Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East — making it easy to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Our purpose is simple: to simplify and improve people’s lives and build an awesome organisation that inspires.
Since 2012, Careem has enabled earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of more than 70 million customers, and built a platform where the region’s best talent and entrepreneurs thrive. We operate in 70+ cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.
We’re now entering our next chapter — one powered by AI. We’re looking for AI talent: curious problem-solvers who know how to apply AI to build tools, automate workflows, and create real impact. Whether it’s streamlining operations, enhancing customer experience, or reimagining internal systems — we want people who can make Careem work smarter and move faster.
About the Role
We are looking for a proactive Treasury Lead to manage our global liquidity, payment operations, and financial strategy. You will be responsible for ensuring our cash is in the right place at the right time while driving high-impact projects to automate and scale our treasury infrastructure.
What You'll Do
- Cash & Liquidity Management: Oversee daily cash positions, optimize surplus investments, and manage intercompany funding, including loans and automated cash sweeps.
- Payments & Banking: Execute global payments (vendor, payroll, tax) and manage banking relationships to ensure competitive pricing and secure, efficient platform operations.
- Forecasting & Planning: Build and analyze short-to-long-term cash flow forecasts. Identify variances and provide insights to strengthen working capital.
- Project Leadership: Drive treasury transformation, including ERP/TMS integrations and automating manual workflows (e.g., host-to-host payments).
- Governance & Compliance: Act as the main liaison for Tax, Legal, and Accounting; maintain robust internal controls and ensure audit-ready documentation.
What You'll Need
- Experience: 5+ years in Corporate Treasury, Cash Management, or Banking.
- Financial Expertise: Deep knowledge of intercompany funding, FX, investments, and treasury accounting.
- Systems Proficiency: Experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS) and ERPs (Oracle, SAP, or NetSuite).
- Analytical Skills: Advanced Excel skills and a knack for complex problem-solving.
- Education: Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; CTP or CFA preferred.
What we’ll provide you
We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:
- Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
- Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
- Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
- Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.
