A natural match if you have a background in finance or data analysis and are comfortable working in a fast-moving marketplace environment.
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Original posting from Deliveroo via Ashby
Finance & Strategy Associate - UAE National
Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global, three-sided marketplace, building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers, riders and partners every day.
We’re looking for a Finance & Strategy Associate to join our Dubai team. In this role, you’ll help us with the data and reporting support, weekly performance review management and variance analysis.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
You’ll be joining the Finance & Strategy team.
Here’s what your day-to-day might look like:
- Maintain and update performance datasets used by the team.
- Ensure accuracy and consistency across reports and analyses.
- Contribute to improving reporting processes and templates where possible.
- Populate the weekly business review template with the latest performance data.
- Analyze key metrics and highlight trends or anomalies.
- Draft clear, fact-based commentary explaining performance drivers.
- Track actual performance against targets or prior periods.
- Investigate and explain key variances using data and business context.
- Summarize findings for the wider Finance & Strategy and UAE Leadership team.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO THRIVE
Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or related field
- Proficiency in Google Sheets or Excel, including formulas (e.g. VLOOKUP, SUMIF, COUNTIF) and pivot tables.
- Strong numerical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and explain variances.
- Structured, data-driven approach to problem solving.
- Clear and concise written communication skills.
- Eagerness to learn and develop within a Finance & Strategy environment.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Team-oriented with a proactive and professional attitude.
- Internship or academic project experience in finance, business, or data analysis (preferred).
Why Join Us?
At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving.
We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:
🔧 Solve meaningful problems at real scale
Work on a complex, always-on marketplace that impacts millions every day.
🌱See your impact, fast
Ship, test and improve ideas quickly in a low-hierarchy, high-ownership
environment.
🧠Grow through challenge and ownership
Take on big, ambiguous problems and accelerate your career with strong support.
🌎A culture built for builders
High standards, collaboration, flexible working and continuous learning.
We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here.
Our Global Structure
Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.
We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.
If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!
Source: Deliveroo careers (Ashby)