At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape financial strategy and drive growth for M&S Brands across various sectors.
- Company: Join a storied retail business with a focus on innovation and growth.
- Benefits: Enjoy a 20% discount, competitive holidays, bonuses, and strong pension plans.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with opportunities for professional development and transformation initiatives.
- Why this job: Influence a differentiated brands platform and make a real impact in retail.
- Qualifications: Qualified Accountant with experience in complex retail environments and strategic planning.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
Overview
In this role you will shape the financial strategy for the M&S Brands unit, partnering with senior leaders to drive growth across Partner Brands, Sports, Wholesale, Consignment, and Dropship.
You’ll lead planning, budgeting and forecasting, evaluate new propositions and investments, and steer transformation to scale profitability.
You will challenge commercial plans across functions while ensuring robust governance and risk management.
This is an opportunity to influence a growth-focused, differentiated brands platform within a storied retail business.
- Pay / Benefits
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products
- competitive holiday allowance
- discretionary bonus schemes
- strong pension and life assurance
- induction and training
- M&S Choices portal benefits edge
Responsibilities
- Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting and forecasting for the Brands business to sustain sales, profit and cash growth
- Partner with senior leaders to shape investment decisions and long-term commercial strategy
- Evaluate new propositions, partnerships, acquisitions, category expansion and customer growth initiatives
- Lead business cases, profitability improvements and transformation initiatives including operating model evolution
- Provide robust commercial challenge across Buying, Merchandising, Planning, Marketing, Supply Chain, Online and Finance while maintaining governance and risk controls
- Key requirements
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent)
- Experience partnering senior stakeholders in a complex retail, consumer or commercial environment
- Strong strategic and analytical capability with track record of turning growth plans into robust outcomes
- Experience leading investment appraisals, business cases and transformation programmes with measurable value
- Strong governance, planning and performance management expertise with a growth mindset
- commercial mindset
- stakeholder engagement
- cross-functional collaboration
- financial planning and forecasting
- investment appraisal
- business case development
Senior Finance Manager - Brands employer: Marks & Spencer
Joining M&S as a Senior Technical Program Manager means becoming part of a vibrant and inclusive team dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experiences. With competitive benefits like a generous pension scheme, extensive training programmes, and a strong focus on employee wellbeing, M&S fosters a culture of growth and collaboration. Located in a dynamic environment, you'll have the opportunity to lead transformative projects while enjoying a supportive work-life balance and the chance to make a meaningful impact.
