Who are we?

When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we\xe2\x80\x99d be pretty surprised if talabat didn\xe2\x80\x99t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we\xe2\x80\x99ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.

Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!

Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.

Role Summary

Based in our regional headquarters in Dubai, you will be the main touchpoint between marketing and finance teams, on a regional and local level. You will be an essential team member, helping to ensure reporting accuracy, regularity, and alignment across different marketing teams. The ideal candidate will need to be both detail oriented and analytical, as well as possessing the ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders across the business.

What\xe2\x80\x99s On Your Plate?

Reporting into marketing you will have the following responsibilities:

You will act as the regional owner for marketing spend alignment

You will act as the main contact point between the Regional finance and marketing teams ensuring that both are aligned

You will prepare monthly reports for the management

You will be actively involved in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting across the marketing organization

You will process short-term requests and create related ad-hoc analyses

You will be a sparring partner with different stakeholders to support them with financial aspects of current business, as well as challenging them on financial and performance related topics

You will support on definition of new financial related processes and bring your experience, knowledge and energy to improve the existing ones

What Did We Order?

You studied business economics/administration with a focus on Business/Finance/Marketing (preferably a Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree or equivalent)

You have 3+ years of work experience in the field of Controlling/Finance ideally for marketing functions

You are proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and Powerpoint

You act independently and are results-oriented

You are able to present your thoughts in structured, synthetic and graphical manner

You speak English fluently

Talabat