Senior Finance Analyst: Logistics & Operations Partner

Marks and Spencer; Hemington; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus

Pension & life assurance

Induction and training

Perks portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with operations during a major supply chain transformation, centred on the new Lichfield distribution centre. You will shape financial performance, drive insights and support decision-making across warehouse activity.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and reporting, linking volumes, labour and automation to financial outcomes, with an emphasis on controls and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong business partnering or operational finance experience, ideally within logistics, warehousing, supply chain, retail, FMCG, manufacturing or similar high-volume environments.
• Strong analytical capability with experience of budgeting, forecasting, modelling and performance analysis.
• Experience improving reporting, controls, processes or ways of working through operational change, transformation or systems implementation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and challenge non-finance audiences.
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools desirable.

Responsibilities

• Partnering senior operational stakeholders to provide meaningful financial insight, challenge assumptions and drive accountability across warehouse performance, productivity, service and cost.
• Supporting mobilisation and launch of the new Lichfield distribution centre, establishing finance processes, reporting, controls, reconciliations and visibility of key risks and opportunities.
• Owning budgeting, forecasting and periodic reporting processes, continuously improving the quality, speed and automation of finance outputs.
• Analysing warehouse economics, connecting volumes, labour, automation, productivity, inventory and operational performance to financial outcomes.
• Supporting peak planning, capacity management and operational decision making through scenario modelling, root-cause analysis and performance forecasting.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Business partnering

Budgeting & forecasting

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI experience

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with operations during a major supply chain transformation, centred on the new Lichfield distribution centre. You will shape financial performance, drive insights and support decision-making across warehouse activity.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and reporting, linking volumes, labour and automation to financial outcomes, with an emphasis on controls and continuous improvement.