Data Engineering Manager - Finance & Accounting

Deliveroo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Deliveroo is seeking a Data Engineering Manager for Finance & Accounting to lead the team building and maintaining data pipelines and platforms that support accounting, reconciliation and financial reporting workflows. This hands-on technical leadership role focuses on reliability, scalability and governance, while growing engineers and shaping the roadmap with cross-functional partners.

You will report to the Senior Manager, M&A Accounting (Data) within the Accounting Revenue Data team

Qualifications

• Strong background in data engineering and distributed systems.
• Experience building production data pipelines and platforms at scale.
• Experience supporting Finance or Accounting workflows is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic roadmap and execution for accounting infrastructure, including data pipelines, system integrations and automation platforms.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting technical direction and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting and cross-functional Engineering teams to translate regulatory and operational requirements into auditable backend systems.

Job description

About the Team

It's an exciting time to join our rapidly growing Accounting team with ample development opportunities. We're growing the Revenue Data team with Engineering and Accounting Data openings to drive our automation and systems infrastructure and while keeping pace within one of the fastest growing marketplace companies.

About the Role

The Data Engineering Manager, Finance & Accounting, leads a team building and maintaining the data pipelines, platforms and integrations that support accounting, reconciliation and financial reporting workflows. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will develop engineers, shape the team's roadmap and remain close to delivery, ensuring our data products are reliable, scalable and well governed. You will partner with Finance, Accounting and cross-functional Engineering teams to translate complex operational and regulatory requirements into automated, auditable solutions. We are looking for someone with strong Data Engineering and distributed-systems experience, including building production data pipelines and platforms at scale. Experience supporting Finance or Accounting workflows is beneficial, but we are primarily looking for an exceptional technical leader who can grow into the domain. You will report to the Senior Manager, M&A Accounting (Data), within the Accounting Revenue Data team in our Finance organisation.

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