Financial System Director

About Daraz Founded in 2015, Daraz is South Asia’s leading e-commerce platform in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. It empowers more than 100,000 active sellers with world-class marketplace technology to reach the fast-growing consumer class in a region of 500 million people. Through Daraz Express and Daraz Pay, it operates the most efficient and digitalized logistics and payments infrastructure in its markets. Daraz’ vision is to be a champion of South Asia serving 100 million customers and businesses by 2030. For more information, please visit Your responsibilities include:

• Actively build strong relationships with Leadership (Internal Teams, Middle office & Finance) and extended key stakeholders to drive a change management program
• Drive the financial digitization strategy for Daraz with the objective to automate repetitive tasks
• Solution conceptualization, design, and development. This may be automation, visualization, or data analysis-based
• Monitor risk management and compliance procedures
• Driving a team to produce the required high standard of deliverables
• Delivering and reporting technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Working alongside wider teams including Financial Control, Product Managers, and technical teams in particular, to call upon their expertise. Identify and act as a conduit to bringing in their services and foster relationships
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement projects, including reviewing and prioritizing continuous improvement suggestions from within the local markets and the outsourcing service providers
• Provide guidance and support to the business, challenging assumptions using a data-driven approach
• Liaises with the automation team (internal and external) to handle small lean/automation initiatives as well as Continuous Improvement or Transformation opportunities including business case creation
• Work closely with the business team and strategy team, providing insightful, quality, and segmented financial information as well as advice where relevant to support the business
• Conduct budget control, reviewing project/contract applications for appropriateness and alignment with business needs
• Build and optimize financial processes and related systems to improve efficiency and control business risks
• Track record of data project delivery and leading project teams, including the ability to meet deadlines, overcome challenges, manage stakeholder expectations, and produce project deliverables
• Make risk assessments, which involve analyzing and identifying risks posed by implementing new solutions that align with the risk appetite of the business
• Coordinate and lead project teams consisting of business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure project goals are met
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure that solution designs and implementations are aligned with project goals and requirements
• Perform special ad hoc projects and analyses on a frequent basis

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Business/Finance/Information systems with at least 12 years of working experience
• Solid team leader, technically strong, highly analytical to generate meaningful financial insights
• Understanding of Dynamics 365 business applications and related technologies such as Power Platform, Azure, and SQL Server
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage conflicts, and influence without authority
• Deep understanding of core financial concepts and processes
• Experience in project delivery and risk management
• Track record of data project delivery and leading project teams, including the ability to meet deadlines, overcome challenges, manage stakeholder expectations, and produce project deliverables
• Make risk assessments, which involve analyzing and identifying risks posed by implementing new solutions that align with the risk appetite of the business
• Plan, design, implement, and monitor risk management processes
• Ability to develop new ideas into structured, deliverable proposals and projects
• Strong business partner to business leaders, able to work in a matrix organization
• Ability to identify and address business needs, develop and maintain meaningful relationships
• Experience managing new business portfolios, MNC work exposure
• Problem-solving mindset and strong analytical skills
• Business Intelligence tools knowledge and experience, such as Power BI, Tableau, Dynamics
• Preferred Industry experience in e-commerce will be highly advantageous

• International working environment in a start-up setting, and a unique opportunity to learn from the best in e-commerce (Alibaba Group) and business growth
• A platform to learn from Alibaba’s world-leading ecosystem
• Rigorous training and exposure in team management, leadership, business analytics, and operations
• An opportunity to train the next generation of business leaders in the ‘tech’ industry
• Competitive salary and incentive package