Accounting & Insights Manager - R2R in St Albans

Ready for a challenge? 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.

As an Accounting & Insights Manager for our UK market—our largest and most respected region—you will:

• Lead by driving end-to-end financial reporting and statutory compliance.
• Deliver high-quality insights that shape senior stakeholder decisions while managing a dedicated team of three to four professionals.
• Care about team growth, fostering a collaborative environment where everyone can succeed.

These are some of the key components to the position:

• Drive the end-to-end Record To Report (R2R) period-end close for the UK market, ensuring accuracy and adherence to key performance indicators.
• Review annual statutory financial statements and coordinate with external auditors to ensure timely, compliant submissions.
• Deliver high-quality financial insights and actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders through detailed variance analysis.
• Lead the transformation of financial operations by championing automation and digital reporting tools to enhance scalability.
• Proactively mitigate financial risks by reviewing internal controls, data integrity, and exception handling processes.
• Act as the primary finance contact for Global functions including Tax and Treasury, providing expert guidance on accounting treatments.
• Coach and develop a team of R2R professionals, promoting a culture of analytical curiosity and technical excellence.

What will you bring to the team?

• Fully qualified accountant (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with professional experience in financial accounting or audit within matrixed environments.
• Proven ability to lead and develop accounting teams, focusing on performance coaching and career progression.
• Strong technical expertise in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and a track record of leading successful period-end closes.
• Advanced skills in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and financial analysis to synthesize data for business decision-making.
• Proactive mindset with an interest in using data analytics tools like Power BI or SQL to drive process efficiency.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across Finance, Tech, and business leadership.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage day-to-day operations while contributing to large-scale transformation initiatives.

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.

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