Security Analyst - Physical Security

  • Full-time

Company Description

We’re ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.

We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

But how are we showing up? We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list.

Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.

Job Description

The role and the team

To be considered for this opportunity, you'll need to be able to work from our London office for a minimum of 3 days per week. 

You’ll be supporting our Physical Security Department, in the protection of our ASOSers, our properties and our assets. You’ll support both office and field-based teams, ensuring we minimise risk and reduce loss across our offices and supply chain. You will be provided with development in loss reduction and risk mitigation techniques. This will include risk assessment completion, investigation support, site visits and the use of some of the most advanced security systems available. You’ll need to have a flexible approach to ensure that the operational needs of the business are maintained and support the departments operational requirements. You will also be encouraged to grow your own performance and support in your continuous development.

At ASOS, we are committed to delivering amazing products and fashion inspiration to our customers globally. Occasionally, we identify risks that could, if left unmitigated, lead to disappointment for our customers or loss to ASOS. The Physical Security Team, aim to identify and mitigate these risks, to ensure a great experience for both our customers and ASOSers. As a team, we strive to mitigate risk with minimal disruption to ASOSers and customers, through innovation and co-operation. We are, trustworthy and discrete. Our aim is to be the best provider of risk mitigation and security, amongst our peers. We do this through great collaboration and partnership with our other departments and external agencies.

You will be...

  • Sharing in the responsibility for maintaining the ongoing reliability, performance and support of the physical security systems and related compliance requirements
  • Assisting with the integration, administration, and development of security systems including access control, CCTV, intrusion detection systems, video intercom systems, turnstiles, and related software applications
  • Support the Security Manager with preventive maintenance to reduce downtime for systems and devices
  • Assisting with the maintenance and improvement of security operational documents and procedures, managing documents within the department’s SharePoint environment
  • Working with 3rd party suppliers with travel risk assessments and threat mitigation
  • Utilising Open-Source Intelligence to monitor and react to potential threats to the business.
  • Demonstrate the reduction of loss within your business area, through analysis and collaboration, using data visualisation tools
  • Assisting with creating, implementing, and managing procedural and security control documents along with the collation of associated evidence needed for compliance audits
  • Producing ad-hoc reports to evidence live issues and offer solutions.
  • Assisting the Business Assurance team in incident response planning.
  • Involvement in investigations, from information gathering, to filing police reports, collecting evidence, and testifying in court
  • Assisting the Security Manager to build and deploy counter-terrorism training to key areas of the business, including working with Counterterrorism and other external agencies
  • Assessing business trips taken to identify anomalies for further investigations to minimise future risk
  • Coordinating with other workgroups, projects, and initiatives which may impact physical security
  • Conducting security assessments of various facilities through vulnerability testing and risk analysis. Identifying threats and vulnerabilities and working with the Security team to formulate security mitigation options
  • Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

Qualifications

We’d love to meet, someone with…

  • A passion to build upon existing skillsets of loss and risk reduction
  • Ability to manage workloads and priorities
  • Good attention to detail
  • The ability to work and communicate effectively in a team
  • Ensuring implementation of department strategy
  • Work in confidence in a sometimes-high pressured environment
  • A detailed understanding of CCTV and Access Control systems
  • Supporting the development and growth within the team
  • The ability to influence senior leadership
  • The flexibility to work outside normal business hours if required
  • A passion to want to be an ambassador for the ASOS brand, positively applying our values and behaviours
  • The ability to operate with trust and integrity

Additional Information

BeneFITS’ 

  • Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!) 
  • ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business) 
  • Employee sample sales  
  • Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials 
  • 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment 
  • Discretionary bonus scheme  
  • Private medical care scheme 
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