Description
At M&S, we're transforming our Fashion, Home & Beauty business to create a bigger, more profitable and truly omnichannel operation. We're looking for a commercially minded Senior Finance Analyst to partner our operations teams during one of the most exciting periods of change in our supply chain.
As Senior Finance Analyst, you'll work closely with site leadership and operational teams, helping to drive performance, improve controls and support key strategic decisions. Your responsibilities will include:
- Partnering senior operational stakeholders to provide meaningful financial insight, challenge assumptions and drive accountability across warehouse performance, productivity, service and cost.
- Supporting the mobilisation and launch of the new Lichfield distribution centre, establishing finance processes, reporting, controls, reconciliations and visibility of key risks and opportunities.
- Owning budgeting, forecasting and periodic reporting processes, continuously improving the quality, speed and automation of finance outputs.
- Analysing warehouse economics, connecting volumes, labour, automation, productivity, inventory and operational performance to financial outcomes.
- Supporting peak planning, capacity management and operational decision making through scenario modelling, root-cause analysis and performance forecasting.
We're looking for a commercially curious finance professional who enjoys partnering with the business, solving problems and driving continuous improvement. Requirements include:
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong business partnering or operational finance experience, ideally gained within logistics, warehousing, supply chain, retail, FMCG, manufacturing or other high-volume environments.
- Strong analytical capability with experience of budgeting, forecasting, modelling and performance analysis.
- Experience improving reporting, controls, processes or ways of working through operational change, transformation or systems implementation.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and challenge non-finance audiences.
- Advanced Excel skills, with experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools desirable.
Benefits include:
- 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