Strategic Finance Manager - Food

Careem Careers

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company Description

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

Job Description

  • Lead the Strategic Planning function for Careem’s Box Delivery and Shops Businesses  in the region.
  • Work closely with the business  leadership teams to formulate the business’s short, medium and long term financial and strategic plans, and resource allocation to maximize ROI on spends while achieving growth objectives.
  • Assist in the development of scorecards, measurement tools and KPIs
  • Monitor performance, highlight opportunities and risks, and analyze drivers of performance and variances
  • Independently prepare financial models for budgeting / forecasting /  investment analysis
  • Active participation in special projects
  • Delivery of competitor analysis, market trends and associated commentary to the leadership team
  • Analyzing financial and operational results on a monthly, quarterly and half yearly basis
  • Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions

Requirements:

  • Business Administration, Finance or Engineering
  • 7+ years of related experience creating financial reports and analyzing the results to provide strategic guidance
  • Strong financial modeling skills and experience with budgeting & forecasting
  • Strong analytical skills, ability to work independently and part of a team
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills
  • Proven track of stakeholder management and ensuring key deliverables within time
  • Background in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, startup/technology environments is a plus
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