Senior Financial Analyst

Just Eat Takeaway.com; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to enhance financial reporting and drive process optimization. In this pivotal role, you will ensure reporting accuracy, analyze financial trends, and support strategic decision-making through data-driven insights. Join a dynamic team where your expertise in financial analysis and automation will contribute to organizational efficiency and compliance with IFRS. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment that values growth, diversity, and innovation, making a significant impact in the food delivery sector.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant or actively pursuing qualification.
• Senior experience in financial reporting and analysis.
• Strong technical accounting skills with GAAP/IFRS expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end management accounts preparation and review.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide financial insights.
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure reporting alignment.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Variance Analysis

Process Optimization

Technical Accounting

Data Handling

Self-Learning

Analytical Skills

Education

ACCA

CPA

CIMA

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

SAP

Workday

Oracle

Excel

Job description

Ready for a challenge

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery, and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

We are looking for an analytical Senior Financial Analyst - R2R to take ownership of financial reporting, variance analysis, and process optimization. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring reporting accuracy, identifying financial trends, and delivering insights that support data-driven strategic decision-making.

As a senior member of the R2R team, you will play a key role in driving financial efficiency, working with cross-functional teams, and supporting automation initiatives. This position is ideal for someone who is fully qualified or progressing toward qualification, with strong technical accounting skills and a track record of self-learning and developing data-handling and coding skills to enhance financial reporting and automation.

You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance with IFRS, improving financial workflows, and contributing to strategic finance initiatives.

These are some of the key ingredients to the role:

Financial Reporting & Analysis:

• Lead the preparation and review of month-end management accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Lead the labour capitalisation calculation process.
• Perform in-depth balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Analyze key financial accounts, including accruals, leases, and fixed assets.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide insights into financial trends and performance.
• Support developing dashboards and reporting tools to improve data visualization and decision-making.

Process Improvement & Automation:

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize financial reporting and R2R processes.
• Support automation projects by leveraging data-handling and coding skills (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI, or similar).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline accounting workflows and enhance efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal controls, and global finance policies.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Compliance:

• Partner with finance, payroll, and tax teams to ensure alignment on financial reporting.
• Assist in statutory and non-statutory financial statement preparation.
• Work closely with auditors, providing necessary documentation and insights.
• Provide financial insights to senior stakeholders, supporting strategic decision-making.

What will you bring to the table?

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent) or actively pursuing qualification
• Senior experience in financial reporting, R2R accounting, or financial analysis
• Strong technical accounting skills, with expertise in GAAP/IFRS
• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Workday, Oracle, or similar) and Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Power Query)
• Strong analytical mindset, with experience in identifying financial trends and process efficiencies
• Proven ability to self-learn and develop data-handling and coding skills (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI)
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

At JET, this is on the menu

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colorful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

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Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!

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