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Finance Team Leader (6 Month Fixed Term Contract)
Summary
Join our impactful team where passion, creativity, and excellence drive our success. You'll play a pivotal role in Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Journal preparation, variance analysis, and period end close control monitoring. Your responsibilities extend to being a trusted business partner to our Corporate and Retail Finance teams in London, driving operational efficiencies, and delivering insightful analysis to improve financial understanding.
Embracing change and maintaining a strong control environment while enhancing process efficiency will be crucial for success in this role. If you are ready to make a strategic impact and drive positive change within a dynamic team, we invite you to join us in this exciting journey!
All the details
Please note this role is a 6 month fixed term contract.
What's in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever-evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special:
* After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
* Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
* Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
* A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
* A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
* Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
* Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
* Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
* A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
What you'll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Lead and inspire a team of 5 talented individuals.
* Drive the month-end process with precision and efficiency.
* Engage in exciting project involvements to further the company's goals.
* Take accountability for the balance sheet and ensure accuracy.
* Spearhead process improvements across the team to drive efficiency and excellence.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
* Qualified Accountant with a strong track record.
* Possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to lead and inspire a team.
* Proven experience in managing and driving the month-end process.
* Excellent attention to detail and a curious mindset to drive process improvements.
* Strong project involvement and balance sheet accountability experience.
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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