Senior Finance Analyst - Change & Controls

Marks & Spencer Plc; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Salford is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to enhance financial controls. The role involves leading financial process reviews and owning testing programs, requiring strong communication and proactive skills. Benefits include a colleague discount, competitive holiday allowance, and comprehensive wellbeing support. Join us to help shape the future of retail in an evolving work environment.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Exclusive perks through M&S Choices

Market-leading family policies

24/7 wellbeing support

One paid volunteer day

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified Chartered Accountant.
• Proven experience in financial process mapping and control design.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial process reviews for control improvements.
• Manage quarterly testing programs for Key Controls.
• Build relationships to promote control excellence.

Skills

Chartered Accountant (ACMA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA)

Financial process mapping

Control design

Strong communicator

Proactive attitude

Job description

At M&S, we’re not just a retailer we’re a movement. With over 1,500 stores and 100+ websites globally, we serve nearly 30 million customers each year. Now, we’re on our biggest transformation journey yet, and we’re looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to help shape the future of our financial control environment.

Your role will extend beyond traditional financial controls, as you collaborate with the broader finance team, to instil a deep appreciation for the significance of controls in driving M&S's evolution.

As part of our dynamic Change & Controls team, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening our financial processes, driving innovation, and embedding a culture of excellence across the business. If you're passionate about controls, transformation, and making a real impact this is your moment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead and deliver financial process reviews across the business to identify and implement control improvements
• Own and implement quarterly testing programmes for Entity Level Controls, Critical Spreadsheets, and Non-Financial Disclosures
• Prepare and manage the annual testing plan, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to senior business partners
• Support the Quarterly Peer Testing Programme by assessing key monthly finance controls
• Build positive relationships with internal and external partners to champion control excellence

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Qualified or part-qualified Chartered Accountant (ACMA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA)
• Proven experience in financial process mapping, control design, and testing
• Strong communicator with the ability to influence and engage across all levels
• Self-starter with a proactive attitude and the confidence to operate independently
• Comfortable working flexibly across a broad remit in a fast-paced, evolving environment

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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