Senior Finance Manager - Corporate Controllership (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

M&S; Salford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on M&S products

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

M&S Choices portal perks

Family policies

24/7 wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

M&S is looking for a Senior Finance Leader to oversee a team of finance professionals, delivering expert accounting guidance across retail and property activities. The role focuses on governance, controls and commercial decision support within a 12-month fixed-term contract.

The ideal candidate will have substantial post-qualification experience, strong IFRS knowledge, and a proven track record in business partnering and driving process improvements using Excel and Alteryx.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Strong IFRS knowledge within a complex retail group.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent business partner management and influencing skills.
• Advanced analytical and systems capability, including Excel and Alteryx.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of finance professionals, creating accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide expert technical accounting guidance across retail, property and group activities.
• Own store estate accounting, supporting decisions on leases, impairments, closures and property investments.
• Partner with Finance, Property and Reporting to deliver actionable recommendations for commercial decisions.
• Drive automation and process improvements to enhance efficiency and financial controls.

Skills

Senior finance leadership

IFRS expertise

Team coaching

Business partnering

Excel & Alteryx

Education

Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

Alteryx

Job description

Job Description

Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of finance professionals, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide expert technical accounting guidance across retail, property and group activities, ensuring strong governance, controls and audit readiness.
• Take ownership of store estate accounting, supporting key business decisions relating to leases, impairments, store closures and property investments.
• Partner with Finance, Property and Reporting teams to deliver insightful, practical recommendations that support commercial decision-making.
• Drive automation, standardisation and process improvements that enhance efficiency, transparency and financial control across the function.

Who you are

Your skills will include:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including applying IFRS within a complex corporate environment.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent business partner management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
• Advanced analytical and systems capability, including Excel and automation tools such as Alteryx, with a passion for improving processes and ways of working

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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