eCommerce Business Analyst
Popgear, United Kingdom
Job Description
Are you seriously creative, always in search of the WOW factor and a genuine fan of pop culture?
Great. so are we!
Are you driven by inclusivity, always striving to be your best self and passionate about the work you do?
Amazing. keep reading!
To a pop culture fan, wearing something featuring their favourite band or character is more than just a t-shirt. it's a way to show of their identity to the world, a way to show off their passion to their friends and family.
At Popgear, our mission is to empower pop culture fans of all ages to show off their identity to the world and our vision is to become the ‘go-to’ retail brand that provides anyone and everyone with the tools to become a champion of their own identity and stand out in the crowd.
Are you determined to help people express their identity?
If so, then we should probably have a chat
We are looking for a data driven Finance Analyst to join our team as we build the most creative and accessible clothing brand for pop culture fans everywhere.
Requirements
The Role
The Business Analyst will provide financial support across the key areas of financial forecasting, annual budgeting, maintenance of internal controls, period actual review, seasonal pricing, markdown planning, stock control and commercial decision making and support through effective financial business partnering. As a key team member, you will be responsible for delivering operational insights on costs and performance, support decision making, challenge queries and present financial information.
Responsibilities
- Monthly business performance reviews and analyse potential change to operations
- Identifying areas of risk and opportunity to allow continuous improvement of financial and business metrics
- Responsible for developing and maintaining the forecast files, ensuring that they accurately represent the current forecast, previous forecasts and previous year’s results
- Provide supporting information to allow approval of marketing initiatives or capital expenditure requests
- Support in the periodic review of overhead and marketing costs with relevant stakeholders, appraising risks and opportunities and communicating to key stakeholders
- Offer financial analysis of all changes to markdown policy, highlighting risks and ensuring additional markdowns are appropriately approved
- Assist Finance in maintaining controls over the e-commerce marketing spend and ensure there is an appropriate mechanism for approving and controlling spend levels against approval levels and budget
- Track and report on key variable costs to sales, such as packaging, delivery charges and warehouse KPI’s
- Model margin and agree markdown levels with the Trading Manager
- Provide insight through reporting and detailed analysis of KPIs
- Support business growth and potential investment decisions
- Ensure high quality reports to enable accurate business development
- Support Financial planning and forecasting processes
- Identify and implement changes to enhance, improve and simplify business processes
- Be able to analyse large volumes of data and present findings accurately
- Credit Control amp; Accounts Payable Duties
- Ad-hoc duties and projects as and when required.
Mandatory Skills amp; Experience
- Finalist or fully qualified ACA / ACCA / ACMA / CIMA
- Have a strong analytical mind-set with an eye for detail
- IT Literate with advanced Excel skills
- Advanced Excel skills
- Numerate with strong analytical and communication skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter full of initiative
- Experience within a highly commercial business environment
- Team player
- Commercial experience within e-commerce
- Experience with fast paced eCommerce on multiple trading platforms including Amazon, Shopify and eBay
Nice To Have
- Experience with Channel Advisor, Veeqo and Peoplevox
Working Location
COVID-19 secure office in Loughborough or remote working subject to passing a full IT health check
Benefits
What You Get
You will have the opportunity to work within a talented and friendly team who are all deeply passionate about their jobs and celebrate and support diversity within the team and our community and believe it is essential to making the world a better place.
On top of that you'd get;
- Annual salary of up to 35k
- 20 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Ability to work fully remotely subject to passing an IT health check
- Support towards career progression and personal development</