Senior Finance Analyst - Global Finance

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Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting-edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

Job Description

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 provides support to the business to help it make decisions to lead us to being a global online fashion destination.

We have opportunities within Commercial Finance, business partnering with the marketing function, as well as Global trade & pricing teams to help support with planning, reporting and insights on their performance.

You will focus on developing our internal reporting to provide greater analysis on performance, alongside supporting the business with any investment decisions being made. You can expect to support across reporting, event analysis and ad hoc trade related analysis. Looking at overall market profitability to understand efficiencies and return on investment to our marketing spend.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing robust, accurate and timely financial modelling
• Managing the budget and rolling forecast process across cost lines and KPIs, helping to deliver robust quarterly reforecasts and holding stakeholders to account.
• Analysis into the incrementality and profitability of events to ensure we are optimising our spend in the right areas
• Partner with your business area and provide financial support for a number of businesses led projects.
• Preparing reports and ad-hoc analysis/topics for presentation for the Board, business stakeholders and external parties.
• Advising the business on risks and opportunities that present themselves and suitable courses of action to mitigate or implement
• Adding value to financial performance through developing and monitoring key performance indicators
• Producing insightful analysis and spotlighting areas to drive business value add decisions
• Supporting our culture by driving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies

Qualifications

We 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.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• 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.
• Flexible and open to change.
• Pro-activeness.

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

• 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 celebration day
• 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