Finance manager in digital and technology

Marks & Spencer Plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Holiday allowance

Bonus schemes

Pension plan

Induction and training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer plc is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with senior leaders in Data & AI, Sparks, Loyalty and Financial Services. You will lead budgeting, forecasting and planning, assess investment proposals, and deliver insights that drive growth and measurable value across major programmes.

You will build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, challenge commercial assumptions, and ensure governance and financial control across transformative initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance and business partnering within a large, fast-paced organisation.
• Ability to translate data into practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication, analytical and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner Data & AI and Loyalty & Financial Services leadership teams, providing financial insight and strategic support.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and planning across functions; ensure visibility of performance, risks and investment priorities.
• Evaluate investment proposals, business cases and transformation initiatives with robust assumptions and clear benefits.
• Deliver insightful reporting and analysis to senior stakeholders, translating data into clear recommendations.

Skills

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Strategic insight

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Описание:

At M&S, we're transforming how we use data, technology and customer insight to drive growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Digital & Technology Finance team and partner some of the most innovative and fast-growing areas of the business, including Data & AI, Sparks, Loyalty and Financial Services. As Finance Manager, you'll work closely with senior leaders to provide commercial challenge, strategic insight and financial leadership across a portfolio of high-profile investments and transformation programmes.

Задачи:

Partner the Data & AI and Customer (Loyalty & Financial Services) leadership teams, acting as a trusted advisor and providing financial insight, commercial challenge and strategic support that enables informed decision-making and delivery of long-term business goals. Lead budgeting, forecasting and planning activities across your functions, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility of performance, risks, opportunities and investment priorities while driving accountability for financial outcomes. Evaluate and challenge investment proposals, business cases and transformation initiatives, ensuring robust financial assumptions, clear benefit realisation plans and strong returns on investment from significant strategic spend. Deliver insightful reporting and analysis for senior stakeholders, translating complex financial and operational data into clear recommendations that improve performance, influence decision-making and support future growth. Drive effective governance, financial control and risk management across major programmes, proactively identifying issues, influencing outcomes and ensuring investments deliver measurable value for M&S.

Требования:

A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong experience in commercial finance, business partnering or strategic investment support within a large, fast-paced organisation. An exceptional relationship builder who can influence, challenge and support senior stakeholders, developing credibility through proactive partnership, strong communication skills and commercial insight. Commercially minded and highly analytical, with the ability to interpret complex data, identify trends and opportunities, and translate findings into practical recommendations that drive business performance. Comfortable operating in a constantly evolving environment, managing multiple priorities simultaneously while remaining organised, resilient and focused on delivering high-quality outcomes. Будет плюсом: Experience supporting technology, digital, data, customer, loyalty, financial services or transformation functions would be advantageous, alongside a genuine curiosity for innovation and the future of retail

Условия:

• 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