Summary
At M&S, we're on a mission to reshape Homeware & Furniture, creating inspiring products, elevating quality, and delivering exceptional value for our customers. As we continue to grow this exciting part of our business, we're looking for a commercially-minded Finance Manager to partner with our Homeware & Furniture leadership teams and help drive the next phase of growth. Based on the attached role profile, this position partners the business to shape strategic and commercial decisions through insight-led financial analysis, planning and performance management.
Homeware & Furniture is one of the most exciting growth areas within M&S. From stylish own-brand collections and premium furniture ranges to innovative partnerships and digital growth, we're investing heavily in creating destination categories for our customers.
To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.
What you’ll do
As a trusted finance business partner, you'll work closely with our Buying, Merchandising and Trading teams to support profitable growth across Homeware & Furniture.
You'll:
- Own financial performance across the Homeware & Furniture business area, providing insight and challenge to deliver sales, profit, stock and cash targets.
- Partner with commercial teams to evaluate pricing, promotions, product strategy and category performance, helping drive customer demand and profitability.
- Lead forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning processes, ensuring strategic initiatives are reflected in our financial plans
- Analyse trends in sales, margin, stock and customer behaviour to identify opportunities, risks and actions that improve performance.
- Support stock and working capital management, helping optimise inventory levels across seasonal and core home ranges.
- Deliver scenario modelling and business cases for new initiatives, category investments and growth opportunities.
- Build strong relationships across Commercial, Digital, Marketing, Customer Insight and Finance teams to improve decision-making and business performance.
Who you are
We're looking for a commercially curious and analytically strong finance professional who enjoys working at pace and influencing decisions that directly impact customers and business performance.
You'll ideally be:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong post-qualified experience, ideally within retail, consumer goods or another fast-paced commercial environment.
- Proven commercial finance and business partnering experience, with the ability to influence strategic decisions and challenge senior stakeholders.
- Passion for Homeware & Furniture, with a strong understanding of customer trends, trading performance and market dynamics.
- Highly analytical with advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, capable of turning complex data into actionable commercial insight.
- Collaborative, proactive and relationship-focused, with the confidence to build strong partnerships across Buying, Merchandising, Trading and 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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