Finance Manager - Stock

Marks & Spencer Plc; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension & life assurance

Training & development

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Job summary

Marks & Spencer plc is seeking a Finance Manager – Stock to own our end-to-end stock finance processes, ensuring robust controls and high-quality reporting. You will lead a team of finance professionals and drive automation to simplify and accelerate delivery.

You’ll partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Digital & Technology and Operations to build a data-driven, customer-focused future for M&S in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of stock accounting and financial controls.
• Proven leadership experience coaching and growing teams.
• Strong process improvement approach across end-to-end finance processes.
• Excellent analytical and systems capability, including finance tools.
• Proficient in SAP and familiar with Power BI/automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team with a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Own the end-to-end stock finance process with robust controls and accurate reporting.
• Drive automation and improvements to reduce manual activity and improve efficiency.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve stock-related issues and implement solutions.
• Generate actionable insights from financial data to improve stock management and working capital.

Skills

Stock accounting

People leadership

Process improvement

Analytical skills

SAP

Power BI

BlackLine

Automation tools

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

SAP

Power BI

BlackLine

Job description

At M&S, we're transforming the way we operate through innovation, automation and smarter decision-making. As Finance Manager – Stock, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring our global stock finance processes are best-in-class, providing the insight, governance and control that support one of the UK's most iconic retailers.

Leading a team of dedicated finance professionals, you'll own and continuously improve end-to-end stock finance processes, driving automation, simplification and operational excellence. Working closely with colleagues across Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Digital & Technology and Operations, you'll help deliver a more efficient, data-driven and customer-focused future for M&S.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement and exceptional business partner service.
• Own the end-to-end stock finance process, ensuring robust controls, accurate reporting, effective reconciliations and a seamless period-end close.
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives, reducing manual activity and enhancing efficiency, control and colleague experience.
• Partner with team members across the business to resolve complex stock-related issues, identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
• Generate actionable insights from financial and operational data, helping improve stock management, working capital performance and business decision-making.

Who you are

Your skills will include:

• Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of stock accounting, Record to Report processes and financial controls.
• Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to coach, develop and inspire teams to deliver outstanding results.
• Strong process improvement approach, with experience crafting, standardising and optimising end-to-end finance processes.
• Excellent analytical and systems capability,
• Proficient in SAP
• Excel and finance technologies such as Power BI, BlackLine or automation tools.
• Confident business partner management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build strong relationships across Finance and non-Finance 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.

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