Group Financial Controller, 12 month FTC

Deliveroo is a technology-driven company at the forefront of the fastest-growing industry in the world. Our mission is to transform the way people shop and eat by bringing the neighbourhood to their door. We are a small team making a very large impact, and we move fast, value autonomy, and are always looking for new ideas.

The Group Financial Controller is a key leadership role within the accounting and financial reporting team, reporting directly to the Finance Director. As a key member of the senior finance team, you will manage a team of approximately 20 accountants across four teams. In this critical "gearbox" role, you will be the central mechanism that ensures the team delivers its collective reporting, controls, and analysis obligations. You'll drive key partnerships across the business to ensure alignment and efficiency, with a core focus on driving accuracy and control of numbers to ensure the integrity of our financial data.

Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting & Control: You will own the entire monthly financial reporting cycle, from full consolidation through to preparing comprehensive reports for the CFO and other senior finance stakeholders. You will be responsible for enhancing and preparing the monthly consolidated reporting pack, including the consolidated P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.

• Reporting Insights: You'll work closely with the analytics, engineering, and data science teams to generate automated and insightful reporting from our MI tools, optimising data usage and analysis to provide deeper business understanding.

• Financial Controls & Compliance: You will lead the design and implementation of global financial reporting controls. This includes communicating with internal audit on the testing plan and monitoring the effectiveness of controls. A key element of this role is preparing for a potential future rollout of SOX-related controls for financial reporting.

• Process & Systems Improvement: You will be the driver of improving our utilisation of NetSuite, leading future automation projects to reduce inefficiency. This is part of a wider responsibility to support the financial foundations improvement programme, which includes accelerating month-end close, improving balance sheet reconciliations and review, and supporting intercompany improvements. You will also lead the NetSuite chart of accounts, designing a change process to improve system-generated insight.

• Strategic Partnerships: This role is a key driver of partnerships with critical stakeholder groups, including Tax, Financial Operations, FP&A, and potential parent company finance teams, to ensure seamless collaboration and shared goals.

• Audit & External Reporting: You will lead the group audit process to meet statutory reporting and filing deadlines, ensuring both group and local GAAP accounts are prepared and filed. You'll be responsible for the preparation and review of financial statements and the management of all external reporting commitments.

• Accounting Policy: You will ensure the accounting policy manual is up-to-date with new accounting standards and practices, analysing their impact on the business and making necessary adjustments.

• Deputise for the Group FD: You will act as a deputy for the Group Finance Director as required, providing leadership and support on key initiatives and daily operations.

Requirements

• You must be ACA, ACCA, or CA qualified.

• You must have proven experience running a highly efficient month-end process.

• You should have excellent technical accounting experience and strong familiarity with financial systems.

• You must be a proactive, resilient leader with the ability to cut through complexity, drive decision-making, and identify solutions.

• You must have high emotional intelligence (EQ) and a track record of driving improvements to processes, systems, and people.

• You must be a clear and articulate communicator with the ability to flex your style within a fast-growing and complex organisation.

• You should have experience scaling and stabilising a reporting function in a fast-paced environment.

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, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, 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 judgement 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 some candidates 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.