Finance Analyst

1 week ago

Salford Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Marks and Spencer Full time

Summary

Fully woven into the DNA of M&S, our Finance team plays a fundamental role in setting the pace for our key business decisions, shaping our budgets, analysing our sales, managing costs and making sure our most vital statistics and data are absolutely accurate. Within the Salford Quays Finance Service Centre, we are moving beyond a shared service centre; we play a critical part in the M&S One Finance Team' and are heading towards our ambition to become a centre of excellence - there's never been a better time to be part of our team

All the details

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

  • 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.
  • Full study support for CIMA/ACCA

Interview and start date:

If you're selected for an interview, you will need to attend an in-person assessment centre on:

  • Thursday 26th Sept at 2pm (tbc)

The interviews will be 2.5 hours long and will include an interview, an exercise, and a group task. We're looking forward to getting to know you and seeing your skills in action

Successful candidates will start on Monday 4th November. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team and make a difference

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

  • Drilling down on large data sets to identify what is going on Preparation of financial reports, providing accurate financial data for analysis and commentary, working closely with finance colleagues and business divisions to support strategic decision making
  • Driving increased insight through analysis to identify trends, challenge assumptions and make recommendations to deliver business benefit
  • Ensuring a strong financial control environment is maintained
  • Troubleshooting solutions to business unit queries and proactively taking action to resolve any complex issues
  • Driving operational improvements, identifying efficiencies, and implementing them

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

  • Strong MS Office skills, particularly Excel
  • Using data and analysis to solve problems
  • Confident, clear, and effective communicator

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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