Senior Financial Analyst - Growth & Commercial Partnering

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry, connecting customers in over 190 countries with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands and charming boutiques from around the world. Farfetch opens a world of luxury for endless expressions of style, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace. 

The Finance team stands as a strategic pillar of our organization, enabling the delivery of our business and financial goals, ensuring robust financial controls and optimizing overall financial performance. Finance is responsible for managing capital, ensuring financial integrity, optimizing resource allocation, and delivering accurate reporting to drive sustainable growth and profitability.

Our London office is located in Old Street, London’s tech hub, and is home to a wide range of teams. Our open space is ideal for collaborative work and sharing ideas. We also have a large outdoor terrace, which is the perfect spot to have a team lunch or host events.

As a Senior Financial Analyst - Growth & Commercial Partnering, you will partner directly with functional senior leaders, helping to create a world-class business partnering function who are pivotal in turning insights into actions, driving business performance and profitability, and championing the long-term financial health of the FARFETCH Group. This role will ensure that the organization operates with financial coherence and that the senior leaders and stakeholders have a transparent view of how their areas of responsibility are performing, giving clarity on the financial impact of their strategic, operational, and trading decisions.

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  Act as a trusted advisor, partnering with cross-functional teams to understand their business objectives, help convert growth ideas into concrete business cases, and provide financial guidance

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  Identify and evaluate opportunities for revenue growth initiatives, commercial expansion, process improvements and cost optimisation

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  Challenge the organisation constructively to deliver financial goals, stress-testing assumptions and aligning new initiatives with the Group's operating and financial strategy

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  Establish and agree upon tailored KPIs to track and measure the success of initiatives

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  Adapt quickly to changing priorities and performance data, helping business leaders iterate, scale, or pivot projects in real time

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  Deliver analysis, insight, and recommendations on the financial implications of key business decisions in a timely and efficient way

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  Delivery of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for functional areas, translating the vision of the business into a long-term financial strategy

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA/ACCA/ACA is a plus

• Proven experience in P&L ownership and financial planning, within retail, technology, or the e-Commerce industry is advantageous

• Proven people leadership and management experience, able to lead with an authentic style and ensure team delivery to high standards

• Strong commercial acumen, with an ability to influence strategic business decisions, keeping the financial health of the business front of mind

• A strategic mindset, with an ability to have a long-term vision with an eye on detail

• Self-motivated in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment with competing deadlines, driven to deliver results

• A strong team player with the ability to interact and effectively communicate with those outside of Finance teams to deliver preferred outcomes

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES- Farfetch is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. 
We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. 

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