Ads Strategy and Finance Manager

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the financial planning and analytics backbone for ads and promotions, turning data into strategic bets across pricing, investments, and growth.

  • Lead planning, forecasting, and performance management to guide investment decisions.
  • Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify growth levers and operational efficiency gains.
  • Translate complex data into executive-ready insights that shape strategy across products, markets, and geographies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic planning, forecasting, and business performance management processes across the Ads & Promotions organization.
  • Build and maintain sophisticated financial and operational models to support investment decisions, business case development, pricing strategy, and long-term growth planning.
  • Partner with business leaders to identify growth opportunities, operational efficiencies, and optimization levers across products, markets, and commercial initiatives.
  • Drive analytical deep-dives into key business drivers, customer behavior, monetization trends, and operational performance.
  • Structure, develop, and maintain scalable dashboards, reporting frameworks, and KPI monitoring tools using platforms such as Looker, Power BI, SQL, and Excel.
  • Own the development of robust forecasting methodologies and scenario modeling capabilities to improve visibility and decision-making.
  • Translate large and complex datasets into clear business insights and executive-level recommendations.
  • Ensure business and financial data accuracy, consistency, and completeness across systems and processes.
  • Act as a strategic partner to Ads, Promotions, Product, Commercial, Finance & Strategy, and Accounting teams across multiple geographies.
  • Influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across teams with competing priorities and perspectives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
  • 7+ years of experience in strategy, finance, business analytics, consulting, investment banking, FP&A, or related fields.
  • Strong experience building complex financial and operational models in high-growth or data-intensive environments.
  • Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities with strong attention to detail.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and SQL; experience with BI tools such as Looker or Power BI.
  • Experience working with large datasets, data modeling, and business intelligence frameworks.
  • Proven ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple functions and organizational levels.
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex analyses into actionable insights for senior leadership.
  • Hands-on mindset with the ability to operate strategically while also diving deep into execution.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and constantly evolving environment.

Preferred

  • Experience in online advertising, retail media, marketplaces, or technology businesses is a strong plus.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape and scale one of the most exciting Retail Media businesses globally.
  • High-impact role with significant visibility across senior leadership.
  • Fast-paced learning environment with world-class teammates.
  • Freedom to experiment, build, and influence strategic decisions at scale.
  • International and highly collaborative work environment.
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Wolt

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Wolt is a Helsinki-based technology company with a mission to bring joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. Wolt develops a local commerce platform that connects people looking to order food, groceries, and other goods with people interested in selling and delivering them. Wolt was founded in 2014 and joined forces with DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) in 2022. Altogether, DoorDash operates in more than 40 countries today.

Founded in 2014
Helsinki, Uusimaa, FIN
12K employees (341 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Recent Ads

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$231.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.7%
Direct
59.6%
Referral
3.2%
Social
0.4%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
341 (3% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$822.5M
Last Raise
$530M
Series E, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2021
    Series E • $530M
  • Oct 2020
    Angel • $8.8M
  • May 2020
    Series D • $108.2M

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