Senior Finance Analyst - Group FP&A

Company Description

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

We exist to give our customers 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 judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. We're Disability Confident Committed - let our Talent team know if you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Job Description

The Senior Finance Analyst plays a key role within the Group FP&A team, supporting the delivery of group-wide reporting, forecasting and financial planning. Working closely with Commercial Finance, Financial Accounting and other teams across Finance, the role brings together a clear view of financial performance, outlook, risks and opportunities for senior management.

The role will take ownership of core Group FP&A processes, including monthly performance reporting, short-term cash-flow forecasting and elements of the annual budget and in-year forecasting cycles. It will combine strong financial analysis with clear communication, ensuring complex information is translated into concise, accurate and insightful outputs for senior stakeholders.

The successful candidate will also play an important role in improving the team’s models, reporting and ways of working, using automation, data and technology to reduce manual activity and enhance the quality of financial insight.

Here at ASOS, working in Finance means working collaboratively with the business to deliver our mission. 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, leveraging 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 take initiative and embrace change. If this sounds like you, we’d like to hear about your experience for the role of Senior Finance Analyst – Group FP&A.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply and achieve more as a team. That’s why our approach to working together includes spending at least three days a week in the office. It’s a rhythm that speeds up decision-making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create and succeed.

The details

• Taking ownership of the monthly Group performance reporting process, coordinating inputs across Finance, challenging key drivers and producing accurate, insightful commentary on performance against forecast and prior year for agreed timelines.
• Preparing and presenting high-quality month-end performance reviews for senior management and other key stakeholders, clearly articulating the financial story, key variances, risks and opportunities, decisions required and recommended actions.
• Coordinating regular forecasting and planning activities across Finance, setting clear requirements and deadlines, constructively challenging assumptions and submissions, and coordinating agreed actions through to completion.
• Taking ownership of the short-term cash-flow forecasting process, working with Finance teams to understand movements, challenge underlying assumptions and phasing, present forecast reviews, and coordinate actions to address emerging risks and opportunities.
• Responsibility for the ongoing management of financial risks and opportunities, maintaining a clear and evidenced R&O view, challenging assumptions, timing and financial impact, presenting regular reviews, and coordinating owners and actions to ensure changes are reflected in the latest outlook.
• Building strong relationships across Commercial Finance, Financial Accounting and the wider business to improve the flow, quality and consistency of financial information.
• Developing a strong understanding of ASOS’s key financial and commercial performance drivers and using this knowledge to provide meaningful challenge and insight.
• Producing ad-hoc financial analysis for strategic projects and senior stakeholder requests, applying a strong understanding of ASOS’s financial and commercial performance drivers to provide meaningful challenge and insight while maintaining accuracy and clear documentation of assumptions.
• Improving financial models, reporting tools and team processes through automation, data and AI-enabled solutions to increase efficiency, strengthen controls and enhance the speed, accuracy and quality of Group FP&A outputs.
• Supporting the development of junior colleagues through coaching, knowledge sharing and review of their work, while contributing positively to an inclusive and collaborative Finance team culture.

Qualifications

About you

• Is a qualified accountant with CIMA, ACCA, ACA or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Has experience in FP&A, management reporting, commercial finance or a similarly analytical finance role.
• Can analyse and interpret complex financial information, draw clear conclusions and communicate practical recommendations.
• Has strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Can produce clear, concise and professional reports and presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
• Has experience working with budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes.
• Has strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge and influence colleagues at different levels.
• Takes ownership of their work and is accountable for its quality, accuracy and timely delivery.
• Can plan and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment, balancing recurring deadlines with changing priorities and ad-hoc requests.
• Is inquisitive and commercially aware, with the ability to move between detailed analysis and the wider financial story.
• Is proactive, adaptable and comfortable identifying and implementing improvements to existing processes.
• Has an interest in using systems, automation, data and AI to make finance processes more efficient and insightful.
• Enjoys working collaboratively and is motivated by supporting the development of others.

Additional Information

BeneFITS’

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Private medical care scheme
• Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year, it's just an extra thank you from us
• Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role

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