Head of Finance & Strategy - UAE

Description This role is perfect for someone who enjoys solving difficult problems, leads with energy and wants to make a lasting impact in the company. Provide independent data and strategy driven insight to manage the P&L and drive the function and the company to reach new strategic heights. You will report to the Finance & Strategy Director (Middle East) and be based in our Dubai office (DIFC) where we operate on a hybrid model (3 days a week in the office).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of two
• Provide proactive, insightful, high-quality analysis and recommendation to support decision-making in the context of wider business implications
• Identification, modelling and actioning appropriate strategic initiatives and support (in some cases driving) execution of overall long-range plans
• Classic business and financial planning activities and cadence: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis
• Understand and influence the underlying performance drivers to help build long term financial results
• Lead cross-functional strategic projects involving managing senior stakeholders to ensure quality delivery

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in an analytical and strategic role (investment banking/ consulting/FP&A background required)
• Intellectually honest, independently minded, striving for and driving organisational improvement while meeting deliverables
• You are humble yet hungry to improve 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
• Successful track record operating, partnering with and influencing exec-level stakeholders
• Pragmatic, commercial mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and managing tradeoffs
• Experience in building and managing high performance teams
• Motivation with the ability to work quickly and accurately in tight deadlines
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Benefits

• 25 days of Annual Holiday Leave
• Work visa
• 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!

About the Company Our mission is to transform the way you shop and eat, bringing the neighbourhood to your door by connecting consumers, restaurants, shops and riders. We are transforming the way the world eats and shops by making access to food and products more convenient and enjoyable. We give people the opportunity to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it. We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and ownership, and we are always looking for new ideas.