Senior Finance Analyst - Property

Salford, England, United Kingdom

7/22/2025

Fully woven into the DNA of M&S, our Finance team plays a fundamental role in setting the pace for our key business decisions, shaping our budgets, analysing our sales, managing costs and making sure our most vital statistics and data are absolutely accurate.

Within the Salford Quays Finance Service Centre, we are moving beyond a shared service centre; we play a critical part in the M&S ‘One Finance Team’ and are heading towards our ambition to become a centre of excellence - there’s never been a better time to be part of our team!,

Summary

Fully woven into the DNA of M&S, our Finance team plays a fundamental role in setting the pace for our key business decisions, shaping our budgets, analysing our sales, managing costs and making sure our most vital statistics and data are absolutely accurate.

Within the Salford Quays Finance Service Centre, we are moving beyond a shared service centre; we play a critical part in the M&S ‘One Finance Team’ and are heading towards our ambition to become a centre of excellence - there’s never been a better time to be part of our team!

All the details

Reporting into the Finance Manager – Property and Intercompany, within the Group Support and Technical structure in Record to Report, you will be responsible for all IFRS 16 accounting matters, where you will engage with key partners up to head of finance level, communicating with and influencing senior business partners on outputs and results, taking complex accounting and turning it into meaningful analysis and commercial insight.

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’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work
  
  
  

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Lead on maintenance of UK Property lease accounting under IFRS 16, across 600+ stores and 900+ leases, with an aggregate lease liability in the region of £2bn, using Qube Horizon software.
• Prepare and post monthly IFRS 16 journals, reporting on actuals vs. budget with a focus on key drivers and clear, concise storytelling.
• As part of month end, responsible for reporting on monthly opportunities and potential risks from an IFRS 16 perspective.
• With the assistance of Finance Manager – Property and Intercompany and Senior Finance Manager – Group Support and Technical, prepare regular in-year re-forecasts and annual budget for IFRS 16.
• Taking ownership of a project to overhaul all IFRS 16 working files to make them simpler and more suited to fast-paced analysis. Wider within property, contribute to a continuous improvement culture within the team to ensure that the service is being delivered in the most effective way, putting the customer at the heart of everything the team delivers.
  
  
  

Who you are

Your Skills And Experience Will Include

• Strong Technical and advisory capabilities, comfortable with principles and concepts of Group accounting under IFRS, particularly IFRS 16, and ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms
• Ability to analyse large sets of data and condense into meaningful analysis and the key messages at speed
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately to tight deadlines
• Experienced accountant with post qualified experience (ACMA, ACA, ACCA)
  
  
  

Everyone’s welcome

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.