Finance Analyst - Supply Chain Transformation

Marks and Spencer plc (UK); Kegworth; Ibrido; GBP 55.000 - 85.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension

Induction and training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Descrizione del lavoro

Marks & Spencer plc (UK) is seeking a commercially minded Senior Finance Analyst to join the Supply Chain Transformation Finance team. You will evaluate major investment opportunities, challenge assumptions and build compelling business cases to ensure transformative projects deliver tangible value.

You’ll partner with senior stakeholders across Logistics, Transformation and Finance to shape decisions on warehouse automation, transport networks and future operating models.

Competenze

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate complex analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Experience challenging business cases and investment proposals.

Mansioni

• Support financial evaluation of major supply chain investments across warehouse capacity, automation, technology, transport, returns and future network design.
• Build and maintain robust financial models and business cases; analyse capex, costs, cash flow, benefits and investment performance.
• Deliver investment appraisal analyses including NPV, IRR, payback and sensitivity modelling to guide decisions and prioritisation.

Conoscenze

Financial modelling

Investment appraisal

Stakeholder influence

Data analysis

Strumenti

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

• Supporting the financial evaluation of major supply chain investments across warehouse capacity, automation, technology, transport, returns and future network design.
• Building and maintaining robust financial models and business cases, analysing capex, operating costs, cash flow, benefits and investment performance.
• Delivering investment appraisal analysis including NPV, IRR, payback and sensitivity modelling to support strategic decision‑making and capital prioritisation.
• Partnering with cross‑functional teams to challenge costs, benefits, risks and timelines, ensuring investment cases are robust and evidence based.
• Tracking delivery of project benefits, driving continuous improvement initiatives and helping ensure transformational investments generate measurable financial outcomes.
  You'll be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong commercial acumen and a genuine interest in driving business performance through strategic investment and transformation. You'll be comfortable working with large datasets, building financial models and translating complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience developing and challenging business cases and investment proposals.
• Strong financial modelling and investment appraisal capability, including NPV, IRR and sensitivity analysis.
• The confidence to influence and challenge stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Experience within supply chain, logistics, retail, FMCG, infrastructure, technology or other capital-intensive environments.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to improve reporting, processes and decision-making through data, automation and technology.

At M&S, we're transforming our Fashion, Home & Beauty business to become a bigger, more profitable and truly omnichannel retailer. With ambitious plans to grow online sales and modernise our operations, our Supply Chain & Logistics team is at the heart of that transformation.

We're looking for a commercially minded Senior Finance Analyst to join our Supply Chain Transformation Finance team. In this role, you'll partner with senior stakeholders across Logistics, Transformation and Finance to evaluate major investment opportunities, challenge assumptions, build compelling business cases and ensure transformative projects deliver sustainable value for the business. You'll play a key role in shaping decisions around warehouse automation, transport networks, technology investment and future supply chain operating models. 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.

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

• 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

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.