Senior Finance Analyst - Retail

THE TEAM

We are currently looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our Global team with Finance.

Our finance function operates at the heart of ASOS. Say goodbye to preconceptions of bean-counters and hello to a multi-functional, business facing department. Our finance team controls the cash within the business and also provides support to the business to help it make decisions to lead us to being a global online fashion destination.

THE ROLE

This role primarily focuses on business partnering with the Buying and Merchandising teams to support them with their forecasting of intake, margin, product mix and stock. You will have specific responsibility for producing and analysing our stock cashflow forecast, working closely with other Finance teams to refine and improve the model. Another key focus will be long-term planning and producing retail business cases that feed into our 3 year plan. This role also has some month-end responsibilities and would therefore suit someone who has a mixture of commercial and management accounting experience. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving difficult problems, is able to effectively manage a group of senior stakeholders and has a strong attention to detail.

What you'll be doing:

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

• 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

• 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 organise own work and to take initiative.

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

• Commercial awareness.

• Good communication/ interpersonal and influencing skills.

• A flexible and open to change.

• Pro-activeness.

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.