**About the Role** The head of Finance is the end to end owner of the finance function at UPUK. Reporting to the CEO, you act as their key partner, with the direct ability to impact the success and the trajectory of the business through your work. You will be in a unique position, which will enable you to connect the dots across various dimensions of the business, generating insights others might not be able to make. While most finance and operations activities are outsourced to the Uber organisation, your role will be to manage this relationship, as well as the support provided, to ensure Service Level Agreements are met. The UPUK finance lead will work closely with the other Uber Payments finance teams globally. **What You Will Do** 01. Take end to end responsibility for all finance and accounting activities of UPUK 02. Create synergies between teams 03. Develop and maintain a deep understanding of financial regulatory requirements and frameworks and subsequently manage and deliver all reporting activities including management, regulatory and financial reporting 04. Ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of all payment operations, treasury activities and associated reconciliation controls 05. Safeguard funds held in custodian bank accounts to ensure that there is always sufficient liquidity to meet all payment obligations 06. Coordinate and manage both Internal and External audit review processes 07. Represent UPUK as the finance lead for cross functional initiatives within the company, on projects and for new products; assess, document and develop local requirements. 08. Drive continuous improvement, standardization and reengineering of processes, policies and controls and implement best practices 09. Maintain healthy relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that financial services are delivered at the required performance levels 10. Be an exemplary team player, who operates globally, crossfunctionally and at all levels of the organization, taking ownership and demonstrating self-initiative **What You Will Need** 01. CPA/CA/ACCA/equivalent qualification preferred 5+ years of professional experience at a senior level in finance roles 02. Proactive, able to set priorities right and committed to objectives and results 03. A self-starter and subject matter expert and be the "go-to" person for all finance-related matters 04. The ability to dive deep into the data and perform basic accounting tasks where required. While you are the Head of Finance, the payments team is small and each person is expected to lean in. 05. The ability to handle large volumes of data (generated from SQL queries), create pivot tables to assess the quality of the data and draw conclusions 06. A good eye for detail, with the ability to drill down when necessary whilst maintaining a helicopter view 07. Excellent project management skills and ability to drive projects on an international level 08. A collaborative team player, who comfortably operates globally, cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization 09. Exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate key information and status to stakeholders 10. Comfortable in managing through ambiguous situations, works well independently or within a group 11. Flexible and adaptable working style and attitude 12. Bonus points for experience in regulated financial services or payments, particularly Safeguarding or CASS **Bonus Points If** Experience in regulated financial services or payments, particularly Safeguarding or CASS Experience in a startup Finance function building processes and procedures Experience in owning Safeguarding processes Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it forward, together. Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role. \*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to [accommodations@uber.com](mailto:accommodations@uber.com).