Senior Finance Analyst – Customer Journey Lifecycle, Financial Accounting

(12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Responsible for financial accounting and controls within the Customer Journey area. Within this role you will be responsible for all cash payment postings and reconciliations working closely with our Accounts Payable, Tax, Trading/Ops Finance and Treasury teams. As part of this role you will also lead the accounts receivable process ensuring our 3rd party revenue is accounted for correctly, this includes liaising with our Retail teams to raise invoices and manage the AR ledger/cash collections. This role also works on key projects impacting Customer Journey working closely with stakeholders across ASOS from design through to implementation ensuring appropriate accounting and controls are in place.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with the business to ensure correct and accurate end to end accounting, including cost controls, accruals required, accurate balance sheet reconciliations and ensure data integrity of information

• Acting as a finance business partner, supporting the business to deliver profit targets

• Work with the business to understand any business initiatives and associated change impacts from requirements through to successful implementation

• Understand the business processes, including related risks and controls

• Ensure correct accounting treatment in accordance with IFRS, being pro-active to review and challenge

• Responsible for the preparation, review, challenge and continuous improvement of robust and accurate balance sheet reconciliations

• Forecasting on monthly/weekly basis, with continual focus on improving forecasting accuracy and efficiency

• Analysing movements between forecast and actuals/last year

• Produce timely, accurate and insightful reporting and analysis

• Ad hoc analysis and scenario modelling to inform business decision making  

• Ensure appropriate and robust financial control environment, spanning from the posting of journals to assisting with supporting documentation for the external audit

We’d love to meet someone with…

• An accounting qualification (preferably CIMA, ACCA or ACA).

• Business partnering experience.

• A proven ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines.

• A strong financial modelling and analytical skills.

• Advanced skills in Excel.

• A high standard of accuracy with financial and statistical data.

• An ability to determine insightful observations from detail for management attention.

• Commercial awareness.

• Good communication/ interpersonal and influencing skills.

• The ability to be proactive within a fast-paced, dynamic environment susceptible to change

What's in it for you?

We will give you a competitive salary, BIG staff discount, discretionary bonus scheme, sample sales and pension matching, but also a fantastic bunch of flexible benefits that focus on your health, wealth & inner self for you and your friends & family.

We are all equal!

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workforce.  We believe in a world where you have the freedom to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you’re from. Where you value yourself and feel proud of who you are. Where individuality is a source of confidence because difference makes the world a better place.