Finance Manager Group FP&A

Marks & Spencer Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK seeks a Finance Manager - Group FP&A to drive business performance through strong financial insight and cashflow management. You will work with senior leadership, delivering forecasts, budgets, and strategic plans while providing actionable financial insights. Ideal candidates are qualified accountants with experience in analytical finance roles, and strong communication skills. Join a team that values innovation and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Exclusive perks and savings

Market-leading family policies

24/7 wellbeing support

One paid volunteer day per year

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in FP&A or a highly analytical finance role.
• Hands-on finance professional with end-to-end ownership ability.
• Comfortable working with complex data sets to generate clear insights.
• Strategic thinker able to anticipate challenges and shape insights.
• Compelling communicator translating analysis into narratives for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly reforecasts, annual budgets, and long-term strategic plans.
• Produce and enhance month-end Group packs with insights on cashflow.
• Support Group finance reporting improvements ensuring high-quality outputs.
• Build and present ad hoc financial models and evaluations.
• Contribute actively to the finance community and support analyst development.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Summary

Joining the M&S Group Finance team means being at the heart of one of the UK’s most iconic retailers at a genuinely exciting point in its transformation. You’ll work alongside experienced, collaborative finance leaders who value curiosity, pace and positive challenge, and who play a direct role in shaping strategic decisions at Group level. This is a team where your insight will influence how the business allocates capital, manages cash and plans for the long term, with real exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to build a broad, high‑impact finance career.

As Finance Manager - Group FP&A, you’ll play a critical role in driving Group business performance through strong financial insight, rigour and forward‑looking analysis. Sitting within Group Finance, the role focuses heavily on cashflow, working capital and long‑term planning, supporting senior leadership with clear, credible and actionable financial insight.

If you’re motivated by purpose, scale and the chance to make a visible difference, Group Finance at M&S offers both the challenge and the platform to grow.

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.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Planning & forecasting: Deliver monthly reforecasts, annual budgets and 5‑year strategic plans, owning the free cashflow forecast, variance analysis and continuous improvement of models in close partnership with BU FP&A teams
• Reporting & control: Produce and enhance month‑end Group packs with strong cashflow and working capital insight, ensuring rigorous financial control and consistent application of Group accounting policies across CFO, Investor Relations and Communications outputs
• Systems & data integrity: Support Group finance reporting and ExCo reporting improvements, taking accountability for right‑first‑time delivery, data integrity and consistent, high‑quality outputs
• Analysis & evaluation: Build, structure and present ad hoc financial models and evaluations for senior finance leadership, translating complex data into clear, actionable insight and recommendations
• Leadership, governance & collaboration: Contribute actively to the M&S Plc finance community, deputise for the Senior Finance Manager as required, support analyst development, and deliver Remuneration Committee papers, including share scheme vesting calculations and related financial analysis

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with post‑qualification experience, ideally in FP&A or a highly analytical finance role, operating in fast‑paced environments
• Results‑driven, hands‑on finance professional with strong end‑to‑end ownership, able to prioritise effectively and deliver under pressure
• Highly analytical, comfortable working with complex and imperfect data sets to generate clear insight and well‑reasoned recommendations
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate challenges, shape forward‑looking insight and challenge existing approaches with intellectual curiosity
• Compelling communicator, able to translate financial analysis into a clear narrative for senior finance and non‑finance stakeholders, with experience using Power BI and financial systems

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.