Senior Finance Analyst - Change & Controls
Sector: Finance and Accounts
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Summary
M&S has embarked on an exciting journey to enhance its financial control environment. As a member of the Change and Control team, you'll be at the forefront of shaping and maintaining a robust financial control framework that underpins operations, ensuring its continued relevance and effectiveness.
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. By spearheading cyclical testing of key controls, conducting financial process reviews, and addressing any identified gaps, you will actively drive improvements across the financial control landscape.
You'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to fostering a culture of excellence and innovation in financial controls, ultimately supporting overarching transformation. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future success.
What you'll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Plan and lead process reviews into all areas of the business to identify improvements in their control environment
* Entity Level Controls (ELC), Critical Spreadsheets and Non-Financial Disclosures (NFD) Testing Programmes
* Prepare the annual plan for the ELC, Critical Spreadsheets and NFD testing programmes.
* Deliver the quarterly ELC, Critical Spreadsheets and NFD testing programmes by completing testing and reporting results to management.
* Quarterly Peer Testing Programme to assist in testing monthly key finance controls as part of the Quarterly Peer Testing Programme.
* Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external business partners
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
* Experienced (qualified or part qualified) Chartered Accountant (ACMA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIA)
* Understanding of finance processes, experience of reviewing and mapping financial processes, controls design and testing essential for this role - for example, gained in a previous internal audit role
* Effective communication skills both written and verbal
* Self-starter who possesses the ability and drive to operate independently
* Comfortable operating outside a defined role remit or profile
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.
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