Finance Manager - Core Costs and Capex

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Company Description

We're ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.

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But how are we showing up? We're proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list.

Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.

Job Description

Our Financial Control team are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Manager to join our team at our HQ in Camden. As a Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the financial operations of our organization, providing strategic insights, and ensuring compliance with /financial regulations.

The Details:

Financial Accounting

• Develop and maintain detailed knowledge of the business' Opex and Capex operations to support finance and non-finance stakeholders;
• Ownership for ensuring correct accounting treatment in accordance with IFRS accounting standards across the Opex and Capex area, being pro-active to review current treatment and be able to provide guidance to the business as required;
• Business Partner the business to ensure business initiatives and associated change impacts are compliant from requirements through to successful implementation; and
• Collaboration with Accounts Payable team for joint ownership over the non-stock Purchase Order process and ensuring timely payment to suppliers, through weekly communications to business partners, monitoring outstanding POs report and guiding on provisioning.

Financial Control

• Team ownership for month end P&L journals and Balance Sheet reconciliation accounts across all Opex and Capex areas;
• Own the review and input to the Financial Control pack ensuring key messaging is conveyed effectively to Senior Management;
• Ensure appropriate and robust financial control environment on all Opex and Capex areas;
• Ensure financial controls, processes and risks are fully documented for all Opex and Capex areas and regularly updated to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business. Provide analysis, identify potential process and control weaknesses and make recommendations to management as required and with consideration to future compliance regulation;
• Assist in the successful delivery of interim and year-end audit as well as ad hoc internal audits as required, ensuring all documents are delivered timely and to required standard; and
• Assist in ad hoc projects as required by the Head of Financial Accounting, to provide business insight and ensure that Company objectives and deadlines are met.

Team Management

• Lead the Opex and Capex team to deliver objectives aligned with both Finance and ASOS goals, including excellent stakeholder management both internal and external to Finance;
• Provide coaching to team members and support them in their career development, creating a supportive learning environment in which talent flourishes;
• Manage and support the team on a day-to-day basis to ensure all deadlines are met and be pro-active with challenging the status quo of these tasks; and
• Supporting our culture by driving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

Qualifications

About You:

• An accounting qualification (ACA or equivalent)
• Experience post qualification in a similar role
• Solid understanding of IFRS and FRS 101, in particular IFRS 16
• A proven ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines
• Advanced skills in Excel (ideally experience with Power Automation tools)
• Strong attention to detail
• Proactiveness in the organisation of own work and to take initiative
• An ability to determine insightful observations
• Good communication, interpersonal and influencing skills

Additional Information

BeneFITS':

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
• Employee sample sales
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra day for your birthday
• Discretionary performance related bonus scheme
• Private medical care scheme
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits

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