Functional Analyst

Company Description

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world.

lastminute.com is looking for a Functional Analyst for its Tech for Finance team inside the Technology department.

Job Description

The profile researched will assist the team to perform the following tasks:

•  Evaluate the need covered and the benefit expected and to coordinate all the activities with Finance content, related to Technology Area Projects (including accounting processes, EPM and economics reporting etc) considering business requirements and deliverables expected at different company levels

• Support the proper formalization of the activities, their planning to reach the benefits expected in time and the related documentation, supporting Finance and Data Governance in its production.

• Supporting activities related to Maintenance planning, managing internal and external priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, understand and analyse functional needs deriving from different company areas, with a Finance oriented approach

• Support the team to be a point of reference for finance topics for stakeholders coming from other company Functions

• Helps the business understand the data and find insights that enable the company to take data driven decisions

• Manage schedules and deadlines in cross team projects developments

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor or master degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Physics or similar fields

• Knowledge and experience of main Project management concepts and frameworks

• Used to Google Workspace tools (Docs, Sheets, Slides…)

• Fluent in English both written and spoken with a high level of communication skills

Desirable

• Work experience in digital and e-commerce business

• SQL knowledge or other database query languages

• Familiarity with Analytics tool (e.g. QlikView, Spotfire, Tableau)

Abilities/Qualities 

• Problem solving and decision making skills, it is essential to have a spirit of adaptation in order to be able to get the required result

• Proactivity and strategic approach

• Ability to interface with business stakeholders by presenting and negotiating valid solutions

• Passionate about digital world, ambitious and motivated with a can-do attitude

• High attention to detail and ability to effectively manage multiple projects at a time, successfully able to meet deadlines

• Strong team player with a willingness to challenge existing processes and applications

Additional Information

Perks of working with us:

How we work together

- An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)

- Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
- Flexible start and end of the working day, with core hours from 10:00 to 4:00 pm

- Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations

How we learn together

- Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.

- Access to e-learning platforms (e.g. Discovery, O’reilly - depending on the department), professional and managerial skills development training paths

Other perks
- 2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes

- Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues

- Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares

- We support our employees through life's significant moments with leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws.

Wish you were here? We do, too!

Selection process steps*:

- HR interview (10-30 minutes)

- 1st interview (Manager): soft skills + technical knowledge

- 2nd interview (Hiring Manager): tech interview + test

- 3rd interview (Director): final chat

- Offer extended

*Please note the process can slightly vary. The recruiter in charge will share more details when setting up the interview.

Our commitment to celebrate diversity and generate belonging

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility criteria

By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorized to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.