Hybrid Senior Financial Analyst

at FARFETCH

• Job title: Senior Financial Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Porto, Portugal

About the role

• Senior Financial Analyst driving accounting processes and policy amendments at Farfetch, a global luxury fashion marketplace. Collaborating with teams to ensure financial integrity and monthly closing goals.

Responsibilities

• Prepares bookings of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses entries by compiling and analysing accounting information;
• Monitors sub-ledgers verifying transactions and resolving discrepancies;
• Analyses the reasonability of trial balances’ variances;
• Analyses the consolidated information for the group, namely its Balance Sheet and P&L Fluxes, providing support in the financial statements’ disclosures;
• Provides support in the implementation of new IFRS standards;
• Supervises work performed by more junior members of the team as necessary;
• Complies with legal requirements;
• Participates in meetings and guarantees appropriate progress;
• Introduces, organizes and implements new accounting policies and procedures for the group, actively participating in the set up of new projects with other teams including international areas, actively innovating the way we work in order to drive efficiency;
• Offers support to colleagues in specific accounting operations;
• Guarantees that controls are carried out, recorded and are working efficiently and promptly;
• Provides support on the external audit.

Requirements

• A bachelor or master degree in accounting, management, economics or auditing;
• At least 5 years of functional experience in areas of accounting, auditing or consolidation;
• Knowledge of IFRS;
• Previous Experience in Consolidation either from a preparer or auditor’s point of view
• Strong drive for results, including proactive problem resolution skills in delivering stringent deadlines;
• Proficiency in conveying information efficiently and across departments;
• Outstanding writing aptitude and capability to organize presentations and papers;
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken is mandatory;
• An Excellent team player with the ability to interact with different departments;
• Considerable knowledge of spreadsheet software and basic computer systems, Microsoft AX and SAP BPC will be a plus;
• Demonstrated ability to perform accurate numeric calculations;
• An Excellent communicator;
• Dynamic, with high sense of responsibility and autonomy.

Benefits

• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• Flexible benefits program