Company DescriptionSince launching in Kuwait in 2004, talabat, the leading on-demand food and Q-commerce app for everyday deliveries, has been offering convenience and reliability to its customers. talabats local roots run deep, offering a real understanding of the needs of the communities we serve in eight countries across the region.We harness innovative technology and knowledge to simplify everyday life for our customers, optimize operations for our restaurants and local shops, and provide our riders with reliable earning opportunities daily.At talabat, we foster an innovative environment where our talabaty employees can strive to create a positive impact across the region through the use of our platform. Role Summary
Based in our regional headquarters in Dubai, you will be the main touchpoint between logistics 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 logistics 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.Whats On Your Plate?

• Reporting into logistics you will have the following responsibilities:
• Act as the regional owner for financial planning of logistics expenditure
• Act as the main contact point between the Regional finance and regional and local logistics teams ensuring that both are aligned
• Support in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting across the logistics organization
• Manage 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
• Support on definition of new financial related processes and bring your experience, knowledge and energy to improve the existing ones
• Monitoring and driving logistics performance across key markets against a set of key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Analyzing performance to identify trends and patterns to help inform decision-making by uncovering potential opportunities.
• Creating monthly reports and presentations to communicate performance findings, cost management and recommendations to management.

QualificationsWhat Did We Order?

• You are a self-starter and take a high degree of ownership
• You studied business economics/administration with a focus on Business/Finance/Commerce
• You have 5+ years of work experience in the field of Controlling/Finance ideally for logistics functions
• Experience in consumer tech, esp. e-commerce / food-tech is a big plus
• You act independently and are results-oriented
• You are able to present your thoughts in structured, synthetic and graphical manner
• You speak English fluently

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