В luxury-платформу Farfetch требуется Financial Analyst.
Farfetch is a British-Portuguese online luxury fashion retail platform that sells products from over 700 boutiques and brands from around the world.
The role:
You will have the opportunity to work in an incredible cross-functional role, helping to evolve and scale FARFETCH business from a Corporate and Commercial Finance angle. You will support monthly reporting to management and various important processes that support our daily office and marketing operations.
What you will do:
Managing and executing FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, and day to day financial activities, including but not limited to:
Budgeting:
- Support the Finance Manager by bringing FP&A processes to life and increasing the level of clarity we are offering the business
- Contribute to the budget and RFC processes, connecting multiple stakeholders and business units to deliver robust, clear outcomes and plans aligned with Group strategy
- Support the rolling quarterly ‘latest view’ forecast; providing updates on current performance vs target, making strategic recommendations to drive profitability
- Managing ERP workflow (SAP / D365)
Reporting:
- Support the month-end reporting process for 3 markets, working with the Accounting, Reporting, Financial Planning & Analysis teams to ensure it is delivered
- You will prepare monthly financial reports: demand P&L (commercial financial view), monthly cash flow forecast, board report presentation
- Timeliness of reporting - timely provision of information to the central team (0-day closing)
- Managing ERP workflow (SAP / D365)
- Maintaining governance around financial statements and tax submissions
- You will assist the finance manager for the audit of the legal entity and support with local legal requirements when needed
Treasury:
- Provisioning and preparing two weekly Cashflow forecasts for Russian and Middle East offices to Group Treasury team
- Managing timely funding of the companies
- Managing timely payments to the 3rd parties
- Ad-hoc interactions, support & provision of localized knowledge to the Group
- Treasury team to include, but not limited to: Local banking facilities & requirements; Cashflow Forecast variance analysis
and:
- Support on a range of different and varied projects on an ad-hoc basis
- You will oversee the invoicing and supplier process, supporting the other departments with their expenses and reconcile them with the budgets set (PO issuance, vendor creation/update, payment follow up and other payable tasks)
- Support the wide range of teams including trade representatives from Promo & Loyalty, Commercial, Marketing, Private Client and Operations, ensuring you have solid knowledge and understanding of all P&L lines
- Be the bridge between RU&ME stakeholders and the wider Finance team, including tax, treasury, FP&A, Transformation and Finance Operations
- Support on a range of different and varied projects across the business on an ad-hoc basis
Who you are:
- A professional with a bachelor's or master’s degree in accounting, management, economics, or auditing; experience working in the top 4 global audit firms will be the benefit
- Experienced in group reporting, financial reporting (IFRS), and review of management accounts
- Solid IT skills, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and the full G Suite
- Experience in retail, technology, and e-commerce is advantageous
- You have the ability to operate in ambiguous and changing situations to meet deadlines
- You have the ability to self-motivate in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
- You are proactive, enthusiastic, ambitious, and passionate with attention to detail, able to spot inefficiencies and opportunities and recommend new ways of working, striving to constantly improve what we do
- Complete tasks independently, deep-diving into areas of interest and provide feedback to the manager on proposed solutions
- You are a strong team player with the ability to interact with those outsides of the Finance teams to deliver preferred outcomes
- Fluent in English