Head of Financial Control

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you.

We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

Are you ready to drive financial excellence? As our Head of Financial Control, you will lead a talented team of controllers, ensuring compliance across our regional entities. Working closely with Group Finance Operations (GFO), you will deliver accurate and timely reporting, care for team development, and collaborate across departments to ensure complete financial precision.

These are some of the key components of the position:

• Lead and develop a high-performing regional Financial Control team, driving excellence and aiming high across all deliverables.
• Monitor the quality of transactional work performed by the Group Finance Operations (GFO) team in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Collaborate closely with business partners and financial departments to ensure the absolute completeness and accuracy of financial statements.
• Oversee and ensure timely compliance with local statutory accounts, tax obligations, and the internal control framework.
• Partner with the Finance Systems team to maximise the efficiency and appropriate use of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform.
• Implement streamlined processes and lead complex technical accounting projects such as impairment analysis.

What will you bring to the team?

• Broad accounting experience within a complex, international, or listed environment, demonstrating growth and strong ownership.
• Professional accounting qualification (such as RA, CA, CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent local professional registration).
• Advanced technical accounting knowledge, specifically encompassing IFRS and internal/external audit standards.
• A solutions-based approach with the initiative to overcome challenges and confidently make high-level decisions.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a proven ability to distil complex technical topics for non-finance stakeholders.
• Proven experience in people management, with a passion for mentoring, developing, and helping individuals succeed.

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side. At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

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Are you ready to take your seat?

Apply now! 

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