About Ola:

Ola is India's largest mobility platform and one of the world's largest ride-hailing companies, serving 250+ cities across India, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. The Ola app offers mobility solutions by connecting customers to drivers and a wide range of vehicles across bikes, auto-rickshaws, metered taxis, and cabs, enabling convenience and transparency for hundreds of millions of consumers and over 1.5 million driver-partners.

Ola's core mobility offering in India is supplemented by its electric-vehicle arm, Ola Electric; India's largest fleet management business, Ola Fleet Technologies and Ola Skilling, that aims to enable millions of livelihood opportunities for India's youth. With its acquisition of Ridlr, India's leading public transportation app and investment in Vogo, a dockless scooter sharing solution, Ola is looking to build mobility for the next billion Indians. Ola also extends its consumer offerings like micro-insurance and credit led payments through Ola Financial Services and a range of owned food brands through India's largest network of kitchens under its Food business.

Ola was founded in 2011 by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati with a mission to build mobility for a billion people. For more details, visit www.olacabs.com/media.

About Ola Australia:

Ola is one of the world's largest ridesharing platforms, operating in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and India. In Australia, Ola is available to riders in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth. Ola is also in New Zealand's major centres, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, creating a seamless transportation experience across the Tasman. Founded by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati in India in 2011, Ola helps move hundreds of millions of users via its network of over 1.5 million drivers hosted across 250+ cities, through its rider and driver apps. Ola is in a period of growth and expansion across ANZ and with a unique focus on drivers, is providing a new option to increase earnings in these markets. Globally, Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people and beyond.

About Ola New Zealand:

Ola is one of the world's largest ridesharing platforms, operating in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and India. In New Zealand, Ola is available to riders in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Ola also operates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth in Australia, creating a seamless transportation experience across the Tasman. Founded by Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati in India in 2011, Ola helps move hundreds of millions of users via its network of over 1.5 million drivers hosted across 250+ cities, through its rider and driver apps. Ola is in a period of growth and expansion across ANZ and with a unique focus on drivers, is providing a new option to increase earnings in these markets. Globally, Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people and beyond.

About Ola UK:

Founded in 2011, Ola is one of the world's largest rideshare companies. The company conducts one billion rides a year around the world, with more than 1.5 million drivers and hundreds of millions of customers in over 250 cities. Ola is now operational in India, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Ola integrates city transportation for customers and driver-partners onto a mobile technology platform ensuring a convenient, transparent, and quick service. Ola is committed to leading the industry with its approach to passenger safety including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) screened drivers and processes such as 24/7 voice support, options to share ride details with emergency contacts and in-app emergency features. Globally, Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people and beyond.

Responsibilities:

- Develop long-term planning that connects strategic objectives to business drivers

- Drive the budgeting and planning process as well as financial analysis of key business operations and metrics. Ensure timely and accurate development of monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts, variance analysis, and budgets.

- Develop/enhance revenue and expense forecasting models.

- Optimize the expense base by continuing to review expenses at a transactional level.

- Identify expense inefficiencies and develop actions to improve results.

- Identify Key Performance Indicators (KPI- s) and generate insightful reporting of key business drivers and trends. Implement actions that will create value based on this reporting.

- Create forward looking financial models and analysis to support key future growth opportunities and strategic projects.

- Work with business to develop long-term financial projections.

- Identify and monitor key business operating metrics to ensure successful value creation relative to expectations.

- Support and/or lead negotiations, depending on the opportunity.

- Lead the development of a growing business finance team.

- Work with business partners to help them understand the financial side of the business and coach them on continuous development.

- Keep stakeholders engaged on execution through regular progress updates.

Experience & Skills:

- Previous experience in developing business revenue and expense projections, ecommerce and/or retail finance preferred.

- Previous experience in analytical roles with an emphasis on business partner support.

- Previous experience in developing business revenue and expense projections.

- Previous experience in analytical roles with an emphasis on business partner support.

- The role requires strong leadership and business partnering skills, in order to be able to drive decisions in governance forums and leverage the wide range of expertise available in the Group, without the support of formalised reporting lines.

Education : 

- CA / MBA from premium business schools with a proven track record.

- 8-10 years of experience.

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