Reporting to the Business Units Controlling Director, partnering with key Business Unit leaders and leading a small but high performing team of finance professionals, the person in this role will drive the financial management and contribute to the growth of Allegro’s business in two critical areas that are key to our future development:

1. Our subscription based free shipping and customer loyalty program branded Allegro Smart! growing rapidly, driving increased purchases and commissions earned from our merchants and buyer’s loyalty to the Allegro marketplace;
2. Our marketing function, managing the annual advertising budget to accelerate Allegro’s growth.  The Marketing Team deploys its resources to buy traffic through PPC, remarketing and email to bring potential buyers to the offers available on Allegro, together with a range of ATL, brand and category specific programs. The marketing function is also responsible for attracting new buyers, understanding their behavior and stratifying them to drive CRM related processes within Allegro.

Your main responsibilities:

• Providing financial input into Business Unit decision making - both ad hoc business cases and operational rule setting through development of “Play Books”;
• Driving preparation of plans, forecasts and budgets for the discussion with the BU Owner;
• Translating business strategy into financial strategy for the Business Unit Leadership and helping with providing commentary, analysis and presentations to more senior management levels;
• Partnering with the BU Leader to build medium term plans that help to identify key input levers and key KPIs to be monitored and aligned with outputs measurable from Management Accounts and Business Information System sources;
• Working with the BU’s analytical resources to assist with identification of detailed analytical queries and Machine Learning use cases to accelerate business learning and improve decision making;
• Designing and managing Management Accounts and KPI reporting in cooperation with Financial Controlling that provides the BU Leader with the best possible management information to drive and accelerate profitable growth;
• Partnering with Financial Controlling, Accounting and Tax Teams to resolve management reporting, accounting and tax issues that are specific to the Business Unit;
• Supporting month end closing entries, reviewing management accounts for accuracy and preparing management commentaries in support of the BU Owner.

Why is it worth working with us?

• Opportunity to be part of Poland’s largest “Tech Unicorn” and one of the most valuable European eCommerce businesses:
• You’ll be joining a dynamically growing business, constantly expanding its team and role in the e-Commerce value chain, thereby creating new opportunities for its best talents to develop themselves;
• You will develop your skills finance skills of business analysis, controlling, planning, strategy, accounting and taxation, internal controls design and advanced analytics;
• You will share your knowledge and experience with your colleagues;

We are looking for people who:

• Are finance or Business Consulting professionals who can demonstrate 5-8 years experience in solving complex financial issues in a business environment;
• Are ikely to hold a professional finance qualification such as ACCA and/or an MBA or MSc in econometrics or statistics;
• Have deep experience in working with businesses engaged in retail or e-commerce
• Have high focus on efficiency and process management;
• Show strong communication skills, Polish and English;
• Have outstanding analytical and numerical skills;
• Bring leadership abilities to drive and motivate people at all levels and across different organizational functions;
• Are goal oriented, focused on achieving high impact results;
• Are self-driven and with a high ownership attitude.