Finance and Strategy Analyst

Job Description

Finance and Strategy Analyst - Italy

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation, and growth drives everything we do. Our Finance team shapes the company's future by directing capital to high-impact investments, developing robust financial strategies, and ensuring we deliver long-term value while pursuing our ambitious mission.

We’re looking for a Finance and Strategy Analyst to join our Milan team. In this role, you’ll be a trusted partner to local leadership, driving the forecasting process and providing the insights needed to fuel Deliveroo’s growth across Italy.

Get to know our Finance team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be joining the Finance & Strategy team. We accelerate the growth of our business by implementing new opportunities and solutions, partnering across the company to improve the profitability and scalability of our business model.

Here’s what your day-to-day might look like:

• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Drive the end-to-end forecasting process for the Italian market, supporting both annual budgeting and long-term strategic cycles.

• Strategic Financial Analysis: Deliver in-depth business analysis to the Country Leadership team, explaining performance versus targets and the "why" behind P&L trends.

• Cross-Functional Business Partnering: Act as a bridge between Finance and our Commercial, Operations, and Marketing teams to link financial outcomes to operational drivers.

• Operational Excellence: Build and refine reporting and analysis tools, driving efficiency through automation and ensuring total data integrity.

• Insight Delivery: Collaborate with the FP&A Manager and HQ teams in London to produce clear, concise analysis for the Italy management team and the Group CFO.

What You’ll Need to Thrive

Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:

• FP&A Expertise: Significant experience in financial planning and analysis within an international, fast-paced environment (e.g., Tech, FMCG, or Retail).

• Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in financial modelling and reporting automation using Excel or G-Suite.

• Data Fluency: A critical thinker comfortable working with large datasets and turning complex information into actionable insights for senior management.

• P&L Management: Solid understanding of expense tracking, marketing spend, and variance analysis.

• Linguistic Skills: Professional fluency in both Italian and English is required for local and global collaboration.

Why Join Us?

At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to:

🔧 Make a visible impact every day

Your work directly improves experiences for customers, partners and riders.

🌱 Learn fast in an entrepreneurial environment

Work close to the market with autonomy, pace and real responsibility.

🧠 Build a career, not just a role

Stretch yourself, develop new skills and grow as the business evolves.

🌎 Deliver together in an inclusive culture

Collaborative, values-driven teams that support how you work best.

We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here.

Our Global Structure

Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.

We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!