Senior Principal, Planning and Modelling (Finance Insights)

Deliveryhero; Berlin; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

27 days holiday

Educational Budget

Life & Accident Insurance

Corporate Pension Plan

Job summary

Delivery Hero, headquartered in Berlin, seeks a Senior Principal for Planning and Modelling (Finance Insights) to drive global FCF planning and improve forecasting accuracy. You’ll own end-to-end cash flow initiatives, align regional teams, and partner with stakeholders to optimise working capital and capital expenditure forecasts.

The role offers a hybrid work model with two days on-site at the Berlin campus, a comprehensive benefits package, and a strong emphasis on professional growth within

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of linkages between the three core financial statements.
• Deep understanding of the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) and related metrics.
• Experience with cash tax planning, including CIT instalments and VAT considerations.
• IFRS 16 knowledge and Capex forecasting proficiency.
• Experience in corporate finance or Big 4 advisory roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FCF planning across the global portfolio.
• Act as the primary FCF subject matter expert for regional finance teams.
• Review consolidated regional submissions and challenge assumptions.
• Analyze variances between Actuals and Budget/BE, focusing on Working Capital.
• Partner with finance stakeholders to co-develop robust FCF forecasting models.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for implementing FCF planning in Anaplan.

Skills

Financial planning

Cash flow forecasting

Anaplan

Working capital

IFRS knowledge

Capex forecasting

P&L linkages

Job description

Senior Principal, Planning and Modelling (Finance Insights)

Full-time

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We push hard, learn quickly and stay human along the way. It’s this wonderful mix of high performance and real community that makes Delivery Hero a place where ambition and belonging grow side by side. If you’re curious, collaborative and ready to dive deep into meaningful work, you’ll fit right in.

We are on the lookout for a Senior Principal, Financial Planning and Modelling, to join the Finance team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

In this role, you will be part of the team ensuring Delivery Hero's financial stability and growth. You will provide the insights and analysis that guide our business decisions, helping us meet our financial goals and earn investor confidence. From reporting to strategic planning, your work will have a direct impact on Delivery Hero's ability to innovate, expand, and deliver outstanding experiences to our customers.

As the Senior Principal, you will own the Free Cash Flow (FCF) Planning and Improvement Initiatives at Delivery Hero, while helping to shape future reporting (owned by Group Controlling) and driving group-wide planning capabilities.

Lead the end-to-end FCF planning across the global portfolio.

Act as the primary FCF subject matter expert for regional finance teams, helping to upskill and harmonise FCF planning capabilities across the group, particularly on topics related to Working Capital.

Review consolidated regional submissions and challenge assumptions to ensure accurate, robust group-level cash flow modelling.

Analyse variances between Actuals and Budget / BEs, particularly focusing on Working Capital (e.g., timing mismatches, structural changes, submission errors).

Partner with global and regional finance stakeholders to co-develop robust FCF forecasting models, with a dedicated focus on optimising WC accuracy.

Serve as the designated primary subject matter expert for the implementation of FCF planning within Anaplan, ensuring alignment with group standards and best practices while providing guidance to cross-functional stakeholders throughout the deployment lifecycle.

Ideally, your experience has been gained either in a corporate setting or through a blend of Big 4 advisory and corporate finance roles.

Financial Statement Integration: Expert-level knowledge of the linkages between the three core financial statements. You can easily translate how P&L accruals, Balance Sheet movements, and cash-relevant items systematically flow together to drive top-down and bottom-up Free Cash Flow projections.

Working Capital Mastery: Deep, technical understanding of the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) and related concepts (such as DIO, DSO, and DPO). You possess a precise understanding of which specific accounts roll up into working capital reporting and how to build driver-based forecasts for each distinct account, seamlessly connecting operational shifts to balance sheet lines.

Cash Tax Acumen: Proven ability to bridge the gap between P&L tax expense and actual cash tax outflows. You bring a solid understanding of the cash-flow timing implications of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) instalment payments, withholding taxes, value-added taxes (VAT) settlements, and the mechanics of Deferred Tax Assets/Liabilities.

IFRS & Capital Expenditure Knowledge: Strong grasp of IFRS 16 and the capitalisation rules driving Capex forecasting.

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Gym
• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan
• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just let us know with an email to our Inclusion Officer at [e-mail].

Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preferential consideration.

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