Finance Analyst

ASOS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Employee sample sales

25 days leave + 1 extra day

Private medical care

Fixed annual payment

Personalised learning opportunities

Job summary

ASOS in London is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Core Costs within Financial Accounting. You’ll focus on reporting the business's financial performance, delivering accurate monthly actuals, and supporting stakeholders with insights.

You’ll lead balance sheet reconciliations, support audits, and collaborate with the wider finance function on ongoing initiatives. Strong Excel and analytical skills, plus progression in a professional accounting qualification, are preferred.

Qualifications

• Part way through accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA preferred).
• Proven ability to plan and prioritise workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• High standard of accuracy with financial data.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Flexible and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Play a key part in planning & delivering monthly actuals, including monthly meetings, posting accruals and prepayments, analysing variances between actuals and forecasts/prior periods & cost schedules.
• Record professional fees, travel costs, payroll and other business partnering entries, review GRNI posting for aged balances.
• Produce monthly reporting in a timely and accurate manner, updating the Senior Finance Analyst and Finance Manager on key highlights and trends.
• Collaborate closely with the wider Finance function and other stakeholders throughout the business.
• Support finance team on current initiatives and any ad hoc projects identified.
• Prepare and optimise balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting standards.
• Assist in successful delivery of interim and year-end audits ensuring timely documentation and auditable standards.
• Update applicable accounting policies and process notes, identifying control weaknesses to management.

Skills

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Time management

Commercial awareness

Education

Accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

Excel

Job description

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

About the Role

This role reports into the Senior Finance Analyst in the Core Costs within Financial Accounting (FA). The role focuses on the reporting of the financial performance of the business. Key responsibilities are delivering accurate monthly actuals in a timely manner, preparing and optimising balance sheet reconciliations and supporting a wide array of stakeholders at different levels of the organisation with insights whilst helping to drive finance initiatives

What you’ll be doing

• Play a key part in planning & delivering monthly actuals, including monthly meetings, posting accruals and prepayments, analysing variances between actuals and forecasts/prior periods & cost schedules
• Responsible for recording professional fees, travel costs, payroll and other business partnering entries along with reviewing GRNI posting for aged balances
• Produce monthly reporting in a timely and accurate manner, updating the Senior Finance Analyst and Finance Manager on key highlights and trends
• Collaborating closely with the wider Finance function and other stakeholders throughout the business
• Support finance team on current initiatives and any ad hoc projects identified
• Preparing and optimising balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting standards
• Assisting in the successful delivery of interim and year-end audits ensuring all documentation provided is delivered in a timely manner and to auditable standard
• Updating applicable accounting policies and process notes along with identifying any control weaknesses to management

About You

• Part way through an accounting qualification (preferably CIMA or ACCA).
• A proven ability to plan and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines.
• A strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Advanced skills in Excel.
• Strong attention to detail.
• 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

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