Senior Data Analyst (Finance)

Job Description

If you are passionate about data and eager to tackle some of the most interesting data analytics use cases in the fashion retail industry, COS is the place for you!  

We are seeking a senior data analyst (finance) to join COS controlling analytics team within COS AI, analytics and data (aiad) function. In this role you will play a crucial part in driving commercial and financial data analysis use cases combining financial and market data to create better insights into the business performance and its potential opportunities. This is a heavily analytical role ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data, commercial finance and business impact.   

What you will do:

• Proactively identify strategic challenges where decision support anchored in data is needed.  
• Be the driver for data driven decision making in your initiative/product team by turning data into insights and providing the team with clear, data driven recommendations.  
• Conduct thorough analysis of retail sales data, including sales performance, P&L analysis, forecasting, budgeting, KPIs to identify trends, opportunities and risks 
• Update and maintain controlling and forecasting  tools to provide accurate and timely information to internal stakeholders, enabling data-driven decision making 
• Apply advanced analytics methods and tools to model, execute and follow up initiatives from idea to industrialization.   
• Be responsible for the full analysis process from problem and scope definition to data extraction, cleaning, analysis, visualization, creating recommendations, and presenting results.  
• Turn business challenges into structured data analysis. Define and setup measurable KPIs and OKRs, own and maintain their visualization for value reporting.    
• Be the data analytics expert in cross-functional teams and collaborate with business stakeholders to solve business challenges using data analytics.  
• Participate in wider analytics community, both within COS and H&M Group 

Qualifications

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

Someone who is passionate about learning and development, and wants to grow yourself and others. A positive attitude and a role model for our values are important qualities that you should possess.

What you need to succeed:

• Proven several years of experience as either as Data Analyst, Product/Business Analyst or similar  
• Have an academic degree in a quantitative field (economics, business, engineering, statistics, finance, computer science etc.) 
• You have experience in business analysis, preferably within retail industry  
• You have solid understanding of retail business models, sales processes and key performance indicators   
• Have strong business sense and business interest with the ability of making sound interpretations of data and other information.  
• Have excellent communication skills and are skilled in translating and explaining complex data analysis to non-technical and/or senior stakeholders. 
• Have hands-on working experience writing advanced SQL queries to extract, prep, validate, and analyze large data sets. 
• Have hands on experience in Analytical tools such as PowerBI or Looker studio etc. 
• Have hands on experience building data analytics solutions using programming languages such Python, or R  
• Have previous working experience or comfortable working with one of cloud platform data analytics stack i.e. Azure (Azure - SQL Server) or GCP – Big Query  
• Have skills in Microsoft suite tools such as: Power Pivot, Power Query, Tabular Editor, DAX etc. 
• Are prestige less and enjoy collaborating with others to solve problems.  
• Are fluent in English 

Additional Information

This is a Full time permanent contract based at our Head Office in London.

Benefits

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online.

In addition to this office based colleagues also receive:

• 20 days holiday
• Discounts on everyday brands and leisure activities
• Retail Trust membership
• Pension scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme

Inclusion & Diversity  

At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.   

In this role you will have some flexibility to work remotely however due to the high level of cross department collaborations approx. 3 days per week office presence is required to foster strong collaborations and team work.

Ready to apply? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.