Senior Finance Manager - Clothing & Home - FP&A

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Job Description

Summary
The successful candidate will lead Clothing and Home FP&A by providing guidance and direction through planning, insight and analysis working with Finance colleagues across the business in Logistics, Retail, Property, Marketing Data & Digital and Technology.

The role requires the individual to demonstrate a commercial mindset and awareness, an understanding of how the business unit operates, including the challenges, opportunities and risks that it faces. Working with multiple stakeholders (Finance & non-Finance), the role will ensure current and future performance is understood communicated 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

• Full ownership of the planning cycle including regular forecasting, annual Budget and longer-term planning across the whole of Clothing & Home. Leading Finance transformation for Clothing & Home in data, analytics, and reporting
• Lead on business and financial planning processes, including Strategic Integrated Business planning. Full accountability of financial reporting including period end close and key performance indicators
• Responsibility for the Investor Relations materials to support the Clothing & Home narrative
• Work alongside Strategy and Customer Insights in developing and integrating the Market, Customer and Product strategies
• Developing talent in Clothing & Home Finance including leading a team of six and driving continuous improvement in financial leadership and direction for the business unit

Who you are
Your skills and experience will include

• Qualified Accountant
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, business appraisal and analysis, and an understanding of governance and controls
• Effectively led change and transformation
• Can communicate with impact to senior management, business partners and wider finance teams
• Experience leading and developing a team

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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