Sr Specialist Marketing Controller

Job Description

Who are weWhen you think of food delivery in the MENA region, wed be pretty surprised if talabat didnt pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, weve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region with more than 3,000+ employees! Our food delivery business works with over 27,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!Our philosophy is to make sure we do what is right for our ecosystem - our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate. Our #techforgood program allows our customers a safe and convenient way to contribute to important causes in their community through donating to local and international charities directly on talabat with a focus on food insecurity in the region. Since its inception in 2020, we have facilitated the donation of well over 1 million meals to those in need, as well as donated over $1.5 million to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.Role SummaryBased in our regional headquarters in Dubai, you will be the main touchpoint between marketing and finance teams, on a regional and local level. You will be an essential team member, helping to ensure reporting accuracy, regularity, and alignment across different marketing teams. The ideal candidate will need to be both detail oriented and analytical, as well as possessing the ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders across the business.Whats On Your PlateReporting into marketing you will have the following responsibilities:

• You will act as the regional owner for marketing spend alignment
• You will act as the main contact point between the Regional finance and marketing teams ensuring that both are aligned
• You will prepare monthly reports for the management
• You will be actively involved in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting across the marketing organization
• You will process short-term requests and create related ad-hoc analyses
• You will be a sparring partner with different stakeholders to support them with financial aspects of current business, as well as challenging them on financial and performance related topics
• You will support on definition of new financial related processes and bring your experience, knowledge and energy to improve the existing ones

• You studied business economics/administration with a focus on Business/Finance/Marketing (preferably a Masters degree or equivalent)
• You have 3+ years of work experience in the field of Controlling/Finance ideally for marketing functions
• You are proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and Powerpoint
• You act independently and are results-oriented
• You are able to present your thoughts in structured, synthetic and graphical manner
• You speak English fluently

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About Company

Talabat (Arabic: طلبات, Ṭalabāt) is an online food ordering company founded in Kuwait in 2004. As of April 2021, Talabat operates in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq. A subsidiary of Delivery Hero since 2016, Talabat became the largest online food ordering company in the Middle East.