Senior Financial Analyst – R2R (Inventory & Platform)

Just Eat Takeaway.com; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online delivery platform in London is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to manage inventory accounting and financial reporting processes. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and implementing automation to improve financial workflows. Candidates should be fully qualified accountants with strong analytical skills and experience in inventory management. The position offers a dynamic and supportive work culture.

Benefits

Inclusive culture

Dynamic work environment

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in management accounting, inventory accounting, and financial analysis.
• Experience in stock accounting, inventory reconciliation, and warehouse cost analysis.
• Familiarity with automation tools and continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and review of financial reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Analyze key financial accounts and provide insights into financial trends.
• Support automation projects by leveraging data-handling and coding skills.

Skills

Strong analytical capabilities

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent)

Tools

ERP systems (SAP, Workday, Oracle)

Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Power Query)

SQL

Python

Power BI

Job description

Ready for a challenge?

Just Eat Takeaway.com is a leading global online delivery platform. Our vision is to empower everyday convenience. 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 a Senior Financial Analyst - R2R to join Global Finance Operations as part of the Platform and Revenue Accounting team. You will take ownership of inventory analysis and accounting, month-end close activities, balance sheet integrity and the execution of journal entries for all the transactions processed through the Polish Central Warehouse. You will also support ongoing finance transformation and automation efforts within the broader Global Finance Operations and Record to Report tower. You will be responsible for accurate reconciliation of key accounts, maintenance of asset and stock records, compliance with IFRS and monitoring that Polish reporting requirements are met.

You will bring experience in inventory accounting, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across Finance, Logistics, and Product & Tech. This role requires confidence and interest in working with larger data sets and the ability to continuously seek and implement automation and process improvement of the underlying processes.

These are some of the key components to the position:

• Leverage stock management experience to identify stock differences, assess root causes, and recommend improvements to systems and processes.
• Collaborate with teams in Logistics and IT to implement critical system and process enhancements, tracking progress to ensure continuous improvements.
• Take ownership of the monthly stock provisions process, previously managed by the HQ Controller, ensuring accurate provisioning based on current inventory levels.
• Oversee standard cost pricing, working with the HQ Controller to ensure consistency and accuracy in pricing models.
• Contribute to the project focused on upgrading merchandise systems and processes, aiming to increase automation and deliver actionable insights to improve inventory management.

Financial Reporting & Analysis:

• Lead the preparation and review of financial reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Perform in-depth balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Analyze key financial accounts, including accruals, intercompany, 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.
• Collaborate directly with tech teams to improve reporting infrastructure and ensure robust system integrations for financial data flows.

Process Improvement & Automation:

• Proactively contribute to 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 and technology teams to streamline accounting workflows, build system integrations, and enhance data accuracy and process efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal controls, and global finance policies.

What will you bring to the team?

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent) or at least 5 years of relevant experience in management accounting, inventory accounting, and financial analysis.
• Strong technical accounting skills, with expertise in IAS 2.
• Experience in stock accounting, inventory reconciliation, and warehouse cost analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Workday, Oracle, or similar) and Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Power Query).
• Familiarity with automation tools and a proactive mindset toward improving financial workflows.
• Strong analytical mindset, with experience in identifying financial trends and process efficiencies.
• Continuously developing data analytics capabilities (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI) to support current reporting needs and build a foundation for long-term automation and process optimization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills; Polish language skills are an added advantage.

At JET, this is how we play

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.

Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It\'s a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers\' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they\'re picking a side.

At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to 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 colourful selves to work every day.

What else are we delivering?

Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people\'s stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET journeys.

Are you ready to join the team? Apply now!

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