Senior FP&A Analyst

Founded in 2015, Daraz is South Asia's leading e-commerce platform in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. It empowers more than 100,000 active sellers with world-class marketplace technology to reach the fast-growing consumer class in a region of 500 million people. Through Daraz Express and Daraz Pay, it operates the most efficient and digitalised logistics and payments infrastructure in its markets. Daraz' vision is to be a champion of South Asia serving 100 million customers and businesses by 2030.

Job responsibilities and requirements include:

1. Ownership of the Financial Planning Models, collecting all inputs from relevant stakeholders and ensuring outputs represent a coherent future view of business delivery.
2. Ownership, governance, review and execution of monthly commercial targets.
3. Perform qualitative analysis of operational and financial data and ensure and maintain quality assurance in models.
4. Actualize financial models on a monthly basis.
5. Build and manage financial databases by organizing and analyzing a wide range of data sources while interpreting and summarizing results.
6. Manage performance against the budget for each business and Daraz as a whole and report on deviations while working with relevant stakeholders for resolution of same.
7. Work cross-functionally with commercial, marketing, data science and logistics teams, to identify new business drivers, opportunities & efficiency gains, and then help materialize them.
8. Prepares financial reports for internal/ external use at the business unit/ entity/ department and Daraz level by collecting, analyzing, formatting, and presenting information.
9. Assist Financial planning and performance manager in preparing budgets and forecasts.
10. Assist the operations and finance teams in monthly reporting.
11. Support functional stakeholders by developing new reports / analysis required by the business.
12. Support continuous improvement of planning processes through gathering feedback from teams and understanding their needs.
13. Provide data to all stakeholders in order to help calculate metrics, report financials, and support analysis and decision making.

We are looking for:

1. 5+ years of relevant experience working in an analytical / business partnership role with Commercial & Business teams.
2. A degree in accountancy or an MBA from a top business school + technical skills in Six Sigma/PMI will be an advantage.

Skills:

1. Detailed oriented mindset with a strong grip on numbers.
2. Excellent financial modeling skills.
3. Go-getter, problem-solving attitude with a proactive approach to getting things done.
4. Superior organizational skills to manage multiple priorities, and the flexibility to adapt to changing scope and evolving business requirements.
5. Ability to manage and influence stakeholders across management levels.
6. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power-point is essential.
7. Prior experience working with projects involving system integrations is strongly preferred.

What we offer:

• International working environment in a start-up setting, and a unique opportunity to learn from the best in e-commerce (Alibaba Group) and business growth.
• A platform to learn from Alibaba's world-leading ecosystem.
• Rigorous training and exposure in team management, leadership, business analytics, and operations.
• An opportunity to train the next generation of business leaders in the 'tech' industry.
• Competitive salary and incentive package.

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Full-time

Finance and Information Technology

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