At a Glance
- Tasks: Support finance activities, ensuring accurate reporting and continuous improvement.
- Company: Join M&S, a leading retailer with a focus on innovation and inclusivity.
- Benefits: Enjoy a 20% discount, competitive holidays, and full study support for your qualifications.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to making positive change in retail.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance while developing your skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with strong Excel skills; experience with SAP is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
Summary
Are you looking to build your finance career in a role that offers variety, exposure and the opportunity to make a real impact?
We're looking for a two Finance Analysts to join our Corporate Controllership team, supporting both our Property and Intercompany finance activities.
This is an opportunity to work at the heart of a fast-paced finance function.
You will partner with collaborators across the business to ensure robust financial control, accurate reporting, and continuous improvement.
Whether you're developing your professional qualification or looking to broaden your experience, you'll play a key role in helping us deliver high-quality financial information that supports better decision-making across M&S.
What you'll do
Your key accountabilities will include
- Delivering key financial control, reconciliation and reporting activities across Property and Intercompany, ensuring transactions are accurate, complete and well-governed.
- Preparing and reviewing journals, accruals, prepayments and other accounting adjustments to support monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
- Completing balance sheet reconciliations, investigating variances and resolving outstanding items while providing meaningful commentary and insight.
- Partnering with internal and external customers, including Property teams, Intercompany partners and Finance colleagues, to solve problems and improve processes.
- Finding opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate finance processes, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the team.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include
- Part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, with strong Excel skills; experience of SAP, Black Line or Power BI would be an advantage.
- A good understanding of financial accounting principles, including journals, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work through complex data, investigate issues and draw clear conclusions.
- Confident business partner management skills and the ability to build positive working relationships across finance and non-finance teams.
- Excellent organisation and attention to detail, able to manage several priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
What's in it for you?
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
- 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
- Full study support for CIMA/ACCA
- 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.
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Finance Analyst - Intercompany/Property in Manchester employer: Marks and Spencer
Marks and Spencer is an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration, particularly within the Corporate HR technology team. Employees benefit from a supportive environment that prioritises professional growth and development, alongside competitive remuneration and benefits. Working in a dynamic location, you will have the opportunity to lead impactful projects that enhance the colleague experience throughout their journey with the company.
