Manager, Finance & Strategy

About the Team

The Finance & Strategy team is responsible for accelerating the growth of our business by identifying and implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability and defensibility of our business model. We’re looking to hire strategic thinkers who can model the future, solve complex problems, and collaborate effectively to help carry projects from conception through execution.

About the Role

We are looking for someone who will help drive our strategy and execution in Australia. You will be the strategic thought partner to key stakeholders across DoorDash to ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions while consistently improving the experience for all of our marketplace participants. You will lead financial reporting, forecasting, and planning, and will be expected to drive financial insights and direction for all of our operational decisions and strategies. This role is hybrid and can be based out of our offices in Sydney, NSW, or Melbourne, VIC. 

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Own the full P&L and understand all the levers to optimise our approach to balancing growth vs. profitability
• Be the Finance voice at the decision making table
• Deep-dive into complex operational questions and collaborate cross-functionally outside Finance (Operations, Product, Marketing, Legal) as well as within Finance (Accounting, Analytics, BI) to uncover the most optimal data-driven business decisions and investments  
• Be the source of truth for weekly financial reporting and forecasting, and quarterly financial planning for the business
• Identify key opportunities & risks to the business, quantify and evaluate the impacts, propose a solution and investment case, and ensure efficient execution

We’re excited about you because…

• 6+ years in Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance or Investment Banking
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels within an organisation
• Proven success in project management and managing budgets for major functional areas within an organisation
• Advanced Excel & financial modeling skills. Able to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company, and to size the impacts of opportunities and business cases for pursuing new initiatives
• Basic SQL proficiency (or willingness to learn). Able to manipulate large data sets, uncover hidden insights in our data, and meaningfully improve our understanding of our business through this process
• Experience with marketplace, logistics or consumer business a plus

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