Finance & Strategy Director, Italy (Maternity Cover)

This is a 12-month fixed-term role, ideally starting in April 2025. As the Director of Finance and Strategy, you will report to the VP of Finance and Strategy and be based in our Milan offices.

What you'll do:

• Strategic Partnership: Provide financial and strategic partnership to the General Manager, Italy, to help set the strategic direction and drive commercial and financial outcomes.
• Financial Leadership: Take accountability for the Italy country P&L and lead a finance and strategy team of four people.
• Analytical Insight: Lead your team to provide proactive, insightful, high-quality analysis and recommendations to support decision-making in the context of wider business implications.
• Planning and Forecasting: Lead various planning and forecasting cycles, including annual planning, quarterly/monthly/weekly outlooks, and long-range plans.
• Strategic Initiatives: Identify, model, and action appropriate strategic initiatives and support (and in some cases drive) execution.
• Performance Analysis: Understand and influence the underlying performance drivers to help drive long-term financial results.
• Opportunity Identification: Leverage your commercial experience to identify opportunities of strategic interest and frame approaches to tackle them.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ensure linkage to central functions in the execution of country initiatives, deployment of new products/capabilities, and alignment with company-wide missions within a matrix organisation.
• Investment Decisions: Drive investment decisions and key resource allocation discussions, including ROI-based economic trade-offs.
• Metrics and Reporting: Establish and maintain key metrics and reporting to provide insights into business performance.
• Team Development: Build, support, and coach a world-class finance and strategy team and build links and contributions to the Global Finance team.

What we're looking for:

• Experience: 10+ years of experience, with at least 5+ years at a senior level, leading teams and working with executive stakeholders.
• Skills: Commercially focused, strong analytical skills, and clear communication abilities.
• Stakeholder Management: Successful track record of operating, partnering with, and influencing executive-level stakeholders.
• Problem Solving: Excel at solving unstructured problems.
• Project Leadership: Experience leading cross-functional projects without authority.
• Adaptability: Experience operating and succeeding within a fast-paced environment.
• Language: Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Preferred, but not required: 

• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the restaurant industry or customer-obsessed marketplace businesses.
• Education: MBA, Chartered Accountant Qualification, or similar credentials.

Why Deliveroo?

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.

Workplace & Benefits

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. Benefits differ by country, butWe offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, wellbeing, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice. Benefits are country specific, please ask your recruiter for more information.

Diversity

At Deliveroo, we believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgment when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing businesses in a rapidly growing industry.

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our hiring process. We recognise that disabled people may require adjustments to apply for a position or fairly participate in the interview process. If you require any adjustments , please don't hesitate to let us know. We will make every effort to provide the necessary adjustments to ensure you have an equitable opportunity to succeed.