Finance Manager - Digital & Technology - Fashion Beauty and Online

Summary

We’re transforming our Fashion, Home & Beauty (FH&B) and Online businesses — and our Digital & Technology teams sit right at the heart of that journey. As Finance Manager, you’ll be the key finance partner shaping how we invest, deliver value, and drive performance across these strategic areas.

This is a broad, high‑impact role with visibility across multi‑year transformation programmes, giving you the opportunity to influence decisions at pace and support the future growth of some of our most exciting customer‑facing areas.

As the finance lead for Digital & Technology across FH&B and Online, you’ll partner closely with senior business and D&T leaders to provide strategic financial insight, drive commercial challenge, and help shape the portfolio of change. From investment appraisal to performance tracking and long‑term planning, you’ll ensure we make the right choices for customers, colleagues, and shareholders.

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:

• Lead finance partnering for D&T across FH&B and Online, providing commercial insight, strategic analysis, and challenge to guide investment decisions and optimise cost, resourcing, and partner spend.
• Appraise and track business cases and inflight initiatives (OKRs, KPIs, risks, benefits), playing an active role in programme governance, Steercos, and post‑implementation reviews.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, long‑term planning, monthly R&Os, and performance reporting, creating forward‑looking analysis, clear insights, and actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
• Coordinate month‑end and ensure strong financial control, including capex/opex review, capitalisation processes, and accurate financial rigour across all deliverables.
• Work cross‑functionally with FH&B and Online Finance teams to model benefits, integrate initiatives into future plans, horizon‑scan for risks and opportunities, and coach the Senior Finance Analyst.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Qualified accountant
• Experience in Technology Finance and/or Retail is desirable
• Excellent attention to detail with a curious, analytical mindset
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including interaction at senior/exec level
• Ability to work collaboratively while operating independently when needed
• Comfortable challenging constructively and driving change
• Able to work at pace and manage multiple priorities

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

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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