Job Description

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 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.



The team\xe2\x80\xa6

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, levering 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 have initiative and who embrace change. If this sounds like you, we\'d like to hear from you and your experience for the role of Senior Finance Analyst - Stock.

What You\'ll be Doing

Financial Accounting:

• Developing a detailed knowledge of the business stock operations including activities in the retail, warehousing and accounts payable teams
• Own accounting for stock financial entries in collaboration with trading finance, including ability to be able to take a detailed level of understanding on financial entries and display this into appropriate summary level for presentation to senior management
• Taking ownership for financial accounting of stock GRNI in collaboration with trading finance, working closely with Accounts Payable team to understand stock entries and advise on provisioning
• Accountable for the accuracy and appropriateness of all standard cost components in the Group\'s average weighted stock costs (AWC) on a periodic basis
• Taking ownership for ensuring correct accounting treatment in accordance with IFRS accounting standards for stock, being pro-active to review current treatment and be able to provide guidance to the business as required
• Own reporting, analysis and challenge on all stock lines for Actuals across both P&L stock losses and Balance Sheet accounts, including supporting in monthly challenge sessions
• Support in the testing, in collaboration with Fin C&T, on any warehouse changes which impact the financial environment, including implementation of new warehouses, return centres etc.

Financial Control:

• Ensuring appropriate and robust financial control environment on all stock related areas, spanning from the posting of journals to assisting with supporting documentation for the external audit
• Ensuring financial controls, processes and risks are fully documented for all stock related areas and regularly updated to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business. Providing analysis, identifying potential process and control weaknesses and recommendations to management as required
• Taking ownership of end-to-end stock lifecycle processes, including documentation, change impact assessment and requirements, and successful delivery of process changes including training support
• Support in the review, challenge and continuous improvement of robust and accurate P&L and balance sheet accounting for all stock related accounts to ensure accuracy of the financials, including coordination and resolution of any issues with relevant functions
• Assisting in collaboration with Trading Finance in the successful delivery of interim and year-end audit information for external auditors as well as ad hoc internal audits as required, ensuring all documents are delivered to an auditable standard and in line with agreed timeframes

Qualifications

We\'d love to meet someone with

• Qualified financial accountant (ACA/ACCA/Equivalent)
• Previous stock retail experience
• Comprehensive understanding of IFRS accounting standards and practical application
• Experience of carrying out or providing information for external and internal audits
• Experience in producing high-quality analysis and reporting
• Experience of working with non-financial stakeholders across multiple business areas
• Experience of working with senior levels within a business and adopting a professional approach always

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

Our Commitments

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That\'s why we\'re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how\'re we doing it?

We\'re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We\'ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

We have several employee networks that operate as safe spaces, to help support and celebrate our people, find out more .

How can we support you to be your best self? Our Talent team will be happy to provide support e.g. if you need additional time to prepare for an assessment or you have requirements for any part of the interview/hiring process - just let us know by email or phone, whatever works best for you. It\'s also our policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum requirements for roles they have applied to.

If you have any questions about the policies we have in place to support our employees (e.g. our parental leave approach), just let our Talent team know.

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