Finance Manager, Financial Analysis

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. 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.