Senior Finance Manager Business Partnering - Food
Team
Support Functions
Store
London Support Office
Location
London, Greater London
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive \+ Benefits
Closing date: 3rd June 2026
- Intro
- About the role
- Meet the Team
- People Stories
- Make Your Mark
- Colleague Networks
- Benefits
- How to Apply
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Everyone is welcome at M\&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M\&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
About the role
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This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.
Summary
This is a brilliant opportunity to step into a visible, strategic role within Food Finance \- shaping decisions, influencing senior stakeholders and playing a key part in delivering M\&S’s growth ambitions.
All the details
Summary
It’s an exciting time to join M\&S as we continue to transform and grow our Food business. We’re looking for a Senior Finance Manager \- Business Partnering to play a critical role at the heart of Food and Sparks, partnering senior leaders to drive commercial performance, shape investment decisions and deliver meaningful financial insight.
This is a high‑impact role where you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery, working across Food Marketing, Sparks and the wider leadership team to influence decisions, optimise performance and support long‑term growth.
To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Partner with Food Marketing and Sparks leadership to drive commercial performance, leading ROI analysis and influencing investment decisions
- Act as the finance lead for Sparks, building complex financial models and supporting roadmap, business cases and senior stakeholder decision\-making
- Lead monthly financial close and forecasting cycles, ensuring clear insight on risks, opportunities and performance against budget
- Deliver integrated forecasts, budgets and long‑range plans that balance stretch with deliverability across the Food business
- Own and enhance reporting (including Power BI), ensuring data integrity and delivering clear, actionable insights to ExCo and senior stakeholders
Your skills and experience will include:
- A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post‑qualification experience
- Proven experience in business partnering, FP\&A or similar within a fast‑paced retail, FMCG or commercial environment
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and tell a clear, compelling financial story
- Experience managing and developing others, with a passion for building high‑performing teams
- Highly analytical and strategic, with strong financial modelling skills and experience using reporting tools such as Power BI
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
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks \& Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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Meet the Team
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Being an in\-person business
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We're at our best when we're close to customers, and for many of us at M\&S, that means working in store every day.
To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected. It also means we can solve problems as soon as they arise, learn and grow as a team, build trust, and get closer to our colleagues.
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Our ‘Closer to Customers’ programme means we all get to work in a store for seven days every year. We see how our customers experience M\&S and we can appreciate the challenges our colleagues face in store. It’s all part of a determination to listen, to understand and to change things for the better.
Tom (He / Him) \| Employee Experience \& Engagement Lead Read full story
It takes time to turn around a business as big as M\&S: you can’t just instantly pivot from managed decline to sustainable growth. But we’ve done the hard yards, there really is a momentum now and it’s not just a few green shoots of recovery. We’re clear about our strategy, our growth is strong and we’re so confident about the future. It’s great to be part of this.
Jodie (She / Her) \| Head of Finance Read full story
Our ‘Closer to Customers’ programme means we all get to work in a store for seven days every year. We see how our customers experience M\&S and we can appreciate the challenges our colleagues face in store. It’s all part of a determination to listen, to understand and to change things for the better.
Tom (He / Him) \| Employee Experience \& Engagement Lead Read full story
It takes time to turn around a business as big as M\&S: you can’t just instantly pivot from managed decline to sustainable growth. But we’ve done the hard yards, there really is a momentum now and it’s not just a few green shoots of recovery. We’re clear about our strategy, our growth is strong and we’re so confident about the future. It’s great to be part of this.
Jodie (She / Her) \| Head of Finance Read full story
Our ‘Closer to Customers’ programme means we all get to work in a store for seven days every year. We see how our customers experience M\&S and we can appreciate the challenges our colleagues face in store. It’s all part of a determination to listen, to understand and to change things for the better.
Tom (He / Him) \| Employee Experience \& Engagement Lead Read full story
It takes time to turn around a business as big as M\&S: you can’t just instantly pivot from managed decline to sustainable growth. But we’ve done the hard yards, there really is a momentum now and it’s not just a few green shoots of recovery. We’re clear about our strategy, our growth is strong and we’re so confident about the future. It’s great to be part of this.
Jodie (She / Her) \| Head of Finance Read full story
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Make Your Mark
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Opportunities to be heard
Your voice and your ideas matter here. Our 8 colleague networks are places to find support, listen to each other and encourage debate. You can pitch ideas ‘Straight to Stuart’, our CEO, or get involved in our BIG (Business involvement Group).
Experience the business
You’ll spend 7 days each year helping in store and getting closer to our customers. We also organise Insight Days, so you can learn more about specific business units, like Foods.
Colleague Networks
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We want you to feel supported, no matter what.
Menopause Network
Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.
Culture and Heritage Network
Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M\&S colleagues and customers.
Gender Equality Network
Addressing gender\-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.
Health and Wellbeing Network
Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.
Forces Community Network
Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.
LGBTQ\+ Network
Proactively representing LGBTQ\+ issues and opportunities to deliver a tru
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