Senior Finance Manager – Fashion, Home & Beauty – Insight & Analysis

MS Companies

Senior Finance Manager leading end-to-end financial performance across M&S's Fashion, Home & Beauty business unit. Driving value creation and strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end performance for the Business Unit, leading the P&L across sales, margin, costs, profitability, and cash, ensuring performance is understood, proactively managed, and continuously improved
Shape strategic decisions by translating market trends, customer behaviour, and trading performance into clear, actionable financial insight
Drive value creation across key commercial levers including pricing, promotions, markdowns, and cost control, delivering sustainable profit and cash outcomes
Lead investment and working capital discipline, guiding stock management, capital allocation, and commercial investments with a sharp focus on return and risk
Influence and challenge senior stakeholders, embedding accountability, raising performance standards, and building a culture of commercial rigour and continuous improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) with strong commercial finance leadership experience
Proven track record of 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

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

P&L managementfinancial insightcost controlstock managementcapital allocationcommercial investmentsmargin analysisinvestment analysiscash flow managementperformance improvement

Soft Skills

influencing senior leadersleadership presencecommercial couragecuriosityaccountabilityperformance standardsstrategic decision-makingadaptabilitycommunicationproblem-solving

Certifications

CIMAACAACCA