Finance Manager - Digital & Tech

M&S; Salford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Salford seeks an experienced finance professional to lead a team and own financial operations. The role involves strategic financial leadership and collaboration across business areas. Candidates should have strong accounting qualifications and a proven track record in managing finance teams. Benefits include a colleague discount, competitive holiday allowance, and well-being support.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Exclusive perks via M&S Choices portal

Market-leading family policies

24/7 wellbeing support

One paid volunteer day per year

Qualifications

• Strong post-qualification experience, ideally in tech or transformation environments.
• Ability to influence senior business partners and navigate complexity.
• Experience collaborating with outsourced providers and digital teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals.
• Own the financial operations ensuring timely resolution of tasks.
• Drive actionable financial data insights for decision-making.
• Manage priorities across multiple business partners.
• Champion automation and process optimisation.

Skills

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Proven leadership in managing finance teams

Strong business partnering skills

Skilled in managing conflicting priorities

Control-focused with continuous improvement mindset

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Job Description

What You'll Be Doing

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead and develop a team of 5+ finance professionals, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery.
• Own the financial operations, ensuring the large volume of tasks and queries are managed effectively, within a timely resolution, and aligned to the monthly timetable, which will be key to successful delivery
• Partner closely with D&T Finance (London) and Finance Operations, controllership for financial activities for D&T, working collaboratively across all business areas, driving clear financial data into actionable insights that support decision-making and drive performance.
• Manage conflicting priorities across multiple business partners, balancing strategic goals with operational needs while maintaining financial control.
• Support transformation initiatives, ensuring financial governance and standardised processes are embedded across key projects and programmes.
• Champion automation and process optimisation, using systems and tools to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong post-qualification experience, ideally in tech or transformation environments
• Proven leadership in managing and developing finance teams with a focus on coaching and performance.
• Strong business partnering and communication skills, able to influence senior business partners and navigate complexity.
• Skilled in managing conflicting priorities and driving alignment in fast-paced, cross-functional settings.
• Control-focused with a continuous improvement approach, and experience collaborating with outsourced providers and digital teams.

What's in it for you?

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.