Here at ASOS, working in Finance means working collaboratively with the business to deliver our mission of becoming the world’s number-one destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings. Simply put, the role of ASOS Finance is to build and protect business value. As a team, we enable ASOS to be its best self by:

Driving long-term growth, profitability, and free cash flow

Implementing brilliant processes and controls, levering lean, automation and data science

Ensuring ASOS delivers its shorter-term goals

Building a leading team and defining new ways of doing finance

We love people who are as passionate about our journey as we are, who have initiative and who embrace change. If this sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you and your experience for the role of Head of Group Reporting.

Head of Group Reporting  

Location: Greater London House

Department: Finance

Level: Translate

Reports to: CFO  

THE TEAM

Here at ASOS, working in Finance means working collaboratively with the business to deliver our mission of becoming the world’s number-one destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings. Simply put, the role of ASOS Finance is to build and protect business value. As a team, we enable ASOS to be its best self by: 

Driving long-term growth, profitability, and free cash flow  

Implementing brilliant processes and controls, levering lean, automation and data science 

Ensuring ASOS delivers its shorter-term goals 

Building a leading team and defining new ways of doing finance 

We love people who are as passionate about our journey as we are, who have initiative and who embrace change. If this sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you and your experience for the role of Head of Group Reporting.

You will be… 

• Responsible for statutory financial reporting process in order to achieve accurate and timely external financial reporting
• Responsible for ensuring that financial reporting complies with all reporting requirements
• Manage the external reporting process, including the relationship with external auditors
• Preparation of Audit Committee papers and ownership of group accounting policies
• Managing the monthly close process for Financial accounting and control reporting under International Reporting Standards (IFRS's)
• Providing independent review and challenge around Balance Sheet reporting for the Group on a periodic basis
• Ownership of financial controls
• Responsibility for the development and maintenance of accounting policies and governance of financial processes, ensuring standards and accounting policies are aligned across all legal entities
• Work closely with the other Heads of within Group Finance to deliver the Group strategy and ensure continued engagement, talent planning and succession within the wider team
• Liaison with the legal, company secretary, communications, tax, treasury, investor relations, consolidation and reporting and commercial finance teams as well as the auditors and external advisors. In addition, ensure legal requirements, quality standards and deadlines are met and that there is sign-off from external auditors
• Make sure new accounting standards are adopted by the business on a timely manner
• Ad hoc projects

We’d love to meet, someone with…

• A passion organisation, process and reporting
• Strong Excel and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships with people at all levels
• Energy, drive, and resilience who can work in an agile, fast paced environment and answer quickly to business needs
• Attention to detail, and ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations from complex business dynamics
• Bias for process improvement and process discipline to deliver efficiency and improved performance
• ACA/CIMA/ACCA Qualified – extensive experience post qualification
• Ability to prioritise work for themselves and their team in a fast-paced environment

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary, bonus and pension matching
• Life insurance, free private medical care, cycle to work scheme + more
• A bespoke flexible benefits scheme catered to you
• Best in class Learning & Development schemes and career development programmes
• 25 days holiday + never work on your birthday again!
• Free modern onsite gym, plus personal training and wellness rooms
• A dynamic social environment, from company-wide sports days, charity days, ‘Give A Week Away’ opportunities to visit our charity partners in India & company-wide celebrations to name just a few
• Huge staff discounts and sample sales