Senior Finance Manager - Corporate Controllership (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of finance professionals, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide expert technical accounting guidance across retail, property and group activities, ensuring strong governance, controls and audit readiness.
• Take ownership of store estate accounting, supporting key business decisions relating to leases, impairments, store closures and property investments.
• Partner with Finance, Property and Reporting teams to deliver insightful, practical recommendations that support commercial decision-making.
• Drive automation, standardisation and process improvements that enhance efficiency, transparency and financial control across the function.

Who you are

Your skills will include:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including applying IFRS within a complex corporate environment.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent business partner management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
• Advanced analytical and systems capability, including Excel and automation tools such as Alteryx, with a passion for improving processes and ways of working

What’s in it for you?

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

• 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

Everyone’s welcome