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The Financial Management
team has probably the most varied role of all the management teams. Your brief is to develop ways of making your
store more profitable, and this means
looking at all areas of the stores operations,
from security systems to the sales performance of Winter coats. This can mean analysing figures, but it also means persuading and motivating
other people to achieve your goals. YOU’LL
be a financial adviser, a systems
expert, a team leader and a
commercially-driven retailer all rolled into one.
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The financial manager needs to be logical and resourceful and like
a Commercial Manager they must turn good ideas into cost savings, it make seem like you are the Scruge of the
store, but remember that your store needs you!.
Your
brief as a Financial Manager
Is
enormous, but being as a
Person
who thrives off responsibility
And
diversity you will be well suited.
PROFILE
Sally Batty, 32, began her career at Marks and Spencer as a Young Manager in 1984. She has been based in stores from Derby to Truro, Sutton to St Helens and Norwich to Stockport. She has helped to set up stores, been a financial controller for the North of England and produced a package for financial minimum standards.
Sally is now the Regional Financial
manager of the Brent Cross region looking after six stores, with three Assistant Financial Managers
reporting to her.
THE WAY IN
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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEAVERS (17 TO 20 YRS OLD).
Must have A’Levels,Advanced GNVQs/SNVQs or equivalent in any subject areas, plus GCSEs in Maths and English ( grade C minimum ).
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GRADUATES , WITHIN
THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND UNDERGRADUATES.
A degree/HND in any discipline, plus GCSEs in Maths and English ( grade c minimum ).
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CAREER CHANGERS.
You will currently be in a management position and have at least two years’ line management experience. Degree/HND preferable but not essential.
BENEFITS
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PIECE OF (YUM,YUM!)
CAKE, AND EAT
IT!!.
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SALARY:
Young Managers, £14,560,
Graduates, £18,000 and
Career Changers, £19,000 upwards.
There is a £3,760 London weighting and
salaries are reviewed regularly to stay within the upper quartile of the
marketplace.
EXTRAS:
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Non-contributory pension scheme worth 16% of your total salary.
Sharesave allowing managers to buy
shares with a 20% discount.
Profit Sharing Scheme worth around 5% of
your total salary.
Various loans with low or no interest
for various purchases from houses to suits!.
Relocation assistance and health and
welfare services.
