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Senior Commercial Finance Manager – Menswear
MS CompaniesSenior Commercial Finance Manager in dynamic Fashion, Home & Beauty environment. Lead commercial performance and influence strategy across the Business Unit.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead end-to-end commercial performance for the Business Unit, taking full ownership of the P&L (sales, margin, costs, profitability, and cash), ensuring performance is proactively managed, clearly understood, and consistently improved
- Shape strategic and operational decision-making by translating market trends, customer behaviour, and trading performance into clear financial insights, enabling leadership to make faster, better-informed decisions
- Drive value creation across key levers, including margin optimisation, pricing, promotions, markdowns, and cost control—ensuring all activity is aligned to sustainable profit and cash delivery rather than short-term gains
- Own working capital and investment discipline, providing clear direction on stock management, commercial investments, and capital allocation—balancing growth, risk, and return while embedding robust appraisal and post-investment evaluation
- Act as a senior commercial leader and trusted challenger, influencing and constructively challenging stakeholders across the BU to raise performance, strengthen accountability, and embed a culture of commercial rigour and continuous improvement
Requirements
What you’ll need- A fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) with strong commercial finance leadership experience
- Proven in influencing senior leaders and shaping outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments
- Highly commercial, with deep understanding of margin, investment, and cash drivers
- Confident operating with pace, ambiguity, and competing priorities
- Credible, curious, and commercially courageous, with a strong leadership presence
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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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Hard Skills & Tools
P&L managementmargin optimisationpricing strategypromotions managementcost controlworking capital managementinvestment disciplinestock managementcapital allocationpost-investment evaluation
Soft Skills
influencingleadership presencecommercial acumendecision-makingaccountabilitycuriositycourageadaptabilityperformance managementcontinuous improvement
Certifications
CIMAACAACCA