Senior Finance Manager - Clothing & Home - FP&A
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Summary
The successful candidate will lead Clothing and Home FP&A by providing guidance and direction through planning, insight and analysis working with Finance colleagues across the business in Logistics, Retail, Property, Marketing Data & Digital and Technology.
The role requires the individual to demonstrate a commercial mindset and awareness, an understanding of how the business unit operates, including the challenges, opportunities and risks that it faces. Working with multiple stakeholders (Finance & non-Finance), the role will ensure current and future performance is understood and communicated effectively.
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
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Full ownership of the planning cycle including regular forecasting, annual Budget and longer-term planning across the whole of Clothing & Home. Leading Finance transformation for Clothing & Home in data, analytics, and reporting.
* Lead on business and financial planning processes, including Strategic Integrated Business planning. Full accountability of financial reporting including period end close and key performance indicators.
* Responsibility for the Investor Relations materials to support the Clothing & Home narrative.
* Work alongside Strategy and Customer Insights in developing and integrating the Market, Customer and Product strategies.
* Developing talent in Clothing & Home Finance including leading a team of six and driving continuous improvement in financial leadership and direction for the business unit.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
* Qualified Accountant.
* Experience with budgeting, forecasting, business appraisal and analysis, and an understanding of governance and controls.
* Effectively led change and transformation.
* Can communicate with impact to senior management, business partners and wider finance teams.
* Experience leading and developing a team.
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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