Jobs at Glovo

As the Senior Finance Analyst for Nigeria, you will be a pivotal member of the Finance & Strategy team. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance & Strategy, you will oversee the country's core financial operations and drive strategic automation projects that directly impact our bottom line.

In this role, you will be a people manager, responsible for leading and developing a Finance Analyst, requiring strong leadership and problem-solving skills in strategic situations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Financial Operations: Supervising and ensuring the flawless execution of payments to our core ecosystem: suppliers, couriers, and partners.
• FP&A: Leading local financial planning and analysis, budget tracking, and delivering accurate reports to senior leadership.
• Strategic Automation & Optimization: Driving high-impact projects, such as leading the transition from manual, spreadsheet-based payment processes to automated systems.
• Stakeholder Negotiation: Partnering and negotiating with external fintech providers and internal tech teams to optimize payment architectures and reduce costs.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience in Financial Planning & Strategy, Finance Operations, or Audit, ideally within a fast-paced multinational or high-growth tech environment.
• Management Skills: Proven ability to manage, mentor, and develop direct reports.
• Technical Tools: Intermediate to Advanced expertise with Excel/Google Sheets and strong SQL querying skills to extract and manipulate large datasets.
• Accounting Foundation: Good accounting knowledge, including local GAAP & IFRS.
• Analytical Mindset: An analytical mindset to analyze data and transform it into meaningful insights. You must be comfortable executing deep-dives to solve complex operational challenges.
• Cross-Functional Agility: Ability to work seamlessly with different teams. You will constantly deal with regional stakeholders, HQ FP&A, and local ops/commercial teams.
• Execution Focus: Proactive, organized, and obsessed with details to solve problems. You must have experience in system automation and process improvement.
• Industry Fit: Interest in start-ups, technology, and a fast-paced environment. Experience in a start-up is a plus.

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We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city, to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.

YOUR MISSION

As a Senior Account Manager you will be responsible for building and developing the most relevant partnership with the biggest accounts in Nigeria! This is a unique role which requires a blend of business data analytics skills along with a strong sense of relationship management to drive long term growth & profitability strategy for your both partners & Glovo.

THE JOURNEY

• Have full responsibility and own 360º view of the business of Top Partners & Glovo in Nigeria;
• Grasp the objectives and hurdles of Partners to offer insightful advice and assistance
• Work with data to enhance growth and profitability for both Partners and Glovo
• Define and pursue the long-term strategy for the country in terms of Growth, Promotions, Advertisement and Operations
• Improve Glovo’s revenue through commission renegotiation and selling assets
• Work alongside various internal departments to create and apply tailored solutions that address the needs of Partners, including Operations, Marketing, Corporate, Customer service
• Establish and maintain a very close relationship with Top Partners converting partners to preferred partners

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Account Management and core business development (experienced in startup, top consulting firms or top tech companies will be an advantage)
• Proficiency in Excel is mandatory, knowledge in other data analysis tools will be beneficial
• You're persuasive in the most pleasant possible way and have no trouble selling anything that brings value to Customers/Partners and the Glovo platform
• You find smart and elegant solutions to complex and multi-disciplinary challenges with a great critical-thinking
• The skills to manage the big picture and the smallest details. You're always on top of your deadlines and you demonstrate to be an organization freak!
• You've got a good judgment and assertiveness and own up to your mistakes facing any situation with an optimistic approach
• You’re an owner, you have a natural bias for action, always pushing for things to happen, objective and deadline oriented with a hands-on spirit
• Ability to comfortably work in a high growth and high-performance company with a fast pace.
• Problem solver, data-driven with an analytical approach
• Strong Commercial, Communication, Interpersonal, and Project management skills

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We are looking for a data driven and results focused Interim Head of Growth to join the Growth team in Nigeria. This is an interim position for 6 months, with scope to become full-time based on performance. Reporting to the General Manager, you will manage a team of three.

You will own the execution of all growth, marketing and engagement initiatives; and your goal will be to develop and execute the most profitable initiatives to position and promote Glovo.

Role performance will be evaluated based on customer acquisition and engagement KPIs.

THE JOURNEY

Definition and execution of Growth strategies:

• Lead the local marketing strategy, adapting the global playbook to local needs.
• Lead local Marketing execution (offline and online) and manage/optimize Content to deliver on the agreed growth goals.
• Understand local media landscape and define the right mix of digital/non-digital investment to maximize user base growth within the agreed CAC (Cost of Acquisition).
• Identify and execute local partnerships to build brand awareness in Nigeria.

Analytical & Research responsibilities:

• Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand how our users interact with our products, identify growth opportunities, and execute on projects to drive growth and user engagement.
• Work closely with Customer Research team to conduct qualitative analysis (surveys, focus groups, etc) to understand user base and gather feedback.
• Track market dynamics and gather industry intelligence.

Budget management and metric monitoring:

• Manage the country marketing budget.
• Track and monitor key Growth metrics providing the appropriate visibility to all stakeholders (General Manager - Nigeria, Regional Marketing Director - Africa, and HQ).

Project & Stakeholder Management Responsibilities:

• Work cross functionally with HQ Growth teams and supervise activities across all marketing channels.
• Lead the execution of cross functional growth initiatives (e.g. product launches, roll out of new features, etc) by working closely with Local teams (Commercial, Content, Partner Operations, Operations, etc) and HQ teams (Product, Pricing, CRM, Performance Marketing, Brand & Comms).
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of the activities carried out.
• Compile and present reports on marketing initiatives/campaign performance through collaboration with the analytics department and other HQ/local teams.
• Communicate details, updates and implementations across all stakeholders and teams with extreme attention to detail.
• Establish meaningful business relationships on behalf of the business (Top partners, Media agency, Media outlets, Social Media agency, etc).

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE

• 8+ years of experience in Growth & Strategic leadership, ideally combining experience in Tier 1 Strategy consulting firm , high-growth tech, and large-scale operational experience
• Proven track record leading large teams across diverse functions in dynamic, high-growth environments.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to navigate complexity and define actionable plans.
• Hands-on leadership style: You're not afraid to dive into the details when necessary, while inspiring and empowering others.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and dealing with high growth and complex business challenges. 
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels - internally and externally. Able to craft compelling narratives, simplify complex ideas, and adapt messages to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to foster cross-functional collaboration, aligning commercial, operations, and finance around shared business goals.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments, with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and a bias for action.
• Full proficiency in English.
• Proficiency in G Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs) / Microsoft office.