analysis. Sitting within Group Finance, the role focuses heavily on cashflow, working capital and long term planning
, supporting senior leadership with clear, credible and actionable financial insight.

If you're motivated by purpose, scale and the chance to make a visible difference, Group Finance at M&S offers both the challenge and the platform to grow.

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.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Planning & forecasting: Deliver monthly reforecasts, annual budgets and 5 year strategic plans, owning the free cashflow forecast, variance analysis and continuous improvement of models in close partnership with BU FP&A teams
• Reporting & control: Produce and enhance month end Group packs with strong cashflow and working capital insight, ensuring rigorous financial control and consistent application of Group accounting policies across CFO, Investor Relations and Communications outputs
• Systems & data integrity: Support Group finance reporting and ExCo reporting improvements, taking accountability for right first time delivery, data integrity and consistent, high quality outputs
• Analysis & evaluation: Build, structure and present ad hoc financial models and evaluations for senior finance leadership, translating complex data into clear, actionable insight and recommendations
• Leadership, governance & collaboration: Contribute actively to the M&S Plc finance community, deputise for the Senior Finance Manager as required, support analyst development, and deliver Remuneration Committee papers, including share scheme vesting calculations and related financial analysis

Your skills and experience will include:

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with post qualification experience, ideally in FP&A or a highly analytical finance role
  , operating in fast paced environments
• Results driven, hands on finance professional with strong end to end ownership, able to prioritise effectively and deliver under pressure
• Highly analytical
  , comfortable working with complex and imperfect data sets to generate clear insight and well reasoned recommendations
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate challenges, shape forward looking insight and challenge existing approaches with intellectual curiosity
• Compelling communicator
  , able to translate financial analysis into a clear narrative for senior finance and non finance stakeholders, with experience using Power BI and financial systems

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…