Why Deliveroo?

When you first think about Deliveroo, you probably think of getting great food to your house in less than half an hour. Awesome right? But behind the scenes is the real story. This story is one of high growth, huge challenges and an enormous opportunity ahead of us.

We want to be the definitive food company - the app you go to any time you have a hunger pang. We are transforming the way people think about food. We’re a global technology driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world, so come and join us for the ride.

We’re looking for a talented manager to join our Middle East Finance & Strategy Team. As the scale and complexity of Deliveroo grows every day, we need dynamic, entrepreneurial, analytical thinkers to support in optimising decision making and driving quick, profitable growth. This is a perfect opportunity to become part of a team responsible for one of the fastest growing players in online food delivery. As a trusted business partner to the Middle East business, you will be setting strategic direction, modelling out the impact of key strategic initiatives, and tracking performance vs. our ambitious financial and commercial plans. 

Role

Support the New Vertical business teams in building their strategy and understanding the financial performance of the business units. You will work with New vertical leadership to manage data and model strategic initiatives to drive the long-term growth of the business. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys solving difficult problems, has strong analytical capabilities, is hands-on and a self-starter, and can work closely with senior management.

The job will involve:

• Identification, modelling, and actioning appropriate strategic initiatives and support delivery of overall long-range plans.
• Classic business and financial planning activity and cadence for the new vertical business lines: budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Understanding and influencing the underlying performance drivers to help drive long-term financial results.
• Supporting the wider business by working with them through business casing for various new initiatives, running independent workstreams.
• Providing proactive, insightful, high-quality analysis to support decision making in the context of wider business implications.
• Collating competitor intelligence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in an analytical and strategic role (investment banking/ consulting/FP&A background required)
• You are humble, patient yet hungry for driving improvement and take ownership with minimal level of guidance
• You hold yourself accountable to deliver results while being comfortable getting your hands dirty to get the job done. You demonstrate a whatever it takes attitude
• Financial modelling, can demonstrate strong analytical achievements and confidence with numbers 
• Clear confident communicator, with experience influencing senior stakeholders 
• A pragmatic, commercial mindset, comfortable with ambiguity
• Experience in working in a dynamic high-growth company
• Strong motivation with the ability to work quickly and accurately in tight deadlines
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Benefits and Diversity

• 25 days of Annual Holiday Leave
• Comprehensive medical insurance (for employee and dependents)
• Annual home flight tickets (for employee only)
• Free Deliveroo Plus - Free delivery and access to special offers
• Maternity & Paternity benefits
• End of year parties & regular social events
• An extremely fun team to work alongside!

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation. 

We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing start-up’s around.