Strategic Finance Business Partner

Uber; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to scale financial reporting, analytics and planning. You will partner with company leaders to develop forecasts and strategic goals, build complex models, and drive real-time decision making to support growth and profitability across our platform.

You will apply financial insights to new initiatives, collaborate across teams, and continuously adapt to evolving business needs with a focus on GAAP compliance and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
• 4+ years of proven experience.
• Experience with Excel/Google Sheets.
• Experience in FP&A or related finance roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop financial forecasts and goals.
• Apply financial insights to help with decisions on new initiatives, products and opportunities.
• Build and refine complex financial models from scratch and improve existing models.
• Partner with team to execute projects and operationalize insights.
• Be creative, adaptive and eager to learn new technical skills.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Self-starter

Prioritization

Attention to detail

Education

BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related subject

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

SQL

Job description

About the role and team

As part of the Strategic Finance team, you will help scale the financial reporting, analytics, and planning capabilities and empower decision makers across our different businesses and functions. You will play a key role in all aspects of financial reporting and make significant contributions to high-profile strategic and operational initiatives. Your work and the insights you create will drive real time business decisions and help Uber to continue to grow, scale and become more profitable, while also creating more opportunities for the many thousands of courier, restaurants and drivers that use our platform daily.

What you’ll do

• Financial & Operational Planning: Partner with company leaders to develop financial forecasts and operational goals
• Partner with the business: To apply business judgment and financial insights to assist with decision-making related to new initiatives, products, and business opportunities
• Sophisticated financial modeling: Break complex business problems down into components, and build models from scratch as well as improve existing models
• Strategic Thinking & Execution Excellence: Partner with your team to execute projects and operationalize our insights
• Be creative, adaptive, and eager to learn new technical skill sets

Basic Qualifications

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other relevant subject
• 4+ years of proven experience
• Experience with Excel/Google Sheets
• Prior financial and/or analytical experience including FP&A, investment banking, management consulting, private equity, or operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding analytical skills - standard methodologies are second-nature, your models are efficient, scalable, and intuitive
• Excellent communication and people skills - numbers are key, but a business is built with people
• Self-starter - you will take initiative, be dedicated, set and drive toward goals
• Ability to prioritize - we are consistently working on multiple projects at any given time, so we are looking for someone who is comfortable working in an ambiguous environment and has the ability to optimally multitask
• Standout colleague - this is a highly collaborative and encouraging team environment
• Attention to detail and ability to execute in a fast paced environment
• Basic knowledge of GAAP
• Experience with enterprise-level financial planning systems, SQL, and/or statistical software package