Finance Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Our Project Spring team is leading the ongoing transformation of our current SAP ECC landscape to S4 to improve overall functionality, reporting and processes in a fast-paced commercial environment.

The team works alongside our external implementation partners, M&S digital & technology colleagues and the wider finance team to design and implement a modern ERP that is fit for purpose and meets the requirements of M&S.

In this role specifically you will be focusing on the implementation of SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PAPM) alongside the rest of the wider project team.

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract.

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:

• Working with our implementation partners to ensure the build of PAPM is carried out according to the functional design
• Providing technical support on queries that arise during the build phase from our external partners and working cross functionally with other teams to determine acceptable solutions
• Feed into project timelines, identifying dependencies and resource requirements from other teams
• Assist in developing and implementing the enduring business model and processes that will exist post launch ensuring colleagues have the right skills in the right teams
• Designing UAT test scripts and performing UAT
• Developing and delivering training to both the finance reporting & analytics team and the wider finance department
• Operate PAPM post launch while the model is transitioned to the target operating model

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Experience implementing SAP PAPM in a retail context
• Prior SAP ERP implementation experience in large, complex organisations
• Familiarity with BW/4, S/4 HANA and SAC
• A self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and complexity who is able to work independently and also as part of a wider team
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to succinctly condense and explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues
• Strong interpersonal skills, team building, organisational and motivational skills

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.

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