Commercial Finance Analyst | Fashion Retailer
2 weeks ago
🗣 Seeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer 🗣
Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and forecasting as well as commercial insight and analysis, enabling management to make key business decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
1 - Weekly trade analysis for all business channels around Sales, Margin and Stock
- Creation, improvement and maintenance of financial and trade reports
- Detailed variance analysis and investigation, working with the wider business to ensure reporting and data is consistent across the teams
- Partner with Merchandising to produce all weekly and monthly stock reconciliations.
- Support finance team with month end balance sheet reconciliations
- Adhoc promotional sales analysis and re-forecasting
2 - Retail Partner; Act as the primary contact for all retail analysis and requests
- Store by Store P&Ls, including channel analysis by: Partner, Country, Market, Region
- Set KPI targets and tracking for KPIs including: Footfall, Conversion, ASP, ATV
- Support Merchandising with Retail stock analysis focused on availability and sales opportunities
- Trials – support retail to determine the basis of trials, selected and control sets
- Measurement and communication of results
- Adhoc analysis tasks as required
3 - Ecom Partner;
- Monthly ecom analysis of sales by country
- Adhoc analysis tasks as required
4 - Overheads;
- Preparation and analysis of monthly overhead reports for all head office departments, preparing monthly accruals schedule for finance team to post at month end
- Hold monthly budget review meetings with each department and set action plans
- Build relationships with internal peer group to understand and forecast overhead costs
- Set up new PO reporting and accruals process for month end
- Understanding and reporting KPIs for Warehouse costs and efficiencies including preparing monthly review pack with commentary and supporting the wider team implementing any actions.
- Produce and monitor total business capex budget at project level including being the finance representative for all projects and supporting with producing business cases where necessary
5 - Group Reporting;
- Preparation of reporting including: Monthly Sales analysis and commentary. Budget, Quarterly Forecast and Bi-Annual reporting requirements including sales, territory, capex and debtor reporting. Consolidating data for quarterly insurance reporting.
- Manage and maintain the financial data cube in Cognos
- Supporting the Commercial Finance Manager in preparing the annual budget and quarterly forecasts for all of the above business areas
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly Board pack
- Adhoc projects
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Educated to degree level and/or accounting qualification
- Retail experience and experience of multisite operations is preferable
- Ability to deliver under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Strong analytical skills
- Advanced Excel
- Microsoft applications, Powerpoint, Word
- Knowledge of accounting and stock systems such as Sage, Merret and Cognos is preferable
- Strong attention to detail
- Proactive, investigates issues and seeks solutions
- Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal, communicates well with a non-financial audience
Does this sound like it could be the ideal role for you?
⏰ Hit the link to begin your application today ⏰
The Process...
- An introductory call with the team at Agora; we'd love to learn more about you, your ambitions, and what you're looking for in your next step
- CV review by the client, followed by a two-stage interview process;
- First stage will be a video-call via Teams, then a face-to-face session in their offices in London so you can get a much better feel of the working environment and culture you could be immersed in
Diversity and Inclusion...
Agora aims to be an inclusive organisation. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
-
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeSeeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and...
-
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeSeeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and...
-
Graduate Finance Analyst | Fashion Retailer
4 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeAre you a recent Graduate with a Numerical degree and aspiring to step into your first Finance Analyst role in an established fashion retailer? Agora talent are partnering with a Luxury Fashion Brand in their search for a commercially focused Finance Graduate to join their London based team and add real value to the business! If you are a recent graduate...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
2 days ago
London, United Kingdom Whistles Full timeAt Whistles we love working together, and value creativity, commerciality and fresh thinking. Our people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Analyst. Reporting to the Commercial Finance...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom The Foschini Group TFG London Full timeAt Whistles we love working together, and value creativity, commerciality and fresh thinking. Our people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Analyst. Reporting to the Commercial Finance...
-
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeJob Description?? Seeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer ?? Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and forecasting as well as commercial insight and analysis, enabling management to make key business...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst | Fashion Retailer
2 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeSeeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and forecasting as well as commercial insight and analysis, enabling management to make key business decisions. Key...
-
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeSeeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and forecasting as well as commercial insight and analysis, enabling management to make key business decisions. Key...
-
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeSeeking Commercial Finance Analysts to join established Fashion Retailer Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, this is a role to support the Finance team and wider business with weekly, monthly and annual reporting, budgeting and forecasting as well as commercial insight and analysis, enabling management to make key business decisions. Key...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
3 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom TFG London Full timeAbout The Role At Whistles we love working together, and value creativity, commerciality and fresh thinking. Our people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Analyst. Reporting to...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
Manchester Area, United Kingdom MacGregor Black Full timeCommercial Finance AnalystAre you a qualified accountant?Can you work in Manchester?Do you have commercial analyst experience?MacGregor Black is delighted to partner with an FMCG business in their search for a Commercial Finance Analyst / Finance Business Partner. This is a permanent position based in Manchester with remote/hybrid working available.As a...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
3 weeks ago
Manchester Area, United Kingdom MacGregor Black Full timeCommercial Finance Analyst Are you a qualified accountant? Can you work in Manchester? Do you have commercial analyst experience? MacGregor Black is delighted to partner with an FMCG business in their search for a Commercial Finance Analyst / Finance Business Partner. This is a permanent position based in Manchester with remote/hybrid working...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
Manchester Area, United Kingdom MacGregor Black Full timeCommercial Finance AnalystAre you a qualified accountant?Can you work in Manchester?Do you have commercial analyst experience?MacGregor Black is delighted to partner with an FMCG business in their search for a Commercial Finance Analyst / Finance Business Partner. This is a permanent position based in Manchester with remote/hybrid working available.As a...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
Manchester Area, United Kingdom MacGregor Black Full timeCommercial Finance AnalystAre you a qualified accountant?Can you work in Manchester?Do you have commercial analyst experience?MacGregor Black is delighted to partner with an FMCG business in their search for a Commercial Finance Analyst / Finance Business Partner. This is a permanent position based in Manchester with remote/hybrid working available.As a...
-
Graduate Finance Analyst | Fashion Retailer
4 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom Agora Talent Full timeJob Description Are you a recent Graduate with a Numerical degree and aspiring to step into your first Finance Analyst role in an established fashion retailer? Agora talent are partnering with a Luxury Fashion Brand in their search for a commercially focused Finance Graduate to join their London based team and add real value to the business! If you are a...
-
Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom The Foschini Group TFG London Full timeAt Whistles we love working together, and value creativity, commerciality and fresh thinking. Our people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Analyst. Reporting to the Commercial Finance...
-
Commercial Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom Page Personnel Finance Full timeThe Commercial Finance Analyst will take responsibly for customer pricing and contract management. The Commercial Finance Analyst will be required to ensure customer pricing is commercially sound, accurate and consistent. **Client Details** My client is based in Wimbledon and is a fast paced and rapidly growing business offering hybrid working and a...
-
Finance Analyst
4 weeks ago
City of London, Greater London, United Kingdom Page Personnel Sales Full timeThe client are a large fashion retail brand with a brilliant culture. The role will work on the production & consolidation of the International monthly management accounts pack, whilst also focusing on the financial planning and analysis, forecasting and budgeting. The office is based in the City of London (Shoreditch) and the successful candidate will...
-
Commercial Finance Manager
3 weeks ago
London, United Kingdom The Foschini Group TFG London Full timeOur people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Manager. Reporting to the Group Commercial Finance Director, you will be responsible for providing strategic insights, business partnering...
-
Commercial Finance Manager
3 days ago
London, United Kingdom TFG Full timeOur people are at the heart of everything we do as we aim to remain at the forefront of cutting edge fashion. With that in mind, we have a fantastic opportunity for in our Commercial Finance Team for a Commercial Finance Manager. Reporting to the Group Commercial Finance Director, you will be responsible for providing strategic insights, business partnering...
