Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.
Financial Data Analytics will be a vital resource within Vertical Accounting at Careem, supporting management in key automation and analytics initiatives to enhance financial processes and decision-making. This role is ideal for a data-driven professional with a strong analytical mindset, a passion for financial data analytics, and the ability to leverage automation to drive efficiency and accuracy within the finance function.
What You'll Do
- Analyze financial variances with business teams and report any exceptions.
- Collaborate with the accounting team for month-end book closure and reporting.
- Review operations and recommend productivity improvements and cost-saving initiatives.
- Communicate financial results and insights to management, providing data-driven recommendations.
- Work closely with business teams to automate reconciliation and recording processes.
- Prepare and support daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation reports.
- Conduct data analytics for ad-hoc performance deep dives.
- Analyze financial and operational results to improve the understanding of company performance.
- Utilize BI tools (Tableau, SQL, Google Sheets) to generate actionable insights that drive business performance.
- Continuously identify and eliminate repetitive tasks through automation, allowing the team to focus on high-value initiatives.
What You'll Need
- Education: B.Com, BBA, or BSc in a relevant field.
- Experience: Minimum 3 years in finance and accounting with a focus on data analytics.
- Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in BI tools and scripting languages such as Python.
- Automation Mindset: A strong inclination toward eliminating manual, repetitive tasks through automation and continuously improving efficiency.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to solve complex financial problems and extract meaningful insights from data.
- Commercial Acumen: Strong understanding of business and financial performance drivers.
- Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in MS Excel and other financial reporting tools.
What we’ll provide you
We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:
- Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
- Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
- Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
- Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.
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What We Do
Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million ride-hailing and delivery Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan. In 2019, Careem was acquired by Uber Technologies, Inc. In April 2023 we welcomed the global technology investor e& (formerly Etisalat) as a partner, following their investment in the Careem Everything App.
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