Company: Marks & Spencer
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Job Description:
Overview
In this role you’ll lead finance for store renewals and asset development, shaping how we modernise our stores and optimise returns. You’ll partner with senior stakeholders to influence major investment decisions and drive value from capital spend. This high-impact position sits at the heart of our store renewal programme and property strategy, requiring data-led analysis and strong commercial judgment. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust financial strategies and support innovative renewal formats. You’ll be instrumental in turning financial insights into strategic actions that benefit customers and shareholders.
Pay / Benefits
- 20% colleague discount
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Discretionary bonus schemes
- Strong pension and life assurance
- Tailored induction and training
- Exclusive perks and savings via M&S Choices portal
Responsibilities
- Lead finance for store renewals and asset development programmes with strong controls and commercial focus
- Partner senior leaders to influence strategic investments and optimise returns while managing cost and risk
- Own budgeting and 3-year planning for a large investment portfolio in store renewal and asset development
- Deliver investment appraisal and financial analysis, present investment cases and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Support innovation in renewal store formats and align performance with business objectives
- Develop and mentor a Senior Finance Analyst to build team capability
- Collaborate with the wider finance team and business to ensure data-led decision making
- Maintain strong financial storytelling to translate complex analysis into clear insights
Key requirements
- Qualified accountant
- Strong commercial thinker with ability to work at pace
- Experience influencing senior non-financial stakeholders
- Strong financial storytelling skills
- Data-led mindset using analytics to improve outcomes
- Confidence to challenge constructively and keep long-term value central to decisions
- commercial acumen
- stakeholder management
- communication
- financial analysis
- investment appraisal
- budgeting
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Posted: October 1st, 2026