Finance & Strategy Director Italy
Finance & Strategy Director Italy
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Job Description
If youre here its because youre looking for anexciting ride.
A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.
Well deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people paving the way forward together.
Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses and couriers offering on-demand services from more than 170000 local restaurants grocers and supermarkets and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.
Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us every day is filled with purpose.
What makes our ride unique
Our culture and strong values.
Our career development philosophy.
Our commitment to being a force for good.
We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.
Your Mission
As Director of Finance & Strategy you will be the key strategic advisor to the General Manager of Glovo Italy - one of Glovos largest and most strategic markets. With full ownership of the countrys financial planning performance steering and strategic decision-making you will play a key role in shaping the financial health strategic direction and long-term success of the business in a highly competitive and fast-evolving environment.
You will lead a high-performing team that combines financial excellence with strategic foresight partnering with leaders across operations marketing q-commerce commercial and more ensuring that every initiative is value-generating and every euro spent creates real impact.
The Journey
- Lead a Finance & Strategy team that delivers insights proactively identifies opportunities and challenges the status quo to shape the future of our business.
- Be the strategic right-hand to the General Manager: provide guidance on the countrys roadmap investment decisions business model evolution and other opportunities.
- Own and steer the full P&L from revenue levers to cost optimization.
- Lead annual budgeting quarterly forecasting and monthly performance reviews partnering with all departments to drive transparency and accountability.
- Develop business cases scenario analyses and predictive models to guide expansion commercial strategy operational optimisation and innovation efforts.
- Partner with the central finance strategy and data teams to ensure alignment and best-in-class execution.
- Be a trusted counterpart in C-level discussions with accountability over financial storytelling and performance insights.
- Own process improvement and the finance operations roadmap in collaboration with local and global stakeholders.
- Support and oversee treasury and accounting needs as well as monitor and prepare financial policies and Financial Statements.
- Supervise the relationship with third parties: external auditors administrations external consultants as required.
- Represent the country in international forums sharing learnings and helping shape Glovos global playbook.
What You Will Bring to the Ride
Experience & Background
- 1015 years experience in Finance Strategy Consulting or equivalent high-impact environments.
- Proven experience in senior leadership roles with full P&L exposure and cross-functional business acumen.
- Track record in leading high-performing teams including recruiting and developing top talent.
- Strong exposure to high-growth tech e-commerce or marketplace environments.
- Background in strategy consulting (e.g. MBB) and/or CFO-track roles in fast-paced companies is a strong plus.
- Fluency in Italian and English is required.
Skills & Leadership Competencies
- Strategic Mindset You think 1224 months ahead and connect data to ambition.
- Business Judgment You see trade-offs risks and upside at 30000ft and 3cm levels.
- Data Fluency You know how to build hypotheses extract insight and challenge assumptions.
- Executive Presence Able to influence and challenge senior leadership and inspire high-performing teams.
- Executional Excellence Structured detail-oriented and relentless in ensuring things get done.
- People Leadership Strong management skills with the ability to inspire coach and develop.
- Resilience & Adaptability Able to navigate ambiguity thrive under pressure and embrace change.
- Ownership & Bias for Action You operate like an owner take initiative and act decisively.
Culture
- Ability to work in a high growth and high-performing environment with a fast pace while being hands-on and autonomous.
- Adaptable and positive mindset: possess a flexible attitude towards evolving roles within the finance domain; we value versatility & the ability to adapt to new challenges while ensuring a consistent job scope.
- A can-do attitude and endless curiosity you wonder why something happened spend hours figuring it out and cant stop thinking about solutions.
- Obsessed with continuous improvements delivering value and allergic to manual tasks!
- An empathetic and inclusive attitude - you are always respectful kind and fair.
Why Glovo
- One of Europes fastest-growing tech companies in a global ecosystem with Delivery Hero.
- High-impact role with exposure to the leadership team & international scale
- Entrepreneurial culture where ownership and velocity matter
- Exceptional growth potentialpersonal and professional
- Opportunity to shape the next chapter of Glovo Italy
Individuals representing diverse profiles and abilities encompassing various genders ethnicities and backgrounds are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you dont meet our musts dont let it stop you we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned and embracing diversity is invaluable.
We believe driven talent deserves:
- An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
- Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
- Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
- Discounts on transportation food and even kindergarten expenses.
- Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
- Extra time off the freedom to work from home two days a week and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
- Enhanced parental leave and office-based nursery.
- Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.
Here at Glovo we thrive on diversity we believe it enhances our teams products and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds - all genders racial/diverse backgrounds abilities ages sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.
Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g. she/her/hers he/him/his they/them/theirs etc).
So ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life
Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our Linkedin and website!
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
