Senior Finance Analyst - Ecommerce

Wayman Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join their dynamic Commercial Finance team. This role is pivotal in driving financial performance and strategic analysis for the online business segment. You will lead the budgeting process, manage the online P&L, and provide insightful analyses to improve profitability across various territories. Collaborating with diverse teams such as digital marketing and IT, you will ensure financial viability of online promotions and support investment projects. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking retail environment, with competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Benefits

Study Support

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in retail business finance.
• Strong analytical skills to summarize data and make recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead online team in budgeting and financial analysis for global business.
• Own online P&L and provide insights on profitability and performance.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Commercial Acumen

Data Interpretation

Microsoft Software Proficiency

Stakeholder Management

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified Accountant

Tools

Finance Software

Reporting Software

Job description

Role: Senior Finance Analyst – Ecommerce

Location: Central London

The Role: This opportunity is working for a well-established and successful Global Retailer with an established brand in the sector and a very exciting strategy for the future. You will be a crucial member of the Commercial Finance team, reporting into the Head of Commercial Finance. This role will play a key role in leading the online team to deliver targets. You will also be supporting and challenging performance across multiple facets of the business whilst also creating continuous process improvements across reporting, reviewing performance, forecasting and budgeting. This role comes with a very competitive salary, benefits and study support.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the online team to submit annual budget for the global online business, working extensively with buying and merchandising, online trade, digital marketing, and IT
• Complete ownership of the online P&L, with a focus on profitability by territory
• Pre and post analysis of online promotions to ensure financially viable and providing commentary on key highlights and learnings
• Forecast and periodical re-forecast of online P&L, highlighting key risks and opportunities to senior management
• Responsible for all online month end postings, working closely with finance team to ensure accurate. Producing and presenting monthly commentary to senior management on key variances against budget and last year
• Supporting digital marketing and online trade team with monthly financial review. Working closely to evaluate revenue and spend, by channel, with a strong focus on ROI
• Ownership of weekly reporting on sales, margin and key digital KPI’s, tracking actual performance against budget and last year
• Supporting the online team on financial modelling and strategic analysis on large investment projects to be presented to Finance for approval
• Preparation and review of smaller investment and commercial business appraisals and providing recommendations and post investment appraisal of Online projects
• Own and maintain financial models to assist with short term business decisions, for example promotions, discount analysis and delivery analysis

Candidate Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Previous experience business partnering buying and merchandising, online trade, digital marketing, and IT teams in a Retail business
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on driving excellent financial and commercial performance
• Proven experience of analysing and interpreting data, with the ability of summarising key points and making recommendations
• Self-motivated team player, happy to work independently and build relationships across the business
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload whilst maintaining a strong relationship with key stakeholders
• Highly skilled in Microsoft software, with experience in using finance and reporting software

Company Information

Wayman Finance is a specialist recruitment agency with over 20 years’ experience within the Finance field. We’ve worked hard to establish our reputation with our clients as one of the most reliable Finance and Accounting agencies in London through our core values of honesty and customer excellence.

Application

To be considered for this Senior Finance Analyst - Ecommerce position please forward a CV as soon as possible