Summary
Are you a commercially minded finance professional with a passion for retail and e-commerce? Join M&S as a Brands Finance Manager, where you’ll take ownership of the financial performance of Sports at M&S, including The Sports Edit and Goodmove.
This is a high-impact role where you’ll work closely with senior stakeholders to drive profitable growth, deliver accurate reporting, and champion financial best practices across our third-party brands.
At M&S, our Fashion, Home & Beauty business is all about delivering style, quality, and value that our customers trust. From everyday essentials to standout pieces, we’re reshaping our ranges to reflect modern lifestyles and evolving tastes.
We’re also growing our appeal through a curated selection of third-party brands, making our offer more relevant and inspiring. With a focus on innovation, sustainability, and customer-first thinking, we’re building a confident, future-ready business.
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
Your key accountabilities will include
* Own the end-to-end P&L for Sports at M&S, supporting leadership to hit sales, profit, stock, and cash targets.
* Develop customer economics models to inform strategic decisions (e.g. acquisition costs, retention).
* Lead on forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning for the category.
* Collaborate with Buying, Merchandising, and Planning to streamline operations and reduce complexity.
* Drive continuous improvement and support the transition of operational finance to our Business Service Centre.
* Ensure strong financial controls and identify risks and opportunities across the business.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include
* Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, or ACCA)
* Experience in finance, ideally within retail or e-commerce
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* High attention to detail and a proactive mindset
* Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
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.
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.