Senior FP&A Analyst

Lyst; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyst, a leading fashion platform, is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join their vibrant FP&A and Strategy team. This role involves crucial financial reporting, forecasting, and strategy support to drive robust decision-making and performance analysis. The ideal candidate is newly qualified and adept at complex data analysis, contributing significantly to the company's financial health and strategy.

Benefits

29 holidays per year

Clothing allowance up to £1,000

Annual training allowance of £1,000

Comprehensive private healthcare

Interest-free travel season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Newly Qualified - 2 years PQE CIMA/ACCA/ACA.
• 3+ years in a finance role.
• Expert in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets.
• Adept at analysing complex data.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly trading reporting and ensure alignment to budget.
• Prepare monthly forecasts for leadership teams.
• Conduct market research to benchmark performance.
• Support teams with financial modelling.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Data Analysis

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Google Sheets

Looker

Job description

About Lyst

Lyst is a global fashion shopping platform founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 160M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion products in one place, curating pieces from 27,000 of the world's leading brands and stores. In 2025, Lyst joined Zozo, operators of Zozotown, the leading fashion e-commerce platform in Japan. This partnership marks a bold new era for Lyst, as we accelerate our vision and work together to transform the future of fashion shopping through AI and technology.

At Lyst, we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn't, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper.

About the Role

We are looking to hire a qualified Senior FP&A Analyst to join our FP&A and Strategy team. This is a great opportunity for the right individual to make a mark in a small but high performing team in a fast paced environment.

As a team we are focussed on ensuring that our reporting and analysis is robust and impactful to enable the business to understand its performance, and we play a key part in setting the budget, longer term plans and KPIs for the rest of the business. The team is uniquely placed, with high exposure to senior leadership, working across the organisation's operations and acting as key stakeholders across a variety of exciting projects.

Responsibilities:

• Owning weekly trading reporting to ensure we are on track to deliver against our budget and strategic objectives, working with a range of stakeholders including marketing, data analytics and more
• Preparation of our FP&A and Strategy monthly forecasting and reporting, to the CXO and Leadership teams, and our parent company Zozo, including contributions to board materials and strategic updates
• Supporting the Senior FP&A and Strategy managers during budget and longer range planning cycles by building financial models, performing sensitivity analysis and collaborating with key stakeholders across core finance and marketing
• Performing market and competitor research to benchmark our performance, and to understand any risks and opportunities for the business, often contributing to broader strategy papers and initiatives
• Supporting teams across the business with investment appraisal and modelling for new initiatives and ongoing monitoring and reporting
• Continuously seek to improve and automate our processes, ensuring deliverables are accurate and deadlines achieved

To be successful in this role you will need to have a rounded skill set as well as a fantastic work ethic. We're a high-performance, open and honest team, always pushing to learn and develop. We believe the right person for this role will:

• Be able to adapt to switching priorities and tasks, reacting to business needs as these change;
• Have a desire to challenge existing thinking around how we perform our work;
• Have a drive to problem solve, rising to and overcoming complex and unique challenges.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Newly Qualified - 2 years PQE CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Has been working in a finance based role for at least 3 years (including time to qualify)
• Able to communicate confidently and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• A Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets expert
• Able to demonstrate strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Adept at analysing complex data and communicating insights

Bonus points if you:

• Have prior experience of budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling
• Have prior experience using business intelligence or visualisation tools (e.g. Looker)
• Love using AI and productivity tools to automate and improve your day to day

• Our Ways of Working: We all come into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the option to work remotely or come into the office on the other days. We believe that in person collaboration and community spirit is super important, which is why we spend some of our time in the office and some of our time at home.
• Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £1,000 with your length of service.
• Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start.
• Training Allowance: We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1,000. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
• Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
• Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
• Transport Season Ticket Loan: Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work.
• Social Events: Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.

We want to build a world where fashion works for everyone, and we want teams that are just as inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at Lyst. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we are held to account. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Lyst we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.