Senior Finance Analyst - Ads
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
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OVERVIEW
We are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Strategic Finance team focused on Instacart Ads. This is a rare opportunity to join a growing team at the ground level and drive analyses and forecasts for some of our most exciting initiatives. In this role, you will provide financial partnership for business priorities that will have a critical impact on Instacart’s near and long-term success.
As a Senior Finance Analyst, you have both strong attention to detail and the ability to consider the big picture to drive strategic decisions and investment recommendations. You are highly analytical and a clear, confident communicator.
About Instacart Ads
Instacart Ads help brands attract and engage customers at every stage of their shopping journey — from initial keyword search and aisle browsing through checkout. Our vision is to democratize the grocery store by offering brands of all sizes an equal opportunity to reach potential customers. As a member of the Strategic Finance team, you will build relationships with multiple stakeholders in the advertising business while you partner to solve complex business problems.
ABOUT THE JOB
- Partner cross-functionally to develop financial models that drive forecasting, strategic decision making, and initiative prioritization for Instacart Ads
- Partner with FP&A and BizOps leads to generate monthly and quarterly performance and forecast reviews, board meeting and investor presentations, and other financial review presentations for leadership teams
- Contribute to monthly, quarterly, annual, and long range P&L planning
- Design and implement financial processes that use internal data and KPI’s to monitor and forecast financial performance of advertising business
- Complete ad hoc business projects and financial modeling analysis that drive decision-making
ABOUT YOU
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, Math, Economics, Finance, Business or other related field
- 4-6 years work experience in a relevant field with demonstrated financial acumen and a track record of leveraging data for business impact
- Work experience in consulting, equity research, private equity, or Strategic Finance at a high-growth technology company preferred
- Intermediate to advanced SQL knowledge is preferred
- Highly proficient in Excel with strong attention to detail
- Work experience with digital advertising is a plus but not required
- Strong communication skills and comfort working with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership
- A self-starter with a positive attitude and ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
- Finding humor in food puns is a plus!
Accommodations & Accessibility
At Instacart, we strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need assistance submitting an application through our career site due to a disability, please submit an Accommodations Request Form and someone from our team will reach out soon to see how we may be able to assist.