Commercial Finance Manager - Food - Impulse & Events (City of London)

Summary

Are you a strategic finance professional looking to make an impact in a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment? We are seeking a dedicated individual to join our Commercial Food Finance team focusing on Impulse & Events (Ambient), where you'll play a crucial role in shaping key business decisions, driving profitability, and providing data-driven insights that influence commercial success.

You will be responsible for delivering value-added analysis, financial governance, and performance insights to support business leaders in making informed decisions. You will work across various commercial functions, ensuring that budgets, forecasts, and critical initiatives are well-executed.

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.

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Financial Business Partnering: Collaborate with trading and commercial teams to provide insights into financial performance, budget planning, and forecasting.
• Strategic Analysis: Review sales trends and cost structures to identify risks, opportunities, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Supplier Income Management: Track and influence supplier agreements, ensuring maximum value for M&S.
• Pricing & Promotions: Support commercial decisions around product pricing, space usage, and promotional effectiveness.
• Performance Tracking: Provide commercial analysis on revenue, profit, and investment decisions to senior stakeholders.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA) with strong analytical and strategic skills.
• Commercial finance experience in Retail or FMCG, with a solid understanding of sales to gross profit.
• Ability to challenge, support, and influence commercial decisions with data-driven insights.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working cross-functionally.
• A proactive mindset, eager to drive improvements and strategic initiatives.

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.