Head of Finance & Strategy at Glovo Nigeria

Glovo - We’re a Barcelona-based startup and the fastest-growing delivery player in Europe, Hispanic America and Africa. With food at the core of the business, Glovo delivers any product within your city at any time of day. Our vision and ambition are not only to make everything immediately available in your city but it is also to offer our employees the job of their lives. A job where you'll be challenged and have the most fun working in through tech-enabled experiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Finance & Strategy

Location: Lagos

The Journey

• 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 the 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 analysis (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 functions and ensure optimal cash flow.
• Coordinate the preparation of Financial Statements.
• Lead the relationship with third parties: external auditors, administrations, and 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.
• Have the team reporting to you.
• Report to the General Manager with a dotted line to the Africa Head of Finance & Strategy.
• Actively collaborate with your colleagues and learn from each other in a supportive environment that allows you to grow, develop and make a difference.

What You Will Bring to the Ride

• 6 - 10+ years of work experience in consulting, investment banking, and 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.
• An empathetic, inclusive and curious attitude.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.