Finance Manager - The Sports Edit

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Job Description

Summary
At The Sports Edit, we are on a mission to become Europe's leading curator of premium women's activewear, transforming lives through fitness. We proudly feature exciting brands like Nike, Adidas, On Running, and Veja, alongside specialized names like Varley, and Girlfriend Collective.

We are seeking a dynamic Finance Manager who is able to provide commercial challenge while acting as a trusted business partner. Thriving in fast-paced environments, you will expertly juggle multiple demands and prioritize effectively.

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

• End-to end P&L ownership for both the Sports Edit on M&S and thesportsedit.com, supporting the leadership team to deliver sales, profit, stock and cash targets.
• Understand key sales, margin and profitability drivers and pro-actively undertake analysis to support driving profitable sales and maximise profit. Ownership for all forecast, budget and strategic outputs, supporting on insight to the leadership team.
• Producing monthly management reports, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries.
• Leading, managing, developing and coaching the Management Accountant supporting The Sports Edit team.
• Championing continuous improvement and key finance lead in transitioning operational finance to our Business Service Centre. Protecting value through strong controllership and understand risks and opportunities, collaborating with wider team to ensure financial controls are in place.

Who you are
Your skills and experience will include

• Qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Experience in working within a small finance team ideally within retail or e-commerce
• Good communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to think logically and carry out analysis of information
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive acumen to rectify issues independently

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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