Senior Finance Manager - FP&A - Fashion, Home & Beauty
Senior Finance Manager - FP&A - Fashion, Home & Beauty
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.
As part of the finance team, you’ll help shape strategic decisions, drive profitability, and support innovation across one of the UK’s most iconic retail businesses.
We’re looking for a commercially savvy and strategically minded Senior Finance Manager to lead financial planning and performance for our Fashion, Home & Beauty business. This is a high-impact role where you’ll partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Logistics, Retail, Property, Marketing, Digital, and Technology to drive insight, shape strategy, and support decision-making.
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’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.
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include
* Own the full planning cycle: forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning.
* Lead financial reporting, including period-end close and KPI tracking.
* Shape the narrative for Investor Relations and produce monthly leadership packs.
* Drive strategic business reviews and collaborate on market, customer, and product strategies.
* Lead finance transformation initiatives in data, analytics, and reporting.
* Manage relationships with external auditors and internal service teams.
* Develop and mentor a team of six, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
* Act as a key voice in the Fashion, Home & Beauty leadership team, deputising for the Head of Finance when needed.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include
* Qualified accountant with strong commercial acumen.
* Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
* Strong understanding of governance, controls, and financial reporting.
* Experience leading change and transformation in a fast-paced environment.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at senior levels.
* A collaborative leader with a passion for developing talent
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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* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Finance
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Retail
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