Senior Finance & Strategy Associate

Job Description

Finance & Strategy Senior Associate

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. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and want to help model the future of a global tech brand—this is the team for you.

We’re looking for a Finance & Strategy Senior Associate to join our team. In this role, you’ll work with partners across Deliveroo to ensure we are making efficient, data-driven decisions that evaluate the effectiveness of our products and unlock new avenues for growth.

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:

• Consumer Product Impact: Work on high-impact consumer products at scale, evaluating their effectiveness and developing creative growth strategies.

• Strategic Modelling: Support key initiatives by building custom financial models tailored to specific business needs to improve strategic decision-making.

• Framework Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision-making frameworks in a fast-paced environment.

• KPI Analysis: Track and analyse key business and financial KPIs, uncovering trends to assess current and future business risks and opportunities.

• Operational Scaling: Support special projects to automate and scale investment frameworks, reporting tools, and cost-tracking methodologies.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with teams across the business to provide the financial insights necessary for high-stakes operational decisions.

What You’ll Need to Thrive

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

• Finance Background: 2+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking, ideally within the high-growth technology sector.

• Technical Excel Skills: High proficiency in Excel is required, specifically the ability to build robust financial models and perform complex analyses.

• Data Curiosity: Proficiency in SQL (or a strong willingness to learn) to manipulate data sets and uncover hidden insights.

• Budget Management: Experience managing budgets for various teams or functional areas within an organisation.

• Communication & Collaboration: A collaborative mindset with the ability to build cross-functional relationships and communicate financial concepts clearly.

• Adaptability: The ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, evolving environment that values autonomy and ownership.

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 if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our recruitment team at accommodations@deliveroo.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help 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!