Commercial Finance Analyst

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 and costs. We partner with 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 work closely with the commercial and finance teams in supporting the forecasting process and analysing variances to forecast.
• You will also play a key role in budgeting, including financial modelling and communication of this with key stakeholders, as well as continued monitoring of actual performance versus budget on an ongoing basis.
• You will work closely with Asda Data Services “ADS” to ensure accuracy and relevancy of reporting coming from that team, and support them with prioritising 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 or be working towards one.
• Ideally 1-2 years experience with strong excel skills, wider data skills beneficial.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum of 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus.
• Company pension up to 7% matched.
• 15% colleague discount in store and online.
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated.
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

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.