Commercial Finance Analyst - Asda House

Job Title

Commercial Finance Analyst

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Financial Planning and Analysis

Closing Date

7 July 2024

 

We’ve got a fantastic Commercial Finance Analyst opportunity, responsible for driving performance improvement across the business.  Working closely with the business, supporting the strategic direction, decision making and insight into commercial performance.

“Everything about Asda” 

We are a values-led organisation. As such we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input. 

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant. 

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.  

“Everything you’ll love”

               

• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for your self and switch off 
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year 
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us 
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year 
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)  
• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours 

Plus, much more! 

“That’s more like it” 

“Find your role”

In the Finance team at Asda the focus of an analyst is to develop and implement data and analytical innovations to create value for the business with insight and recommendations to the leadership team.  You would also play a key role in ensuring we deliver the operational plans through detailed analysis across the P&L, monitoring sales, gross margin, costs and inventory.  We partner the business unit teams to implement action plans.

Your Role

• You will provide regular insight and analysis. You will be an expert in Asda’s data and use it to create insightful analysis that shows actionable opportunities to drive sales and profit.
• You will merge financial and non-financial data to present a complete picture for decision making across the team
• As part of the team that business partners VP and exec level stakeholders, your role will be to support the broader finance team with deep dives, and then translate key learnings to actions that can be shared across the whole estate.
• You will provide consolidated summaries on business performance to support P&L reviews with senior stakeholders and support weekly KPI management through timely insightful reports
• You will also be part of key investment decisions by assessing performance of trials and making recommendations on roll outs.
• You will work closely with ADS to ensure accuracy and relevancy of reporting coming from that team, and support them with prioritizing production of new reporting that you develop.

Let's find out about you” 

• You’re obsessed about the Asda Customer and can demonstrate an understanding of the customer across different channels & formats
• You’re curious and always comfortable asking questions to continually challenge the status quo. Able to translate answers into a ‘so what’.
• You’re passionate about your own performance and Asda’s – willing to take ownership and be accountable for delivering your piece of the puzzle.
• You’re open to change and embrace a continuous improvement mindset.
• You want to understand the business, the market and know what will make a difference commercially
• You may have a relevant Profession level Finance or Business qualification

 
“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone’s reach. 
 
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda. 
 

Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works.  This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective.  It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team. 
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-

•    Discretionary company bonus
•    Company pension up to 7% matched
•    10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
 
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves