FP&A Analyst

About the Company

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

About The Role

As a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst, you will play a critical role within the Finance team, providing key support to the relevant stakeholders. This position involves close collaboration with various business units to analyze financial data, understand performance trends, and offer actionable insights. You'll be instrumental in planning and forecasting, identifying and addressing financial performance variances & supporting month-end closing activities.

What You'll Do

• Be a partner to the business across financial and commercial decisions.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly performance dashboards / reports.
• Analyze business performance and report any significant variances.
• Recommend operational improvements and cost-saving initiatives to enhance productivity.
• Build & maintain annual/quarterly/monthly budgets and forecasts.
• Conduct data analytics for ad hoc business cases and deep dives into operational and financial results.
• Utilize Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, Redash, and SQL to create insightful reports that support business decisions.
• Collaborate with the accounting team to ensure accurate month-end book closure and financial reporting.
  
  

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Advanced degrees like MBA, CA, or CFA strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 5 year of experience in finance, accounting, or related areas within Tech sector.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using BI and reporting tools.
• Excellent quantitative skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
• A high level of commercial acumen and business understanding.
• Strong drive to learn and grow.
• High ownership and proactiveness.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerBI, Redash and SQL.
  
  

What We’ll Provide You

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.