Principal Associate responsible for financial analysis and reporting for Capital One's Enterprise Risk. Collaborating across teams to manage budgets and communicate financial data effectively.
About the role
- Senior Finance Manager driving store performance and profitability at M&S. Collaborating with various retail teams to optimize reporting and enhance commercial decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Improve store profitability through actionable, data-led insight, identifying trends, risks and cost drivers, and shaping commercial and operational decision-making across Retail.
- Partner cross-functionally with Food and Fashion, Home & Beauty, leading performance deep dives and surfacing key themes for divisional and Retail Leadership reviews.
- Elevate store reporting and P&L understanding, setting the vision for reporting improvements, driving monthly CMR enhancements, and supporting robust planning and performance targets.
- Strengthen store capability and reputation management, spending time in stores, presenting at regional meetings, upskilling leaders on end-to-end profit, and supporting analysis across waste, loss and operational performance.
- Lead people, innovation and continuous improvement, developing a high-performing analyst, driving automation and digitisation of financial processes, and sharing best practice across the wider finance community.
Requirements
- Robust financial and technical expertise, including being a fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/CA)
- Strong budgeting and forecasting skills, and confidence in financial planning and analysis.
- Strong commercial business partnering experience (ideally Retail or FMCG), with excellent commercial acumen, a solid understanding of retail market drivers, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- High data fluency, including handling large datasets, data visualisation, advanced Excel capability (essential), and desirable experience with Power Query or SQL.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to create impact at all levels, lead with a proactive, solutions-driven mindset, and develop high-performing teams.
- A strong grasp of finance processes and controls, including business case appraisal, governance, system understanding, and the agility to learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities.
Benefits
- 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
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