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All the details As a Team Manager in Fashion, Home & Beauty, you’ll lead by example, driving performance, and helping reshape M&S for the next generation of customers. You’ll be on the shop floor, inspiring your team to deliver standout style, sharp service, and commercial results, even on the busiest days. This is a role for people who move fast and continually raise the bar to deliver five-star service. • Own your department from layout and product to service and performance. You’ll make bold decisions to drive sales and service., • Coach and develop your team. You’ll set the pace, build capability, and create a high performance culture that’s focused, fast, and collaborative., • Use commercial insights to lead with confidence – understanding the numbers, trends, and opportunities that will make your department thrive., • Flexibility is vital, and you’ll be agile in your approach., • This is a transformation environment – things move fast and we need leaders who move faster. Are you ready to lead? Take your marks and get ready to apply. Purpose • Support the growth and profitability of the store through the implementation of the retail plan and delivery of the KPI measures for their area of accountability, • Role model great customer service and ensures the delivery of a customer focused service proposition through the team that delights our customers, • Recruit, and develop great talent and capability within the customer assistant team supporting the succession requirements of the store and region, • Ensure colleagues understand and are motivated to deliver their part, • Support the store to trade safely and legally, protecting Customers, Colleagues and the M&S brand, • Supports the delivery of an inspirational, improved and consistent visual customer journey instore which inspires our customers to shop and buy more often Key Accountabilities • Drive profitability and sales for their area through supporting the delivery of the Retail Plan and Store KPI’s, • Supports the delivery and embedding of the business transformation plan and change initiatives for their area, • Delivers great standards and service by setting clear expectations with store colleagues, • Create the right culture, role modelling new digital ways of working and leadership behaviours, • Create a multiskilled team, coaching and training the team to fully utilise all the tools available to serve and sell well, • Deliver brilliant basics through the team, • Seeks customer feedback and takes action to deliver improvement, • Uses data and insight to improve customer instore experience, improve the operation and drive performance, • Support the delivery of Plan A, • Regularly review individual performance through quality conversations, managing underperformance where required and celebrating success, • Recruit for the team, ensuring new starters have a brilliant onboarding experience, • Deliver all line management activities in line with company process and policy, • Build an active working partnership with BIG, provide feedback and support the development of BIG reps, • Deliver operational excellence to maximise product availability, minimise stock and cash loss, • Ensure process and task is delivered in line with business expectation and operating standards allocating resource accordingly, • Maintain a safe and legal store environment, • Supports visual merchandising updates across all launches, events and campaigns Technical Skills/ Experience • Ability to lead a team to deliver excellent customer service and KPI’s across the store, • Create the right culture, role modelling new digital ways of working and leadership behaviours, • Has a good understanding and up to date knowledge of commercial, visual, operational and people processes and systems, • Uses all available data and MI to identify commercial, visual, cost savings & customer opportunities to increase profit, • Good working knowledge of VM principles, • Good level of digital capability and an understanding and use of all systems, • Good knowledge of the legal requirements across their area of accountability and the store, • Knowledge of our people policies and managing performance within a team, • The ability to have difficult conversations with effective resolutions with colleagues, • Good communicator and listener who will inspire, share their knowledge and best practices with others, • Ability to plan and review across the week and the month, • Ability to deliver under pressure demonstrating resilience, • Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the store and region, • Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability to change, and the ability to lead teams through change with a growth mindset Key Leadership Capabilities • Successfully embeds change for lasting commercial impact and results, • Addresses beliefs and mindsets around resistance to change and supports colleagues in adapting, • Takes ownership and accountability for the success of their team, • Spends time coaching colleagues to accelerate performance and personal growth, • Recognises high performance and supports poor performers to improve, • Shows colleagues why they matter to M&S, their part to play in delivering the plan and what the results of their work are, • Uses customer feedback and market trends to guide teams work, • Helps teams understand information and business messages by actively seeking out opinions and asking questions, • Uses a combination of channels and technology to communicate, ensuring timely, clear and open communication with colleagues, • Seeks the best solution for M&S by proactively collaborating with colleagues from across the business Key Relationships and Stakeholders • Customers, • Colleagues, • Store Leadership, • Regional Leadership, • BIG 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Record to Report Assistant Accountant to join a well-established finance team based in Salford Quays, offering a competitive salary of £32,000pa-£36,000pa.This permanent role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hybrid working environment and is passionate about supporting process automation and continuous improvement within core accounting functions. You will play a key part in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial statements, working closely with experienced professionals who value collaboration, knowledge sharing, and personal development. W As a Record to Report Assistant Accountant based in Salford Quays, you will be immersed in a variety of core accounting responsibilities that underpin the accuracy of financial reporting. Your day-to-day will involve preparing detailed journals supported by thorough documentation, performing reconciliations between sub-ledgers and the general ledger, managing fixed asset records, assisting with lease accounting tasks, and supporting both routine and ad hoc audit requirements. Key Duties Include • Prepare and post journals with comprehensive auditable documentation while ensuring compliance with journal policy and data principles., • Perform sub-ledger to general ledger close activities to guarantee accurate period-end reporting and support financial statement integrity., • Complete agreed recharges, reallocations, IFRS adjustments, and revaluation journals as required by the business cycle., • Execute elimination and allocation journal entries to facilitate consolidated group reporting processes., • Manage fixed asset accounting tasks including additions, depreciation calculations, write-offs, impairments, and month-end closures., • Assist with lease accounting processes and provide support for high-end television (HETV) accounting requirements., • Identify root causes of source data issues in Fusion ERP systems, providing feedback to drive right-first-time transactions and system improvements., • Support annual audit activities by preparing schedules, responding to queries, and maintaining robust internal controls documentation., • Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) for regular SaaS releases and other system developments impacting finance operations., • Collaborate closely with colleagues across the RTR pillar and wider finance operations teams to resolve discrepancies, share knowledge through cross-training, and maintain up-to-date process documentation. You should have the following expeience to be conaidered for this role: • rt-qualified accountant (or equivalent) with proven experience performing accounting transactions, reconciliations, investigations, and demonstrating strong understanding of end-to-end finance processes., • Highly organised individual with exceptional attention to detail and numeracy skills essential for accurate financial processing., • Proficiency in accounting software—ideally Oracle Fusion ERP—and enthusiasm for leveraging digital tools to enhance efficiency., • A digital mindset that embraces process automation initiatives and supports ongoing systems solutions within finance operations., • Ability to meet tight deadlines under pressure while maintaining resilience during critical reporting periods or system changes., • Self-motivated approach combined with curiosity for problem-solving and investigating discrepancies within complex data sets., • Excellent communication skills enabling effective collaboration across teams and clear documentation of processes or findings., • Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team environment—sharing knowledge openly and supporting colleagues’ development. This organisation stands out for its commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace culture where every team member’s contribution is valued. Based a in Salford Quays—a hub renowned for creativity and innovation—you’ll benefit from state-of-the-art facilities designed around flexible working practices. Click on the link to apply Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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