Finance Transformation Manager - Sme Stock in Salford

Summary

We're looking for a Stock Subject Matter Expert to play a key role in one of the largest finance transformation programmes at M&S.

As part of our SAP S/4HANA transformation, you'll use your expertise in stock procurement, finance controls and end‑to‑end purchasing processes to help design and embed future ways of working across the business.

This is an opportunity to combine deep finance and procurement knowledge with large‑scale business transformation experience.

You’ll have the opportunity to help define how Finance and Procurement operate in the future, delivering process improvements, stronger controls and better business outcomes through one of M&S’s most significant transformation programmes.

Post the 3‑year programme there will be further projects, as M&S continues to transform and drive change, with options including the Master Data team, the Continuous Improvement team and roles in the Technology teams supporting Finance.

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 you’ll do
• Lead the design of future‑state stock procurement processes, including purchase order, goods receipting, goods issue, stock reconciliations, valuations including moving average price.
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain and Technology teams to ensure SAP S/4HANA solutions support strong financial controls, accurate inventory accounting and efficient operational processes.
• Facilitate fit‑to‑standard workshops, challenge existing ways of working and help shape process decisions that balance business requirements with SAP best practice.

Own business testing activity, including UAT, integration testing and defect resolution, ensuring solutions are fully validated before deployment.

• Support business readiness, training and change adoption, acting as a trusted SME throughout implementation and post go‑live support.
• Post the programme there will be further projects, as M&S continues to transform and drive change.

There are a variety of options including the Finance Stock team, the Continuous Improvement team and the roles in the Technology teams supporting Finance.

Who you are

• Significant experience across stock including operations and finance processes within a retail, consumer goods or complex commercial environment.
• Strong understanding of the financial impacts of stock activities, including inventory accounting, invoice matching and financial controls.
• Experience working on SAP‑enabled transformation programmes, ideally SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC or related enterprise platforms.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex business requirements into practical process and system solutions.
• Ideally a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or able to demonstrate substantial finance leadership and experience within stock processes.

What’s in it for you?

• 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.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion

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.

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