Glovo is one of the fastest growing startups in Europe and the way we want to grow is making every city profitable! To reach this goal, we need a 360, analytical, and results-driven person to take ownership of our Finance & Strategy function in Nigeria. Glovo needs a head of finance and strategy. Join now. At Glovo, we work hard and we love what we do. If you are a problem-solver person with a 100% hands-on attitude, looking for an energizing work environment with big ideas we’d love to have you on our team.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be the General Manager’s right-hand in any strategic and financial decision
- Define jointly with the General Manager the long-term goals of the country
- Set and review quarterly country and department targets based on long-term goals
- Implement current corporate strategy throughout the annual planning cycle both at country and city level
- Work with cross-functional teams (operations, marketing, finance, procurement, and commercial) to ensure a profitable and flawless execution, and to develop profitability analysis for new ideas/businesses
- Study the viability – reports of investments/projects, strategic reorientation, etc
- Lead cross-functional projects to improve profitability
- Analyze business performance and measure KPIs, identifying issues and potential improvement opportunities
- Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual finance and accounting reports and analyses (P&L and BS).
- Work closely with Global Finance Teams (Billing, Treasury, Accounting, etc) to solve any day-to-day issues and ensure 100% satisfaction of Nigeria’s customers, partners, and couriers in any topic related to finance
- Manage treasury function and ensure optimal cash flow
- Coordinate the preparation of Financial Statements
- Lead the relationship with third parties: external auditors, administrations, external consultants,
- Analyze procedures and external audit – Contributing to the continuous improvement of the processes promoting solutions to possible problems detected and reducing manual tasks
- Optimize the fiscal policy of the company: VAT tax knowledge, IIBB Multilateral Agreement
- Report to the General Manager with a dotted line to the African head of Finance & Strategy.
REQUIREMENTS
- 6-10+ years of work experience in consulting, investment banking, audit, or corporate finance within a leading company providing teams with the necessary data to make the right decisions & leading major projects
- Strong working knowledge in manipulating and presenting quantitative data (Excel, Google Spreadsheets, etc.), ability to build flexible and comprehensive reporting templates
- Advanced English
- Strong analytical skills, goal-oriented, and teamwork
- Hands-on and autonomous
- Advanced accounting and finance knowledge
- Ability to influence stakeholders in order to help achieve your goals.